Before getting into the subject matter of this post (Romans 7:21-8:8, verse 4[*]) it maybe time to rehash or recap the foundation of my call to help all of humanity and what it is and where it can be found. My first encounter took place in the autumn of 1971, when the LORD called to 2Timothy 4:1-5. Then in the spring of 1985 we heard that He would train us within our own four walls and be able to put the scriptures together, and then in August of 2007 I heard, 'are you ready to take My yoke upon you and learn of Me (Mat. 11:29)?' Then shortly there after I was shown a vision of myself on a cross, when Jesus was laid over me there (John 8:12-30, 48-9:12, Gal. 2:20, Eph. 2, Col. 2:20; Hosea 6:1-3). Then as I picked up this blog I was shown that much of what is spoken of in the scriptures are not read as they were meant to be, because of the breaking of them into short sentences in place of complete thoughts and so I took up the practice of showing the complete thought as best that I could under the Spirits leading. I also discovered that most translations use word studies as their references of cross references and this practice leads to a hindrance of thought. It is for this reason that I try to show the meanings of many of these words with the Strong's references, as I have been taught by the Spirit.
Okay, I will use the ESV to the intro to this study and then shift to the Mirror Study Bible because of it's clearness of thought and word studies.
Romans 7:21-8:8 (ESV) "So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God."
Now for the Mirror's text:
Romans 7:21-8:8 "It has become a predictable principle; I desire to do well, but my mere desire cannot escape the evil presence that dictates my actions. The real person that I am on the inside delights in the Law of GOD. (The Law proves to be consistent with my inner make-up.) There is another law though, (foreign to my design) the Law of sin, activating and enrolling the members of my body as weapons of war against the law of my mind. I am held captive like a prisoner of war in my own body. It doesn't matter how I [1]weigh myself I just do not measure up to expectations! The situation is absolutely desperate for humanity; Is there anyone who can deliver them from this death trap? (The word [1, G5005, from the base of G5007 talanton, derivative of the original form of τλάω tlao a sum of money, and a derivative of the base of G3984 peira, to test by piercing; ] talaiporos occurs only twice in the NT - Rom. 3:17 - and both times it is translated wretched!? It has two components, talanton, which is the word for a scale of balance, that which is weighed, a talent, and poros from peira, to test as in testing the weight of something.) Thanks be to GOD, this is exactly what He has done through Jesus Christ our Leader; He has come to our rescue! I am finally freed from this conflict between the law of my mind and the Law of sin in my body. (In the Incarnation, in a human body exactly like ours (in which the image and likeness exists,,,ie. the word of Gen. 1:26-27), Jesus balanced the scales! He is the true measure of the life of our design - He revealed and redeemed the image and likeness of GOD in us as in a mirror! Look at Rom. 1:16-17, 3:24 and 27.) Now the decisive conclusion is this: In Christ, every bit of condemning evidence against us was cancelled. (This cancellation is found in Rom. 12:1-3. "Who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit." This sentence was not in the original text, but was in later copies from verse 4. The person who added this most probably felt that the fact of Paul's declaration of humanity's innocence restored had to be made subject again to a person's conduct. Religion under the Law felt more comfortable with the condition of personal contribution rather than the conclusion of what faith reveals. The "in Christ" revelation is key to GOD'S dealing with humanity. It is the PIN-code of the Bible [see 1Cor. 1:30 and Eph. 1:4].) The law of the Spirit is the liberating force of life in Christ. This leaves us with no further obligation to the Law of sin and death. Spirit has superseded the sin factor which enslaved the senses as the principle Law of our lives. (The law of the Spirit is righteousness by faith vs the Law of personal efforts and self righteousness which produces condemnation and spiritual death which is the fruit of the DIY tree of Gen. 3 and the Law of Moses, who wrote and imposed his outlook, influence in the first five books of the Jewish text.) The Law failed to be anything more than an instruction manual; It had no power to deliver us from the strong influence of sin holding us hostage in our bodies. GOD disguised Himself in His Son (the Elohim of Gen. 1:1) in this very domain where sin ruled flesh. The body He lived and conquered in was no different from ours. Thus sin's authority in the human body was condemned. (Hebrews 4:15, As High Priest He fully identifies with us in the context of our frail human life. Having subject it to close scrutiny, He proved that the human frame was master (has dominion) over sin. His sympathy with us is not to be seen as excusing weakness that are the result of a faulty design, but rather as a trophy to humanity. He is not an example for us but of us.) [* The righteousness promoted by the law (of faith and love) is now realized in us.] Our practical day-to-day life bears witness to spirit inspiration and not flesh dominion. Sin's symptoms are sponsored by the senses, a mind dominated by the sensual. Thoughts betray source; Spirit life attracts spirit thoughts. Thinking patterns are formed by reference, either the sensual appetites of the flesh and spiritual death, or the zoe-life and total tranquillity flowing from a mind addicted to spirit (faith) realities. A mind focused on the flesh (the sensual domain where sin held me captive) is distracted from GOD with n inclination to His life-laws. Flesh (self-righteousness) and spirit (faith righteousness) are opposing forces. (Flesh no longer defines us; His Faith does!) It is impossible for those immersed in the flesh to at the same time accommodate themselves to the opinion, desire and interest of GOD."
I will do a reveal of the Scriptures that speak of Jesus as He spoke to His disciples on their way home after His resurrection and more.
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