Spirit Over Flesh

Do You Have the Spirit of Christ?

 

If you have the Spirit of Christ you have the Spirit of God in you.

 

The Spirit that raised Christ from the dead.

 

The same Spirit… the EXACT same Spirit will DWELL in us.

 

Think about that for a long moment. THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD- WILL DWELL IN US!

 

You cannot BELONG to Christ without having the SPIRIT of CHRIST in you. You cannot be Christ follower without the SPIRIT in you.

Do NOT call yourself a CHRISTIAN unless you have the SPIRIT in you.

 

And IF you have the SPIRIT of CHRIST in you then you will…THROUGH the HOLY SPIRIT mortify the deeds of your body.

 

If you INSIST on living after the flesh you will die eternally.

 

We will suffer.

 

Christ suffered.

 

We must resist unto blood- STRIVING AGAINST SIN.

 

THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT we must live.

 

Can we recognize what is of the SPIRIT and what is of the FLESH?

 

If we can differentiate between the things of the Spirit and things of the flesh then aren't we accountable for the choices we make between them?

 

We are weak in the flesh, but Christ in us is strong to the Spirit.

 

Our hope is CHRIST, not ourselves. Our hope is CHRIST IN US, not ourselves. The HOLY SPIRIT who raised CHRIST from the dead has the power to raise us from what would lead us to eternal death. Our hope is NOT in any power we wrongly think we might possess. Our hope is in CHRIST, our hope is in the HOLY SPIRIT, our hope is in GOD OUR FATHER.

 

By grace we are saved, availing ourselves of that grace we are enabled to choose the SPIRIT over the flesh. FAITH. Never on our own can we prevail over the flesh, never. Our striving, our mortifying is all done THROUGH the HOLY SPIRIT.

 

Rom 8:9  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. 

Rom 8:10  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 

Rom 8:11  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. 

Rom 8:12  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 

Rom 8:13  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. 

Rom 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 

Rom 8:15  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. 

Rom 8:16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 

Rom 8:17  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

 

Heb_12:4  Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.