In this message, Stephen Davey continues his series "The War Within" in Romans 8:5-11, where the apostle Paul reveals that the entire world divides into two camps—those who are friends of the Holy Spirit and those who are not. Building on the Spirit's role as the believer's faithful, lifelong best Friend, Davey shows that the difference between a believer and an unbeliever is not a matter of I.Q. but of what he playfully calls D.Q., a "desire quotient"—the things a person sets their mind on and becomes obsessed with. Drawing on memorable examples, from naturalist John Audubon braving snake-filled swamps to study birds to a man who won a race by eating eighteen donuts, Davey presses home the truth that what you love you think about, and what you think about you become. He contrasts the two dispositions and two destinations Paul lays out: the mind set on the flesh leads to death, while the mind set on the Spirit leads to life and peace. He closes with the sobering account of a renowned scientist who spent forty years obsessed with the Piltdown Man hoax before learning the truth too late, set against the confident hope of dying believers who know that the same Spirit who raised Christ will one day raise their mortal bodies to eternal life.
A New Obsession
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