Therefore, there is now no condemnation for
                   those who are in Christ Jesus, because through
                   Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me
                   free from the law of sin and death.  For what the
                   law was powerless to do in that it was weakened
                   by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own
                   Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin
                   offering.  And so He condemned sin in sinful man,
                   in order that the righteous requirements of the
                   law might by fully met in us, who do not live
                   according to the sinful nature but according to
                   the Spirit (Romans 8:1-4 NIV).


                        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 sinful man is death,
                   but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and
                   peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God.  It
                   does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
                   Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot
                   please God (Romans 8:5-8 NIV).


                        You, however, are controlled not by the
                   sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of
                   God lives in you.  And if anyone does not have
                   the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to
                   Christ.  But if Christ is in you, your body is
                   dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
                   because of righteousness.  And if the Spirit of
                   Him Who raised Jesus from the dead is living in
                   you, He Who raised Christ from the dead will also
                   give life to your mortal bodies through His
                   Spirit, Who lives in you (Romans 8:9-11 NIV).


                        Let it be known to all of you, and to all
                   the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus
                   Christ the Nazarene, Him you crucified, Whom God
                   raised from the dead-by this name this man stands
                   here before you in good health.  He is the STONE
                   WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but
                   WHICH BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone.  And there is
                   Salvation in no One else; for there is no other
                   name under Heaven that has been given among men,
                   by which we must be saved (Acts 4:10-12 NAS).





                        But He was pierced for our transgressions,
                   He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment
                   that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His
                   wounds we are healed.
                        We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each
                   of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has
                   laid on Him the iniquity of us all (53:5-6 NIV).


                        Therefore we do not lose heart, but though
                   our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is
                   being renewed day by day.
                        For momentary, light affliction is producing
                   for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all
                   comparison,
                        while we look not at the things which are
                   seen, but at the things which are not seen, for
                   the things which are seen are temporal, but the
                   things which are not seen are eternal (2
                   Corinthians 4:16-18 NAS).