HOW CAN I GET VICTORY?

HOW CAN I GET VICTORY?
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 
BIBLE VERSIONS.
Some have said that the second half of this verse was added by a scribe. Some say it was a mistake. The same thing is said also in verse 4, so it fits the way that Paul would speak. But that’s not the point, don’t get hung up on part of the verse and discredit the whole verse. We as Christians should not be fulfilling the lust of out flesh and walking in a worldly manner. We are the light of the world. My sins are covered in the blood that Jesus shed, so there is NO condemnation. Walk in victory not defeat.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 
WE HAVE FREEDOM
Do you want true freedom? We are free from the shackles that bind us and the weight that burdens us. Sin carries a heavy cost and we have been delivered from its curse.
3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 

Same as verse one. Jesus was our example and he gives up the power needed to walk away from temptation. Unfortunately we too often choose to indulge in sin rather then distance our self from it. If God convicts you of something he will give you what you need to walk away. Don’t buddy up to sin, it will kill you.
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
DEATH vs LIFE and PEACE
The choice is yours. You only have yourself to blame for most of the mess you get into. I choose life in Christ.  Why is this hard to do? Verse 7…
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
WHAT IS CARNEL?
σάρξ sárx, sarx; probably from the base of G4563; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally)

Is there any hope then? Yes there is look at verse 9:
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO JESUS.
KNOW JESUS/KNOW LIFE
NO JESUS/NO LIFE
 
FAMILY OF THE DEVIL <VS> THE FAMILY OF GOD.
Romans 8:12-17
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 
DON’T LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH.
13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 
BECAUSE YOU WILL DIE! The reward for being part of the devils family.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 
I AM A CHILD OF GOD.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 
BECOME PART OF A FAMILY.
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
WE HAVE AN INHERITANCE. The reward for being part of God’s family.


From Suffering to Glory
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of [f]corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession [g]for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
God’s Everlasting Love
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:
“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.