To live in the Spirit is to be born of the Spirit.

Nicodemus said, 'How can a grown man be born? Can he go back into his mother's womb and be born again?' Jesus replied:

'I tell you most solemnly,
unless a man is born through water and the Spirit,
he cannot enter the kingdom of God:
what is born of the flesh is flesh;
what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Do not be surprised when I say:
You must be born from above.
The wind blows wherever it pleases;
you hear its sound,
but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.
That is how it is with all who are born of the Spirit.' - John 3:4-8 -

Most of us have the intellectual life, good moral character, sound behaviour, and amiable qualities of disposition, but sadly, without the new life of the Holy Spirit.

From now onward, therefore, we do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh. Even if we did once know Christ in the flesh, that is not how we know him now. And for anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation; the old creation has gone, and now the new one is here. It is all God's work. - 2Cor. 5:16-17 -

The Holy Spirit, [Sanctifier] as a divine person, was united with the Father, [Creator] the Lord Jesus Christ [Saviour/Redeemer] - The Holy Trinity - When our soul or heart truly converted to God, yields itself wholly to His love and becomes living Spirit, who dwells in us. Henceforth, our life is spiritual and divine. Therefore, it is not we who live, but the Lord Jesus Christ who lives in us; and we draw life, strength, health, love, joy, peace and all the fruits of the good Spirit from Him through the Holy Spirit.

Let me put it like this: if you are guided by the Spirit you will be in no danger of yielding to self-indulgence, since self-indulgence is the opposite of the Spirit, the Spirit is totally against such a thing, and it is precisely because the two are so opposed that you do not always carry out your good intentions. If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you.

When self-indulgences is at work the results are obvious: fornication, gross indecency and sexual irresponsibility; idolatry and sorcery; feuds and wrangling, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels; disagreements, factions, envy; drunkenness, orgies and similar things. I warn you now, as I warned you before: those who behave like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. What the Spirit brings is very different: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control. There can be no law against things like that, of course. You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passions and desires. Since the Spirit is our life, let us be directed by the Spirit. We must stop being conceited, provocative and envious. - Gal. 5:16-26 -

To live in the Spirit is to be Sanctified by the Spirit, to receive the Spirit of holiness, and thus be delivered from the power of sin.

The reason, therefore, why those who are in Christ Jesus are not condemned, is that the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. God has done what the Law because of our unspiritual nature, was unable to do. - Rom. 8:1-3 -

If we live and walk in the Spirit, we have to acknowledge that the Spirit is presence and abiding in us, trust Him, depends of Him in the emergencies of life, called upon Him in every time of need or crisis. We must not only believe but unfailingly trusting the Holy Spirit and surely He will respond to our needs. Remember! the Holy Spirit cannot and will not dwell in an unconverted soul or heart, but He can and does work in the hearts of the unconverted, producing conviction and conversion of heart and leading them to a saving union with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Having led the soul to Christ, the Holy Spirit now becomes the personal Sanctifier, Teacher, Comforter of the believer. Our sanctification has been purchased for us through the redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ.

He is abolishing the first sort to replace it with the second. And this will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his body made once and for all by Jesus Christ. By virtue of that one single offering, he has achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying. - Heb. 10:10,14 -

Sanctification is not a mere human experience but it is the reception of Christ as the very substance of our spiritual life. For example, it is not like a person offering assistance or help solving a personal problem or loan us money to pay debts or start a business, of course, in return for a favour. It is Himself assuming it with all its burdens and liabilities, while we become subordinate and receive all our needs from Him.

The Law, of course, as we know, is spiritual; but I am unspiritual; I have been sold as a slave to sin. I cannot understand my own behaviour. I fail to carry out the things I want to do, and I find myself.....

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body doomed to death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

In short, it is I who with my reason serve the Law of God, and no less I who serve in my unspiritual self the law of sin. - Rom. 7:14-25 -

In conclusion, to live in the Spirit and have the Spirit as a divine person living in us, first and importantly, we need to be baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and for those who already been baptized, he or she must observed and practices all the commands the Lord Jesus Christ gave us. And know that He is with us always; yes, to the end of time, because 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to the Lord Jesus Christ.' - Matt. 28:16-20 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -