Davar Kingdom Of God

There are two ways of living a human life: one is to live according to the spirit, and the other is to live according to the flesh. We all used to live according to the flesh gratifying its desires, and that time, the only spirit we could follow was the spirit of the ruler of this world (Eph 2:1-3). We were dead spiritually, but became born again in the spirit by God’s word through Jesus Christ. And as born-again Christians, we no longer need to live according to the flesh. Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it (Rom 8:12, literal translation: we are not debtors to the flesh to live according to it). The literal translation works fine with this verse. We have no obligation to live according to the flesh. Note, however, that it only says, “we are not debtors to the flesh to live according to it,” and if we still want to live according to it, we can. In other words, living according to the spirit does not come automatically once you bec