Life in the Spirit
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom 8:6
carnally minded is... To be "carnally minded" is the same as to "mind the things of the flesh," and to be "spiritually minded" is to "mind the things of the Spirit" (Rom. 8:5).
Carnally means “of flesh”. This is a simple spiritual equation: The person with the mind set on the flesh is spiritually dead.
But to be spiritually minded is describing every Christian. The person with his mind set on the things of the Spirit is very much spiritually alive and at peace with God.
Gal. 6:8 “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
This is just one more way to say that our flesh desires to sin and our spirit desires to please God.
The sinful nature and the indwelling Spirit are in conflict (Gal. 5:17).
But what difference does it make whether a person is mindful of the flesh or of the Spirit? Again Paul explained. The mind (phronēma, “mind-set, aspirations”; cf. Rom. 8:6-7) of sinful man (tēs sarkos, “of the flesh”) is death, that is, it is equivalent to death, or it leads to death in all its forms (physical and spiritual). On the other hand the mind (phronēma, “mind-set, aspirations”) controlled by the Spirit (lit., “of the Spirit”) is life (eternal resurrection life) and peace immediately (Rom. 5:1) and ultimately.
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