V3-04 The Flesh and the Spirit
Walking Talking Bible Project
What does it mean that “it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose”? What does this have to do with working out our salvation “with fear and trembling”? Why is the “mind of the flesh” hostile to God? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Philippians 2:13
Philippians 2:13
13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
Connection Passage #1: Romans 8:7–9
Romans 8:7–9
7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
8 Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
Connection Passage #2 Philippians 2:12–13
Philippians 2:12–13
12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
Connection Passage #3: Philippians 2:14–15
Philippians 2:14–15
14 Do everything without complaining or arguing,
15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).