Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Of Flesh, Of Spirit

Gal 4:22  For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Gal 4:23  But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

The flesh and the spirit.  The flesh and the promise.

The Holy Spirit enabled Sarah and Abraham to conceive Isaac.

Gen 17:15  And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Gen 17:16  And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
Gen 17:17  Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Gen 17:18  And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Gen 17:19  And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Gen 18:9  And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
Gen 18:10  And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Gen 18:11  Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Gen 18:12  Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Gen 18:13  And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Gen 18:14  Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Gen 18:15  Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

Flesh and Spirit.

We try so hard to do things our way. We believe so much just in our own ideas of how things are supposed to be. We laugh when we hear of the impossible to our minds. We doubt God's true power.

Abraham was given the ability to give children after losing it. Sarah was given the ability to bear the child Abraham was able to give her. God VISITED them, God ENABLED them to do this impossible- by human standards- miracle.  Elisabeth- Mary's cousin was given this same ability to bear a child when she was past the age of bearing. God's hand was at work. Mary, not even knowing a man was given a child by God. 

Flesh and Spirit.

Flesh and Spirit are at war one with the other.  Flesh and Spirit united in Jesus, just as it must unite in us THROUGH Jesus- the only successful Flesh and Spirit being- sinless. 

Flesh and Spirit.

When we QUENCH the Spirit, we are denying ourselves the only way to be One with our Savior- through the Holy Spirit, the same Holy Spirit that gave Him His flesh life.

We NEED the Holy Spirit in us!

Please LORD teach us NOT to quench the Holy Spirit, we NEED the Holy Spirit! We NEED YOU, we NEED the Father God!  We need to be SAVED!

Please.

In the name of our Savior Jesus Christ our LORD now and forever!

Amen.

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