From the positive message of the Spirit-empowered life afforded the children of God, Paul shifts to the sufferings of this present age; a reality that does not negate the promises of God regarding the future.#ASufferingHope
Having introduced the theological realities of what the Holy Spirit is accomplishing, and making possible, in ways that the Law never could, Paul now moves to the implications of these realities in daily life. #SpiritedImperatives
Despite the assurances from Paul that, as believers, we have been crucified, buried, and resurrected with Christ; that sin no longer has dominion over us, why is it that we, intuitively, think otherwise in our own minds. #TheStruggleIsReal