Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Romans 8:12-14 KJV

This passage was written to the brothers by Paul, meaning to believing Christians.  In verse 14, he indicates a most profound phrase, to believing believers.  If we live according to the flesh, we will die.  It is not enough simply to have a prayed a prayer once.  It is those who are led by the Spirit that are the Sons of God, and only those that do the will of the Father shall inherit the Kingdom.

Bear this in mind, the Father’s house is very large, and the one who has been given much is required of much, and those given little required of little.  If all our capacity is to give a cup of cold water to one of His disciples, we shall not lose our reward.  But, for those who do not live by the Spirit, and mortify the deeds of the body, where then is life?

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