1 Peter 2:9-10
July 18, 2023
Psalm 113: 3
July 19, 2023
THE 18th OF JULY
WE ARE PART OF GOD’S FAMILY IF THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN US
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. Romans 8:9
Once we have repented and asked Jesus to be our Lord, we have become born-again through the Holy Spirit. Since we are in union with Jesus, remaining in Him and He in us, our sins are forgiven and forgotten as we repent and we are under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, accepted and approved by God.
Paul refers to the Holy Spirit also as the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ, because Father, Son and Holy Spirit are One, triune God. When the Holy Spirit lives in us, we have His presence in us all the time, we are spiritually minded, and we truly belong to Christ. Jesus said in John 10:28-29 that simultaneously, we are in His hand and in His Father’s hand, as they are one and no one can pull us from there. Then in John 15 we learn that Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches that can only produce fruit while connected to the vine.
Without the Holy Spirit, we cannot believe that Jesus is the Son of God and ask Him to be our Lord. The faith relationship is real when we are dependent upon the Lord, while He lives in us. We are to depend fully on our Lord and do nothing separate from Him. If we believe that we might accomplish anything without Jesus, it means that we are not fully committed to Him, and it would be best for us to change that.
SUGGESTED PRAYER
Thank You so much dear Lord, for sending the Holy Spirit to touch my heart. It is so good to belong to You and to know that the Holy Spirit is always inside of me. His help is only one breath away from me, all I need to do is call His Name and He is there for me. Please help me Lord to never quench the Holy Spirit, but to always pay attention to His still, small voice and obey His instructions. In the Name of Jesus I pray. Amen.
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