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Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

1. God’s lovingkindness

a) An essential attribute of God

b) This is to be deeply appreciated

2. So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth

a) Testimony
This is a reference to the Word of God

b) Keeping of the Word of God
This was expressed as a determination of the psalmist

3. Let us seek revival that comes from the Lord

a) He is able to revive us

b) He is willing to give revival to our spirit

c) Let us call upon the Lord with faith

Great are Your tender mercies, O LORD; Revive me according to Your judgments.

Even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).

1. Dead in trespasses and sins

a) A candid statement of our spiritual state before faith in Christ

b) Our sins render us insensitive and unresponsive to the Lord

2. Made us alive together with Christ

a) This is a special work of God

b) He gives new life through faith in Christ

3. The Risen Saviour

a) God raised Jesus from the dead

b) He raises up all believers in Christ!

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.

1. Two lifestyles are compared

a) Those who live according to the flesh

b) Those who live according to the Spirit

2. Those who live according to the flesh
They set their minds on things of the flesh.

3. Those who live according to the Spirit
They follow the leading of the Spirit.

4. Our challenge

a) To live according to the Spirit

b) To determine to follow His leading

c) To discover what it means to have a Spirit-filled life

And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

1. If Christ is in us

a) This is a conditional sentence

b) The first part of the sentence begins with “If”

c) The second part of the sentence is to complete the conditional sentence

d) Sometimes the second part begins with “Then”

2. In this case, the “Then” clause was in two parts

a) The body is dead because of sin

b) The Spirit is life because of righteousness

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.

1. The Indwelling of the Spirit of God

a) This is a glorious truth not to be taken for granted

b) Let us take time to consider the significance of this truth

2. Life to our mortal body

a) Let us ponder this glorious truth

b) In part, we are sustained by the food we eat

c) In part, we are sustained by the Spirit of God who gives life

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.

1. Spiritual Death

a) If we live in the flesh

b) Spiritual demise will occur

2. Spiritual Life

a) If we put to death the deeds of the flesh

b) If we follow the leading of the Spirit

My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word.

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.

1. There are many things that are distracting

a) The things of the world

b) The desires of the heart

2. A good prayer

a) To turn eyes away from these things

b) To be revived and to live zealously for the Lord