Topic: An obligation to follow Spirit!

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An obligation to follow Spirit!

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August 1, 2017 at 11:03 am #4630

Susanne
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Romans 8: 12-14 reads (Citation 7):

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
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.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

To better grasp the meaning of the first verse (“we are debtors, not to the flesh”), I went to the Amplified Bible:

12 So then, [a]brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]— 13 for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever. 14 For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

In the 1828 dictionary:
Debtor: 2. One who is under obligation to do something.

So, it’s clearer to me now that we are under no obligation to the flesh, but we have an actual obligation to always be in tune with our spiritual sense, to follow Spirit!

August 2, 2017 at 9:58 am #4635

Florence
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Thanks for this post! It shows Spirit’s supremacy. Spirit is my substance.

JOB 33 : 4 “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” This from the lesson clearly states I am made from Spirit and Spirit is what gives me life. I must therefore learn to accept this, think this, know this and understand that I am spiritual! My spiritual substance is incapable of destruction, disease and death; that which makes “being” is health, holiness and immortality.

The conclusion to all this to me is :”Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” This me is Spirit.
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