How a Defeated Christian Life Can Help You

I. Discovering the Impossibility of Our Flesh - Romans 7:14, 18
A. The existence of the flesh before regeneration - John 3:6
B. The continuance of the flesh (sarkinos) after regeneration - Rom. 7:14
C. The weakness of the flesh - Matt. 26:41; Rom. 6:19
D. The occasion for the flesh - Gal. 5:13
E. The provision for the flesh - Rom. 13:14
F. The antagonism of the flesh - Gal. 5:17
G. The lusts of the flesh - Gal. 5:16, 24
H. The will of the flesh - John 1:13
I. The drives of the flesh - Eph. 2:3
J. The mind of the flesh - Rom. 8:5-7; Col. 2:18
K. The satisfaction of the flesh - Col. 2:23
L. The works of the flesh - Gal. 5:19-21
M. Confidence in the flesh - Phil. 3:3-4
N. Sowing to the flesh - Gal. 6:7-8
O. Walking according to flesh - Rom. 8:4
P. Obligated to the flesh - Rom. 8:12
Q. Living according to flesh - Rom. 8:13
R. The impossibility of the flesh - Rom. 8:8
II. Discovering the Grace and Supply of Our Spirit - Romans 7:6; 8:2, 4, 10
A. By discovering the "common tension" of the Christian life - Rom. 7:24-25; 8:10;
Gal. 5:16-18; 2 Cor. 5:1-5
B. By discovering the mind is not the source - Rom. 7:22, 23, 25
1. Passing through perplexing experiences of the contradiction between our inward thoughts and our outward acts - Rom. 7:15, 19-23
C. By discovering the will is not the source - Rom. 7:15-16, 18-21
1. Passing through experiences of defeat in the area of intentions, desires, promises, and resolutions - Rom. 7:15, 21-23
D. By discovering the emotions are not the source - Rom. 7:22
E. By discovering the presence of another force (sin) that attacks and masters us against
our better self - Rom. 7:23
F. By discovering a law operating in our behavior patterns - Rom. 7:21, 23, 25; 8:2
G. By discovering the enemy in our very members - Rom. 7:23; 6:12-14, 19; Col. 3:5
H. By discovering how to be a wretched man - Rom. 7:24-25; James 4:5-10
I. By discovering how to handle the suffering of our passions - Rom. 8:15-23;
(cf. Gal. 5:24-25)