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<li>The Life He Gives Us &#8212; <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Rom',8,12,13);">Rom 8:12-13</a>
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<li>The exhortation</li>
<li>The explanation</li>
<li>The practical outworking</li>
<li>The precise approach
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<li>The realization</li>
<li>The actualization</li>
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<li>The Leadership He Provides
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<li>It includes all believers</li>
<li>It is for the purpose of sanctification</li>
<li>His leadership is constant and continual</li>
<li>His leadership is effective</li>
<li>His leadership guarantees progress</li>
<li>His leadership gives comforting assurance
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<li>Deal with sin
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<li>Mortify &#8212; put to death</li>
<li>Not morbid legalism</li>
<li>Not monasticism</li>
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<li>Thru the Spirit
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<li>Draw from him</li>
<li>Count on him</li>
<li>Consult him</li>
<li>Stop &#8212; abstain!</li>
<li>I do! &#8212; deal immediately at first!</li>
<li>Biblical response to his Word</li>
<li>Sons of God are being constantly led by the Spirit of God</li>
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<li>The Leadership of the Holy Spirit
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<li>For all believers</li>
<li>All sons of God</li>
<li>Belong to Christ</li>
<li>Living according to the Spirit</li>
<li>Not just for some special believers</li>
<li>No special spiritual attainment</li>
<li>Fact for all in Christ</li>
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<li>For the Purpose of Sanctification into Holiness
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<li>Paths of righteousness</li>
<li>To overcome sin</li>
<li>The process</li>
<li>Not to escape suffering, trials, dangers, difficulties, pressures</li>
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<li>To Prove Faith &#8212; 1 Peter
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<li>The Enabler</li>
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<li>His Leadership Is Continual
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<li>Not sporadic</li>
<li>Not just special occasions</li>
<li>Covers all of life</li>
<li>Physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual</li>
<li>The constant work of God</li>
<li>The Potter</li>
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<li>His Leadership Is Effective
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<li>A powerful influence &#8212; not mere suggestions</li>
<li>A conquest &#8212; triumph over us to bring us to be&#8230; </li>
<li>A powerful control
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<li>Leading an animal - tied</li>
<li>Leading prisoners, bound, led</li>
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<li>He leads - we walk in response to Him</li>
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<li>His Leadership Guarantees Progress
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<li>The pathway &#8212; steep, rough, narrow, difficult</li>
<li>We are aware conscious &#8212; we are walking</li>
<li>Battle &#8212; conflict
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<li>The conflict proves the sonship</li>
<li>The process proves the relationship</li>
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<li>No Holy Spirit &#8212; no conflict
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<li>"Do you care?"
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<li>Great &#8212; God lives here</li>
<li>His leadership guarantees progress!!</li>
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