Once you've tasted God's amazing grace, it's impossible to view life any other way.

How can it be that even while we are dead in our sins, God continues to extend His love

and forgiveness?

So here's the question, how do we treat those who remain in bondage to their sin?

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall continues a message he started last time.

In Romans 8, we discover what it means to live in grace and how to give it to others.

Chuck titled his message, living above the drag of defeat.

He loves to do this with that logical mind of his, because by contrasting something,

you're able to see both sides and the truth of it emerges clearly.

In verses 5 through 11, think of two columns.

The column on your left would represent the old nature.

The column on your right represents the new nature and you'll see contrasting statements

true under each.

Look at verse 5, follow along.

Those who, this is the Christian now, we have the Spirit of God within us.

Those Christians, those believers who are dominated by the sinful nature, think about sinful things,

those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit, think about things that please the Spirit.

So we have our first in the list of three things.

First thing under the old nature, you think about sinful things in the true.

When you're around tempting things, you think about yielding because you're dominated

by the flesh.

When you're around something that you shouldn't do, you think about doing it because it's

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