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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Romans 8:3, “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:”

When 2 Corinthians 5:21 declares that Christ was made sin, this includes the sin spoken of in Romans 8:3–sin in the flesh. 

When Christ died, He died for this thing called sin. 

Sin is a living, moving thing resident in our flesh. 

“Sin” is different from “sins” that we have committed. 

Sin dwelling in our flesh is that thing that feels “wrong” in us–that thing that wants to think on its own, that wants to be depressed, that wants to get angry, that wants to lust, that wants to live with its drives and compulsions. 

Sin moves, it reacts, it gets hurt.

Sin in us is something that involuntarily happens by virtue of our being in the flesh. 

For example, you do not choose to wake up depressed. 

Before you even decide how you want to be, you are already depressed. 

That means sin in the flesh is a living kind of feeling that we coexist with and that is present alongside our organic union with Christ. 

It shows up in different ways. 

Sin in the flesh is the greatest factor in a believer’s life for receiving all kinds of condemnation, accusation, and categorization from the devil. 

Because of the ugly manifestations of sin in the flesh–things that surface and show up in our thoughts and our emotions–there is a tug-of-war inside of us. 

Paul briefly describes this conflict in Galatians 5:17. 

While something for God is operating in us, simultaneously something else is operating that wants to sin. 

Sin plans to sin. 

It has already planned to do its next thing.

Until Tomorrow 

With a Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Sadie Harpers Family In Her Passing

Shawn & Susan Bankston In Passing Of His Dad

Bill Lawhead – Much Prayer needed

Jill Haines Surgery on Thursday 

The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends

Amy Garner’s Mother/Dad  

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Barbara Shed’s Family 

Bill Moody 

Carol Lawhead’s Brother 

Charlie Sessom – Waiting  

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom 

Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother

Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah  

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford – Good News

Michael Stanley 

Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom  

Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend 

Ricky Stubbs  

Rod Gustafson – Cancer

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Sheila Simmons Cousin  

Tom Witcher