Kingdom Minded - Mark Oliver (July 28, 2019)

Flesh/God’s disposition towards it

• Ezra 9:1-8 The Holy seed was corrupted by mixture of intermarriage with 

• 1 Pet 1:23-25 Christians are born again of incorruptible seed through the Word of God

• 1 Sam 16:7 The Lord does not see as man sees…

• Jn. 7:24 Judge not by appearance

• Jn 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing

• Gal 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me

• Rom 2:28 He who is a Jew is one inwardly. Circumcision is of the heart. 

• Acts 15:8-9 No distinction between us and them

• Gal 6:13 Do not boast in the flesh

• Rom 8:5 Those who set their mind on the flesh walk in the flesh

• Rom 8:8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God

• Gal 5:17 The Flesh lusts against the Spirit - insatiable cravings

Who are the Sons of Abraham

• Matt 3:7 Only those of faith are sons of Abraham

• Matt 3:13-14 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, so that the Gentiles in Christ would receive the full blessings and promises of Abraham 

• Matt 3:28 No Jew or Greek, slave nor free, male or female 

• Matt 3:16 God’s promises were made to Abraham and his Seed, who is Christ 

• Matt 3:29 If you are in Christ, you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise 

2 Corinthians 5:16-18

“Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.”