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OUTLINE FOR SUNDAY MESSAGE, 4-12-26
“SPIRIT STRONG,”
ROM. 8:5-8 (KJV)
Romans 8:5–8 (KJV)
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
First and foremost, let me qualify the terms flesh, Spirit, carnally minded, and spiritually minded, to ensure we’re all on the same page as it relates to the meanings of these terms.
FLESH, ROM. 8:5, DEFINED
Greek Strong’s Number: 4561
Greek Word: σάρξ
Transliteration: sarx
Phonetic Pronunciation: sarx
Root: probably from the base of <G4563>
Cross Reference: TDNT - 7:98,1000
Part of Speech: n f
Vine’s Words: Flesh
Usage Notes:
English Words used in KJV:
flesh 147
carnal 2
carnally minded + <G5427> 1
fleshly 1
[Total Count: 151]
probably from the base of <G4563> (saroo); flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul [or spirit], or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties [physical or moral] and passions), or (special) a human being (as such):- carnal (-ly, + -ly minded), flesh ([-ly]).[1]
SPIRIT, ROM. 8:5, DEFINED
Greek Strong’s Number: 4151
Greek Word: πνεῦμα
Transliteration: pneuma
Phonetic Pronunciation: pnyoo’-mah
Root: from <G4154>
Cross Reference: TDNT - 6:332,876
Part of Speech: n n
Vine’s Words: Breath, Breathe, Spirit, Wind
Usage Notes:
English Words used in KJV:
Spirit 111
(Holy) Ghost 89
Spirit (of God) 13
Spirit (of the Lord) 5
(My) Spirit 3
Spirit (of truth) 3
Spirit (of Christ) 2
human (spirit) 49
(evil) spirit 47
spirit (general) 26
spirit 8
(Jesus’ own) spirit 6
(Jesus’ own) ghost 2
miscellaneous translations 21
[Total Count: 385]
from <G4154> (pneo); a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figurative a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implicaiton) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, dæmon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy Spirit:- ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind. Compare <G5590> (psuche).[2]
CARNALLY MINDED, ROM. 8:6, DEFINED
Greek Strong’s Number: 5427
Greek Word: φρόνημα
Transliteration: phronēma
Phonetic Pronunciation: fron’-ay-mah
Root: from <G5426>
Cross Reference: TDNT - 9:220,1277
Part of Speech: n n
Vine’s Words: Mind
Usage Notes:
English Words used in KJV:
mind 2
carnally minded + <G4561> 1
spiritually minded + <G4151> 1
[Total Count: 4]
from <G5426> (phroneo); (mental) inclination or purpose:- (be, + be carnally, + be spiritually) mind (-ed).[3]
SPIRITUALLY MINDED, ROM. 8:6, DEFINED
Greek Strong’s Number: 5427
Greek Word: φρόνημα
Transliteration: phronēma
Phonetic Pronunciation: fron’-ay-mah
Root: from <G5426>
Cross Reference: TDNT - 9:220,1277
Part of Speech: n n
Vine’s Words: Mind
Usage Notes:
English Words used in KJV:
mind 2
carnally minded + <G4561> 1
spiritually minded + <G4151> 1
[Total Count: 4]
from <G5426> (phroneo); (mental) inclination or purpose:- (be, + be carnally, + be spiritually) mind (-ed).[4]
According to the definitions above, the flesh is the body, and the Spirit is the Holy Spirit, but also pneuma can mean the human spirit as well, just depends how the word is used in context. Carnally minded is to lean to the flesh, and spiritually minded is to lean toward the Spirit. Actually, it’s our human spirit yielded to and being led by the Holy Spirit. In our text to be led by the flesh leads to death, but to be led by the Spirit leads us to life. It is impossible to please God in our flesh, and without faith it is impossible to please God as well. This leads me to our series title, “Spirit Strong.” To be “Spirit Strong” is our human spirit yielding to the leading of the Holy Spirit which is what being spiritually minded means. Carnally minded is our mind and spirit yielding to the inclinations of the flesh which leads to death, or separation from God’s best for our lives, and if a person is not in Christ, eternal separation from God.
Proverbs 16:32 (KJV)
32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Real strength is more than the size of the muscles, or how many people are under your authority, or how many trophies are on our trophy shelf, but real strength is doing what’s right by God even when it is against the grain of the status quo, or when it’s unpopular, or when it does not bring praise and attention upon you.
2 Cor. 12:10 (Amplified Bible)
So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecution, perplexities and distresses, for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).
Ephesians 6:10 (KJV)
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
1 Corinthians 3:1–3 (KJV)
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
2 Corinthians 10:3–5 (KJV)
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
So, to be clear, being “Spirit Strong” is to practice always being mindful of what God’s will is on any particular subject and then yielding to the Holy Spirit’s leading concerning that situation and not falling into the traps of the inclinations of the flesh. “Spirit Strong” is 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV): 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:). We walk by the Word and the leading of the Holy Spirit, Galatians 5:16–18 (KJV): 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. If I worship, it’s in spirit and in truth, John 4:23–24 (KJV): 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. I pray in the Spirit. Whatever we do, we do it as unto the Lord and not unto men, Colossians 3:17 (KJV): 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Colossians 3:23 (KJV): 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. We do it from our core being, from our spirit. We must see beyond the temporal and think eternity.
Too many Christians live governed by their senses rather than by their spirits and by their faith. How often we make decisions while angry, or in our emotions, or when we’re under much stress without the counsel of God and His Spirit, and make the biggest mistakes of our lives. “Spirit strong” is to ever be mindful of His counsel, His plans and purposes for our lives in spite of what it feels like, looks like, or what folk are saying, especially while in our anger and in our emotions.
Isaiah 53 (KJV)
53 Who hath believed our report?
And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of a dry ground:
He hath no form nor comeliness;
And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men;
A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:
And we hid as it were our faces from him;
He was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities:
The chastisement of our peace was upon him;
And with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned every one to his own way;
And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
Yet he opened not his mouth:
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,
So he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment:
And who shall declare his generation?
For he was cut off out of the land of the living:
For the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked,
And with the rich in his death;
Because he had done no violence,
Neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:
When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
He shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:
By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;
For he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,
And he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
Because he hath poured out his soul unto death:
And he was numbered with the transgressors;
And he bare the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.
Philippians 2:5–11 (KJV)
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
OUTLINE FOR BIBLE STUDY STUDY MONDAY, 4-13-26
“THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER,”
JAMES 5:13-18 (KJV)
James 5:13–18 (KJV)
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Prayer energized by the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 6:18 (KJV): 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
Jude 20 (KJV)
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.
Romans 8:26–27 (KJV)
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
The Biblical prayers in the Word reveals praying in the Spirit, energized by the Spirit through the human spirit by faith.
Petition Prayer – The prayer of faith when you ask God for something or ask God to do something, 1 John 5:14–15 (KJV):
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Prayer of Thanksgiving – When all you are doing is praising the Lord and thanking Him for His goodness, Philippians 4:6 (KJV): 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Prayer of Worship - Luke 24:52–53 (KJV): 52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Prayer of Agreement – When two or more Believers agree together for something in prayer, Matthew 18:18–20 (KJV): 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Intercessory Prayer – When your prayer is interceding for another person, Genesis 18:23–33 (KJV): 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake. 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake. 33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Prayer of Consecration and Dedication - Luke 22:42 (KJV): 42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
Prayer of Commitment - Acts 13:1-5 (KJV): 13 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister
Praying in the Spirit - 1 Corinthians 14:14–15 (KJV): 14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
United Prayer - Acts 4:23–31 (KJV): 23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
The Prayer of Supplication – An humble , earnest entreaty, or request, Ephesians 6:18 (KJV): 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
FORMULA FOR ANSWERED PRAYER
Ingredient #1 – Decide, then find Scripture, 1 John 5:14–15 (KJV): 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Ingredient #2 – Ask God for the things, then believe, Mark 11:23–24 (KJV): 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Ingredient #3 – Let every thought and desire affirm, Hebrews 10:23 (KJV): 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;).
Ingredient #4 – Govern your thoughts, 2 Corinthians 10:3–5 (KJV): 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Ingredient #5 – Constantly think on the promises, John 15:7 (KJV): 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Ingredient #6 – Boost your faith, Hebrews 13:15 (KJV): 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Ingredient #7 – Make every word a statement of faith, Hebrews 4:14 (KJV): 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
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