The Response — The Realization — The Actualization
The Holy Spirit living in us produces the life that pleases and honors God

• Review Rom 8:1-11
  • No condemnation through Christ
  • The sinful nature: Death
  • The Spirit in us: Life and peace
• Consideration — Rom 8:12-14
  • The exhortation — Rom 8:12
    • "Since the Holy Spirit lives in you, do not live as if He does not"
  • The explanation
    • No obligation to our sinful nature
      • The cause of our troubles
      • We owe it — Nothing
      • No claim — Free
      • No slavery
      • No indebtedness
    • Our obligation is to the Lord
      • To the Holy Spirit
      • This is how we now live
      • Set free to live
  • The practical outworking
    • It is not perfectionism
      • Early 1900's — holiness
      • Pentecostal
      • A sinless perfection thru an experience
      • A second blessing beyond justification
      • Must seek
      • Must qualify
      • Devastation — not biblical
        • Must adjust God and His Law
        • Must lie to self and others
        • Must deny grace
    • It is not crisis victory
      • Not instant victory that lasts forever
      • The deeper life higher etc.
      • Not an experience of total surrender
      • Not something new
    • It is a growth process
      • It is gradual
      • It is maturing
      • Not instant arrival
    • It is a life to life
      • The truth of Rom 8:1-13
      • Now live it out
      • Put it into practice and keep on and on
      • Do not wait for or seek an experience
      • Respond now!
  • The precise approach
    • The realization and acknowledgement of biblical authority
      • The Holy Spirit lives in you and me
      • God lives in
      • The indwelling — 1Co 6:19-20; 1Co 3:16
      • A fact!
      • For all believers — even Corinthians
    • The actualization
      • Since I am a Christian I live like it
      • Since the Holy Spirit lives in me — I live accordingly
      • Not as though it is not true