the sway the power the influence the control of the spirit into whose sway i have moved comes

not from outside but but from inside.

You see that?

You are in the sway of the spirit.

If the spirit is in you,

now why?

Why is that so precious?

Because he could have stayed outside and just barked commands at us.

Hi, I'm your host, Dan Kroover.

What sets Christians apart from the world?

In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper walks through Romans 8 verses 9 to 11 to reveal five spirit-wrought realities that distinguish believers from unbelievers. This message was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on December 16, 2001.

I want to talk this morning about what's the difference between you, Christian, and those who are in the flesh, non-Christian.

And oh, that the whole world knew these things,

so that people didn't have the craziest notions of what a Christian is biblically.

That's what we want to talk about now.

There are five distinguishing features of a Christian from non-Christians in these verses

and one feature that binds us together with them.

So that's our plan.

What are the five things in verses 9 to 11, three verses,

that separate us profoundly from all who are not Christian?

And what is the one thing that binds us together with them?

This is not exhaustive, neither on the binding nor the separating.

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