Standing Your Ground With The Help Of The Spirit

My Utmost For His Highest

“When our Lord rose from the dead, He rose to an absolutely new life— a life He had never lived before He was God Incarnate. He rose to a life that had never been before. And what His resurrection means for us is that we are raised to His risen life, not to our old life. One day we will have a body like His glorious body, but we can know here and now the power and effectiveness of His resurrection and can “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). Paul’s determined purpose was to “know Him and the power of His resurrection” (Philippians 3:10).[…] The term Holy Spirit is actually another name for the experience of eternal life working in human beings here and now. The Holy Spirit is the deity of God who continues to apply the power of the atonement by the Cross of Christ to our lives. Thank God for the glorious and majestic truth that His Spirit can work the very nature of Jesus into us, if we will only obey Him.” CHAMBERS

The Holy Spirit is the means by which we live this new life of ours.  Every believer has the Spirit of God in them. Ephesians 1:13-14 “When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.” He not only secures us, but He guides us, teaches us, convicts us of sin.  But only if we will obey Him.  He is called the Spirit of Truth (John 16:13).  We are cautioned not to quench the Spirit.  1 Thessalonians 5:18-19 “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit.” When we so “no” to the Spirit, we quench the Spirit.  When we say “no” to the Spirit we say “yes” to the flesh.  Some Christians have become so carnal that they no longer hear the Spirit.

My parents had a ministry in their home to teenagers in the ’70s.  I remember seeing a poster on the wall in their house of a Roman Soldier with words based upon Ephesians 6, The Full Armor of God.  If Christians want to avoid carnality … letting their old nature rule their lives, we must “put on the armor of God” every day. ELGIN

Ephesians 6:10-17  “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)