We must learn to live our lives in the Spirit, following the Holy Spirit, allowing God’s Word to be a lamp unto our feet, and not our carnal nature, found in our flesh…
Read Romans 8:1-39
Life in the Spirit is a journey from condemnation to Glorious Hope.
“The Christian life is essentially life in the Spirit, that is to say, a life that is animated, sustained, directed and enriched by the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit true Christian discipleship would be inconceivable, indeed impossible.”
Paul’s three-chapter treatise on sanctification (Rom. 6-8) concludes with chapter 8.
The conflict between the Holy Spirit and the propensity to sin presented in chapter 7 is here answered with the presentation of another “law” (principle)— the law of the Spirit of life through Christ Jesus.
Paul explains the “new way of the Spirit” (Rom. 7:6) and reveals the benefits of the new life the Spirit gives.
Paul’s three-chapter treatise on sanctification (Rom. 6-8) concludes with chapter 8.
The conflict between the Holy Spirit and the propensity to sin presented in chapter 7 is here answered with the presentation of another “law” (principle)— the law of the Spirit of life through Christ Jesus.
Paul explains the “new way of the Spirit” (Rom. 7:6) and reveals the benefits of the new life the Spirit gives.
Romans 8 is a beacon of hope and reassurance, serving as a reminder of the power of the Spirit, the freedom we have in Christ, and God’s unending love.
Despite our current sufferings, we can find solace knowing that future glory awaits us and that nothing can separate us from God’s love!
SELAH (let us pause and calmly think about these things)
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Sunday, Sept 15
cFaith Devotion
Faith Food Devotions
by Kenneth E. Hagin
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“I [Jesus] in them [believers], and thou [God the Father] in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.”
— John 17:23
When you know – really know – that God is your very own Father and you are His very own child, this knowledge will have the following effect on you:
You will have as much freedom and fellowship with the Father as Jesus had in His earth walk, because God the Father loves you even as He loved Jesus!
John 17:23 says so:
“…and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.”
“I just can’t believe that God loves me as much as He loved Jesus,” some may say.
Thank God, I can! I believe it, because the Bible says it, and that settles it!
You and I can say with Jesus “…I am not alone, because the Father is with me” (John 16:32).
Because if God loves me as He loved Jesus— and He does—then He is with me as He was with Jesus.
I am never afraid, just as Jesus was never afraid.
There is nothing to fear. What can man do to the man or woman whom God loves and protects!
Confession:
God the Father is my very own Father. I am His very own child. And He loves me in my earth walk just as much as He loved Jesus in His earth walk.
I can fellowship with Him just as Jesus did. I am free from fear just as Jesus was, for I am not alone. My Father is with me.
[Source: Faith Food Devotions by Kenneth E. Hagin]
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