Kilpatrick Baptist Association

Our economy exists on the principle of getting us to acquire more or other than we need. It works because we are all "hungry"; we all have desires. Desires can be normal and healthy for any living creature. It's what we desire that becomes unhealthy. We should desire food and companionship and meaning. We should desire health and purpose and safety. In Romans 8, Paul creates the broad categories of spiritual desires and sinful desires -- desires that are promoted by the Spirit of God in us and desires that are promoted by the sinful nature in us. "Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of the sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace." (8:5-6) With the help of the Bible, the Spirit of God in us, and the "mind of Christ" in our church family, we can discern the difference between those desires we have that are healthy and right for a Christian and those that are unhealthy and displeasing to God.

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Matt Ward, FBC Thomson