Rom_8:16 The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God
God, the Holy
Spirit, will bear witness with OUR spirit that we ARE the children of God. The Holy Spirit and our spirit, one bearing
witness to the other. That doesn't read, the Spirit itself bears witness with
our minds… that doesn't read, the Spirit itself bears witness with our
bodies. What it does read is the Spirit
itself bears witness with our spirit.
We know from all our
studying that our spirit and mind are not one and the same. Our mind is a vast
storage hold of many aspects. We need our mind and spirit to work together, the
spirit in control, the mind subject to the spirit.
It sounds odd
doesn't it? We live in a world where talk of spirits might invoke the image of
an ethereal being. If we say the spirit is living inside us we can even
envision that spirit as a separate entity able to separate from our bodies but
this isn't truth, there is no Biblical truth for such belief. The truth is the
spirit is a part that forms us just as the soul and flesh and these parts do
not separate. These are three parts that make us up and so many people do not
believe this, do not know it, and believe that thinking about it is crazy.
Above we read from
God's word- Rom_8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit
To believe we don't
have a spirit as a very real active part in us, as real as we believe we have a
mind, is to deny God's word.
2Co 1:12 For
our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and
godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had
our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
1Jn 4:13
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of
his Spirit.
'God is interested
in our spirit. It is there that the new life dwells, there that His Spirit
works, there that we fellowship with Him, there that we know His will, there
that we receive the revelation of the Holy Spirit, there that we are trained,
there that we mature, there that we resist the attacks of the enemy, there that
we receive authority to overcome the devil and his army, and there that we
secure the power for service.'
The Spiritual Man by
Watchman Nee
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