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→Condemnation of carnality
Paul says in Romans 8:6-7:
Paul says in Romans 8:6-7:
{{quotebox|For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.}}
{{quotebox|For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.}}
What does the scripture mean by death? Let's discern the meaning from two verses. In [[Genesis]] God told Adam and Eve, ''In the day you of it ye shall surely die'', and Jesus told a young man who wanted to bury his father first before following Jesus, ''Let the dead bury the dead''. In both cases we discern that God is not talking about physical of fleshly death; he talking about separation, or spiritual death. In Genesis God is warning in the day that Adam and Eve reject God's word, they shall surely become separated from God. In Jesús's statement, Jesus is saying let those who are spiritually separated from God bury the physical corpse of another person who likely also was spiritually separated from God.
Jesus told the woman at he well,
{{quotebox|God is spirit...}}
and
{{quotebox|These words I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.}}
It is the spirit that gives life. Hence you must be born of the spirit. This is the second birth Jesus discusses with Nicodemus in John chapter 3, ''ye must be born again.'' It is the spirit that gives life.
===Serving in newness of spirit===
===Serving in newness of spirit===