Stand in it

1st Corinthians 15:1

Paul mentions standing in your slavation which was taught earlier. Do we stand in that salvation?
Romans 8 mentions the mind set on the flesh and the mind set on the spirit. The mind on the flesh screams "ME!" all day long without delay. That screaming of me even works for salvation. Those minds set on the flesh have this pattern. The fleshy mind sins, knows it sinned, and yet tries to atone for those sins by effort. "No thanks, I got it", this mind screams. They show up to church, hear a sermon and know they need to change things, but feel as if they can change things on thier own. A good sermon will last maybe 3 or 4 days on human effort.

The mind set on the spirit knows it is helpless against sin and it's only hope is in Christ. The mind set on the spirit knows there's nothing in it that can please God, so it can only cling to the promises of the gospel. Contrast that with the flesh set mind that is all about work work work, and somehow cleaning up before a Holy God who sees everything.

The fleshy mind has one of two directions it can go; dispair,or a judgmental attitude. Either they will be suicidal or they will turn into a religous biggot.

If you haven't already, ditch the meaningless self reliance and cling to the promises of Another, namely the atoning work of Christ. He was sacrificed for sin BY GOD! Paul later mentions in 1st Cor. 15, that there are some with a vain faith. Scary scary thought. Quit relying on yourself people!