{"id":8328,"date":"2019-04-22T22:14:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T02:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2019-04-25T18:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T22:06:05","slug":"losingmymind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2019\/04\/losingmymind\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>THEME: Unsinkable<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>SERIES: Last Words<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>TITLE: <\/strong>Losing My Mind<\/h2>\n<h2>Scripture: Romans 8: 1-11<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE WE STAND \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In 7:25 Paul tells us that the only thing which will set us free is the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>atoning work of Jesus Christ<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Romans 8:1 tells us we are free. How is that a benefit?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eternally<\/strong><\/span>) free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>internally<\/strong><\/span>) free. [Verse 2]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>positionally perfect<\/strong><\/span>). [Verses 3-4]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 WHAT WE CHOOSE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two kinds of lives that will manifest themselves:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Life according to the flesh. [5a,6a, 7-8]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They have a fleshly (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>mindset<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They have a deadly (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>future<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They are hostile (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>toward God<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They have an inability to (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>please God<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Life according to the Spirit. [5b, 6b, 9-11]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It has a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>spiritual orientation<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It has a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>peaceful existence<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is empowered by (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">t<\/span>he Spirit<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NEXT WEEK: \u00a0\u00a0Theme: Unsinkable\/ Series: A Lifeboat<\/p>\n<p>Title: Being in Your Right Mind- Romans 8:12-17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THEME: Unsinkable SERIES: Last Words TITLE: Losing My Mind Scripture: Romans 8: 1-11 &nbsp; I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE WE STAND \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 In 7:25 Paul tells us that the only thing which will set us free is the (atoning work of Jesus Christ). Romans 8:1 tells us we are free. How is that a benefit? 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2019\/04\/losingmymind\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8331,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8328\/revisions\/8331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}