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Rom.8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

How can flesh put to death flesh without measure out it own judgment? According to God's judgment, flesh simply puts itself to death by its judgment, for according to the law the wage sins pays is death! Paul himself as a Pharisee had judged people by the law, given them the penalty of death. The flesh has only one means to condemn us in our flesh, laws, laws created for the wicked, to punish the evil in us.

Matt.7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

Romans 5:21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1Tim.1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

The law was not created for a righteous man, the law could not condemn the Son of God as a sinner, although the leaders of Israel used the law unrighteous to condemn innocent blood, Christ Jesus. So how does one put to death the flesh by flesh?

Romans 7:10 The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

Here is a very shocking point not by law, because that is to measure out our own judgment if we are in the flesh, death! The Spirit must put to death our flesh, but how? Here another shocking point that removes works of law from our hands, it is by our faith!

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Colossians 1:22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him.

It is by faith that bring us into the Spirit, that is, into Christ Jesus a spirit person as a body member therein with no flesh, and subsequently, no judgment of sin. This is the measure we want measured ourselves and to others, life, not death. We want to have Christ life indwelling us filling us with Gods Spirit so we can be lead by the Spirit and the mind of Christ doing, and thinking the very thoughts of life and not death. The flesh is of no value at all, becausing killing it by law only make more sin, it does not remove sin from us, it enhance it creating great judgment, and more fleshly thoughts of sin judgments!

1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Romans 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Romans 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith says this, "Don't say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'{Deuteronomy 30:12} (that is, to bring Christ down);

Romans 10:8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;"{Deuteronomy 30:14} that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

It is a lack of faith in Christ who is our saving power, as it was a lack of faith of the nation or Israel under Moses in wilderness that kept them from entering into the promise land. What God did for Israel should have built their faith in his saving power not their own works of law. God's anointed had no righteousness before Christ, God has raised them up, he has seated them in heavenly place with Christ giving them a seal of Holy Spirit a taste of the Christ life, he has filled them with the life of Christ, and comforted them leading them by the compassionate mind of Christ into the promise land of milk and honey; none of which they did of their own works or will!

1 Corinthians 2:5 that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

2 Corinthians 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Galatians 2:16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

What have they done to deserve this wondrous gift of undeserved kindness, but put faith in it? Yes, trust that God is good, that he gives gifts to his children, and will completely save them. This is how we kill the flesh that stalks us each day causing us pain, doubt and trouble in this world, we conqueror it by faith, and we endure in faith until the end of our days in this rebellious flesh like Christ whom suffered for us so we might know God.

Hebrews 5:7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear.

Isaiah 28:12 to whom he said, "This is the resting place. Give rest to weary;" and "This is the refreshing;" yet they would not hear.

Isaiah 30:15 For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, "You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence." You refused.

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