Romans 8:8-17 "So then they that are in the flesh cannot please GOD. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the SPIRIT, if so be that the SPIRIT of GOD dwell in you. Now if any man have not the SPIRIT of CHRIST, he is none of HIS. And if CHRIST be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the SPIRIT is life because of righteousness. But if the SPIRIT of HIM that raised up JESUS from the dead dwell in you, HE that raised up CHRIST from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by HIS SPIRIT that dwelleth in you.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the SPIRIT do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the SPIRIT of GOD, they are the sons of GOD. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the SPIRIT of adoption, whereby we cry, ABBA, FATHER. The SPIRIT ITSELF beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of GOD: and if children, then heirs; heirs of GOD, and joint-heirs with CHRIST; if so be that we suffer with HIM, that we may be also glorified together."
If the HOLY SPIRIT were to suddenly exit this earth today, most churches would continue on as if nothing had happened ! Yet, those who are tuned in to the Scriptures know how indispensable the HOLY SPIRIT is.
1.) We cannot be saved apart from HIS convicting ministry: "And when HE is come, HE will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment" (John 6:18).
2.) We cannot be regenerated apart from the SPIRIT: "Except a man be born of water and of the SPIRIT, he cannot enter into the kingdom of GOD" (John3:5).
3.) No one belongs to JESUS CHRIST apart from HIS indwelling: "If any man have not the SPIRIT of CHRIST, he is none of HIS" (Romans 8:9).
4.) We cannot enjoy assurance of salvation apart from HIS inner witness: "The SPIRIT ITSELF beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of GOD" (Romans 8:16).
5.) We cannot be a member of CHRIST's church apart from HIM: "For by one SPIRIT are we all baptized into one body" (1st.Corinthians 12:13).
6.) We cannot learn truth apart from HIS teaching ministry: "When HE, the SPIRIT of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth" (John 16:13).
7.) We cannot bear spiritual fruit apart from HIS filling: "But the fruit of the SPIRIT is love, joy, peace . . ." (Galatians 5:22-23).
8.) We cannot have victory over sin apart from HIS empowerment: "For the law of the SPIRIT of life in CHRIST JESUS hath made me free from the law of sin and death" (Romans 8:2).
9.) We cannot overcome the flesh apart from HIM: "Walk in the SPIRIT, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh" (Galatians 5:16).
10.) We cannot be conformed to CHRIST apart from the SPIRIT: "We . . . are changed into the same image . . . even as by the SPIRIT of the LORD" (2nd.Corinthians 3:18)
11.) We cannot be assured of our eternal salvation, that cannot be lost once we are truly saved, without the HOLY SPIRIT's seal: "In WHOM ye also trusted, after that ye heard the WORD of truth, the Gospel of your salvation: in WHOM also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with the HOLY SPIRIT of promise;" (Ephesians 1:13 pictured above).
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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