Romans

Exegetical Meditations (27)

In this world right now there is either death or life and peace. And there is no in-between.

What Paul wrote about our minds in Romans 8:6 is a plain reality. Our minds are going to be governed by something and Paul sees that something as either the flesh or the Spirit. He tells us that if our minds are governed by the flesh, death is the result—the fruit our lives will produce. Contrary to that, he tells us that if our minds are governed by the Spirit (of God)—the Holy Spirit—a fruit called “life and peace” will be brought forth. What governs our minds means everything for the lives we want to live.

Exegetical Meditations (3)

Romans 8:1 reads, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” It’s Paul’s blatant statement that, for those who are in Jesus, condemnation no longer exists. A similar (albeit opposite) point is made by John in his gospel when he writes, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him” (John 3:36).