The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: ROM 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
ROM 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace.
ROM 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
ROM 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
ROM 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that
the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of
Christ, he is none of his.
ROM 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: but we walk in darkness.
ISA 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we
had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate
places as dead men.
ISA 59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look
for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from
us.
ISA 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our
sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for
our iniquities, we know them;
ISA 59:13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem
unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
JER 27:4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
JER 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the
ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it
unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
JER 27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the
field have I given him also to serve him.
JER 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's
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