Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 8:4

"that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." — Romans 8:4 (ASV)

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Oh, what a blessed thing it is to walk, freely, not after the flesh, but after the Spirit even though, all the while, there is, within the soul, this strife that the apostle has been describing!

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Mark, again, how Paul brings us to this as the great evidence of our being in Christ Jesus,-the not walking after the flesh. Now, every man, as he is born into the world, left to himself, is sure to "walk after the flesh." It is only the man who has the Spirit of God put into his soul, who has the heavenly gift from on high, who will "walk after the Spirit." It is not talking after the flesh, but it is walking after it, that condemns us, and it is not talking after the Spirit that will save us; it is walking after the Spirit that is the evidence of salvation: not talking, but walking.

How many of you are there who are talkers, who can talk religion and give us as much as we like of it, but whose life and conduct are not in keeping with godliness! Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. If ye sow to the flesh, ye "shall of the flesh reap corruption," but if ye sow to the Spirit, ye "shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."