Flesh and Spirit

Pastor Martin completes his exposition of definitive sanctification by working through Romans 8:5-9 and Galatians 5:16-24. Romans 8 draws an extended contrast between those after the flesh and those after the Spirit, concluding that if the Spirit dwells in us He does so as the liberator from the realm of the flesh and if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his. Galatians 5 adds that those who are of Christ Jesus have once-for-all crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. He draws four final conclusions: a radical breach with sin is on the threshold of all true Christian experience, this breach is rooted in Christ's death and resurrection, its virtue becomes ours by union with Christ, and it must condition all our future dealings with sin.