Debtors to the Spirit
“So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh…” (Romans 8:12) Bible Reading: Romans 8:12-15 The great things that happen to us through Christ make us “debtors” – people who owe something. But to whom, or what, are we indebted? Paul provides an answer, firstly in a negative way. “So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh” (Romans 8:12). Everything he has said about the “flesh” gives us reason to know why we do not owe it a debt. But the apostle states it again here, anyway: “For if you live […]
