“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” – Romans 8:9-16
LIGHT FOR NOW: The born again man hails from God, this is why he has the life of God.
The fact of the indwelling of the spirit was emphatically taught all through the epistles, thus establishing it as an important fact that the believer ought to be acquainted with. 1John 3:24 “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us”. 1John 4:13 “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit”. John in his epistles explains the fact that God dwells and abides in us by the spirit which he has given us. Jude 1:19-20 “These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost”.
Jude made a distinction between those who are sensual, having not the spirit from believers whom he calls beloved. He then instructs to build up ourselves on our most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. The indwelling of the spirit is the reality of the man in Christ. The spirit has been given, and by faith in the gospel, he has received the spirit. He has the spirit today and forever! This is an eternal reality, and thus cannot be undone or nullified. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Never assume that you are without the spirit at any given time.
CONFESSION: I hail from God; I hail from the spirit of God, hence, the life of God is my very life, Amen.
QUOTE: The spirit of God is the spirit in the man in Christ.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: ROMANS CHAPTER 8; EVENING: ROMANS CHAPTER 9
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 