ROMANS 8:5–9
  Those who let themselves be controlled by their lower natures live only to please themselves, but those who follow after the Holy Spirit find themselves doing those things that please God.

  Following after the Holy Spirit leads to life and peace, but following after the old nature leads to death because the old sinful nature within us is against God.  It never did obey God's laws and it never will.

  That's why those who are still under the control of their old sinful selves, bent on following their old evil desires, can never please God.

  But you are not like that. You are controlled by your new nature if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that if anyone doesn't have the Spirit of Christ living in him, he is not a Christian at all.)
 

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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.