Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Zelwyn Heide, pastor at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Hannover, ND and Zion Lutheran Church in New Salem, ND, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Romans 8:1-11. St. Paul reaches one of the high points of the epistle, drawing together all that he has said concerning the unrighteousness of man and the righteousness of God. For those who are in Christ, there is now no more condemnation. The reality of being “in Christ” is the controlling reality for Christians. In Christ, God has done what the law could not do. The law could not do it because of our own sinful flesh. Yet God sent Jesus as true man, without any sin or guilt of His own, to take on our sin and defeat it in His own flesh. Now that He has fulfilled the Law and we are in Him, our walk is not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. The flesh and the Spirit are polar opposites. Those who live according to the flesh are entirely hostile to the things of God and hostile toward Him. Those who live according to the Spirit have life and