GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

346 God’s WorkDeliverancePaul reveals that he serves two laws. He must be continually atwar with his fleshly carnal body, but he delights in The Law ofGod (Romans 7:21-25). Where? It is in his inward man (Romans6:22). In Verse 24, Paul asks, “…who shall deliver me from thebody [soma] of this death?” Thankfully, in Verse 25, he goes onto reveal that in his mind he serves God’s Law, spiritually, butwith his flesh (sarx, beastly) he serves the law of sin.How do you serve God? It is not in the body of flesh but in yourmind of the spirit. What dies? It is not primarily the body offlesh but rather something that happens to your mind (the spirit -pneuma). To God it isn’t the resurrection of the body of the fleshthat saves you but, it is more a matter of your spirit (pneuma),which has the capacity to think rationally. This does not occur aslong as your mind and heart are blinded. Therefore, what mustdie? In Roman 8:6, Paul declared that to be carnally minded(beast-like) is death, but to be spiritually minded is life andpeace (Romans 8:6). What has to die? Your carnal mind orheart - your human heart must go. Look what Christ revealed. Itis actually something in your human heart that is corrupting you.The body (soma) of the flesh (sarx, beastly) is not the problem. Itis just weak, as Christ said:18But those things which proceed out of the mouthcome forth from the heart; and they defile theman. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, falsewitness [lies], blasphemies [against God] (Matthew15:18-19).The culprit is the human carnal heart. The body and the flesh are