All right, let's open our Bibles to Romans chapter 8, Romans chapter 8, where we're going to

continue in our study through the book of Romans.

We have been absent from the book the last two weeks because of Easter and before that

Palm Sunday.

So just by way of a quick review to bring us up to speed where we are heading into Romans

chapter 8, chapter 6 and 7, we talked about how Paul describes a battle within every

Christian.

Now, there is not a battle within the non-believer.

The non-believer has no internal conflict, really, because the

non-believer basically does what he or she wants to do within reason. The only restraint is

basically the law of the land or the person's God-given conscience. Otherwise, the non-belie

does what the non-believer wants to do because it's all about

the thank you line at Chick-fil-A, my pleasure.

That's what it's all about.

It's all about my pleasure.

It's what I want to do because I live my life for me.

I'm on the throne of my life.

I'm the captain of my ship, that whole thing.

Okay, but it's different for the Christian because the Christian doesn't live for my pleasure. The Christian lives for the

Lord's pleasure. We want to please the Lord and so we want to live our lives to glorify him. But that's

not always easy. The reason it's not easy is because there is an internal conflict for the

believer. And the reason is because when a person gets saved, that is to say, when he or she puts faith in Jesus Christ, trust Jesus, and has a relationship with Jesus, your spirit within gets regenerated.

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