The Law vs The Holy Spirit & Faith
Today we are going to STUDY and DO CONFESSION based upon 2 Timothy 1:7-15, Galatians 3:22-27 and Romans 8:2:17 (KJV and Amplified Bible).
God has not given us a spirit of fear but He has given us a spirit of power, of love, of a sound mind, that is a mind which is a calm, well-balanced, and disciplined mind and one which exercises self-control.
God has delivered us, called us to a calling which is holy and leads to holiness, a life of consecration and holiness. He did this because of or according to His grace and purpose, both of which were actually given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began.
It is that purpose and grace which God has now disclosed, made known, made real to us by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, Who annulled death and made it of no effect and brought life, immortality, to light through the gospel.
All mankind were sinners, shut up and imprisoned by sin so that the inheritance, the blessing which was promised through faith in Christ Jesus, might be given, released, delivered, committed to those who believe, adhere to, trust in, rely on Christ Jesus.
Before faith came, we were perpetually guarded, kept in custody in preparation for faith that was destined to be revealed, unveiled, disclosed.
That law served as a trainer, a guardian, a guide to Christ, to lead until Christ came, that we might be justified, declared in right standing with God by faith. BUT NOW that faith has come, we no longer are under a guardian or trainer (the law of what to do, with its specific rules and regulations) but we are under the real thing, faith.
In Christ Jesus, we are all sons of God through faith and have put on, clothed ourselves with Christ (The Anointed One and His anointing). We have clothed ourselves with the armor of God, which comes from within (Romans 13:12). We have put on the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:11-18). We have put on, clothed ourselves as ones picked by God as His own chosen representatives who are purified and well beloved by God Himself, with behavior marked by v. 12-25 of Colossians 3. In other words, we have stopped doing what our flesh dictates and started allowing the Holy Spirit of God to totally take charge of our lives, allowing Him free access to conform us to His image of beauty and love.
Therefore, the law of our new life, our new being is faith; the law of our old life was THE LAW. THE LAW leads to death and FAITH leads to life.
The power of the law was weakened by the flesh, which is the entire selfish, self-centered nature of our being without the Holy Spirit, in other words, sin. God subdued, overcame, deprived sin of its power over all who accept Jesus Christ. How? Jesus took on flesh and blood and offered Himself up for sin (Hebrews 2:14-15).
Our lives are not governed by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh. Our lives are controlled by the Holy Spirit. We set our minds on and seek those things which gratify the Holy Spirit. And the mind of the Holy Spirit is life and peace now and forever. We are living the life of the Spirit because the Holy Spirit of God dwells in us and directs and controls us.
The Holy Spirit dwells in us and our spirits are alive because of His righteousness (His right way of doing things which gives us the right to come before Him without shame or guilt) that He imputes (gives) to us and our bodies are given life through the Holy Spirit Who dwells in us.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit we are habitually putting to death, making extinct, deadening the evil deeds prompted by our bodies and we are truly, really and genuinely living the life of God as His children, His anointed ones.
We are led by the Holy Spirit of God and we are His children.
The Spirit which we have now received is not a spirit of bondage to fear (Hebrews 2:14-15 and 2 Timothy 1:7), but we have received the Holy Spirit Who is a Spirit of adoption, a Spirit producing sonship----we can cry or proclaim God is our Daddy, our Papa. He’s our Father. The Holy Spirit assures us, testifies to us, witnesses to us that we are children of God. We are heirs of God. We are joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
We are children of God, if we have accepted what Jesus has done for us as our substitute on the cross and received forgiveness of our sins and reconciliation to our Father. We have access to all that Heaven offers and have a life of freedom while we are here on this earth.
God has not given us a spirit of fear but He has given us a spirit of power, of love, of a sound mind, that is a mind which is a calm, well-balanced, and disciplined mind and one which exercises self-control.
God has delivered us, called us to a calling which is holy and leads to holiness, a life of consecration and holiness. He did this because of or according to His grace and purpose, both of which were actually given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began.
It is that purpose and grace which God has now disclosed, made known, made real to us by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, Who annulled death and made it of no effect and brought life, immortality, to light through the gospel.
All mankind were sinners, shut up and imprisoned by sin so that the inheritance, the blessing which was promised through faith in Christ Jesus, might be given, released, delivered, committed to those who believe, adhere to, trust in, rely on Christ Jesus.
Before faith came, we were perpetually guarded, kept in custody in preparation for faith that was destined to be revealed, unveiled, disclosed.
That law served as a trainer, a guardian, a guide to Christ, to lead until Christ came, that we might be justified, declared in right standing with God by faith. BUT NOW that faith has come, we no longer are under a guardian or trainer (the law of what to do, with its specific rules and regulations) but we are under the real thing, faith.
In Christ Jesus, we are all sons of God through faith and have put on, clothed ourselves with Christ (The Anointed One and His anointing). We have clothed ourselves with the armor of God, which comes from within (Romans 13:12). We have put on the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:11-18). We have put on, clothed ourselves as ones picked by God as His own chosen representatives who are purified and well beloved by God Himself, with behavior marked by v. 12-25 of Colossians 3. In other words, we have stopped doing what our flesh dictates and started allowing the Holy Spirit of God to totally take charge of our lives, allowing Him free access to conform us to His image of beauty and love.
Therefore, the law of our new life, our new being is faith; the law of our old life was THE LAW. THE LAW leads to death and FAITH leads to life.
The power of the law was weakened by the flesh, which is the entire selfish, self-centered nature of our being without the Holy Spirit, in other words, sin. God subdued, overcame, deprived sin of its power over all who accept Jesus Christ. How? Jesus took on flesh and blood and offered Himself up for sin (Hebrews 2:14-15).
Our lives are not governed by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh. Our lives are controlled by the Holy Spirit. We set our minds on and seek those things which gratify the Holy Spirit. And the mind of the Holy Spirit is life and peace now and forever. We are living the life of the Spirit because the Holy Spirit of God dwells in us and directs and controls us.
The Holy Spirit dwells in us and our spirits are alive because of His righteousness (His right way of doing things which gives us the right to come before Him without shame or guilt) that He imputes (gives) to us and our bodies are given life through the Holy Spirit Who dwells in us.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit we are habitually putting to death, making extinct, deadening the evil deeds prompted by our bodies and we are truly, really and genuinely living the life of God as His children, His anointed ones.
We are led by the Holy Spirit of God and we are His children.
The Spirit which we have now received is not a spirit of bondage to fear (Hebrews 2:14-15 and 2 Timothy 1:7), but we have received the Holy Spirit Who is a Spirit of adoption, a Spirit producing sonship----we can cry or proclaim God is our Daddy, our Papa. He’s our Father. The Holy Spirit assures us, testifies to us, witnesses to us that we are children of God. We are heirs of God. We are joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
We are children of God, if we have accepted what Jesus has done for us as our substitute on the cross and received forgiveness of our sins and reconciliation to our Father. We have access to all that Heaven offers and have a life of freedom while we are here on this earth.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 6:41 AM
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