The Spirit of God Permanently Lives Inside Us (TMF:1715)

Friday, October 08, 2021
Peace to Live By: The Spirit of God Permanently Lives Inside Us (TMF:1715) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 9: “You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you” (Romans 8:9-11, ESV). Again, we as Christians are not like Old Testament believers in God. The Spirit of God now permanently lives inside of us. This happened at the moment of our conversation, the moment we believed in God, accepted Jesus. We are not either like unbelievers who are not in right relationship with God. We have advantages over both groups of people, to understate it dramatically. Mainly, the two things are that we are new creations and indwelled by the Spirit of God, as I’ve been talking about. But Paul says here that anyone of which the Holy Spirit does not abide in their bodies does not even know God.