Bible Discussion Thread

There are two ways to live according to Paul. You can live after the flesh, which is of the world and all its machinations. The lust of the eyes, the greed of the acquisitive, the cruelty of the druglords, the hopeless addicted, the sexually driven, ect. But these grasp for reward and are left bewildered, empty and longing for whatever they are used to longing for for relief, a small taste of glory. To those who live after the spirit, God gives his Spirit without measure. Patient well doing, desiring to do the will of God, Suffering with the Crucified Lord for the hope of the Resurrection, the true reward which is Peace, freedom, glory, unreasonable joy, wisdom, understanding, mercy, compassion. This is what Romans 8 is about. Not church politics or sexual roles but devoting this life to understanding what God is telling us from the smoking furnace on the mount, thru his prophets, his martyrs, and his messiah, Jesus of Nazareth.