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1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?  Just as the Holy Spirit displayed His presence and power in the life of Jesus, so He does in our lives today. We return to a topic we have previously covered. It is vitally important that…

Romans 8:2For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity. He has been sent to us by Father God and the Lord Jesus to lead us to live by faith in Christ and…

2 Corinthians 3:17–18Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.…

Today, we complete our readings in Phase 2: Walking in the Truth. We are Father God’s beloved children NOW! This incredible truth is at the heart of all that we have been discussing. It is also the truth that will transform us as we think on it – meditate on it – day by day.

Yesterday we heard that two of the fundamental truths that we need to know as followers of Christ is that 1) We have been called to hope, and 2) We are Christ’s inheritance – we are His eternal treasure! Today we consider the final fundamental truth and that is we have access to the same…

Ephesians 1:17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, 1:18 –since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened–so that you may know what is the Hope of His calling and His glorious…

3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. We are Father God’s beloved children NOW. He has given us all we need in Christ Jesus for the rest of our journey here on Earth. He has empowered us by the Holy Spirit to be the…

Even though we have been made spiritually complete in Christ, we are still “broken.” Part of our “brokenness” is the sin that indwells our flesh—in the members/limbs of our physical bodies (“this body of sin” Romans 6:6, “this body of death” Romans 7:24). Our bodies are the last part of us to be renovated. Now,…

Romans 7:6 But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. Father God has set us free in Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit. He had…

As we think about the reality of the “old self” and “the sin that dwells in our flesh” we must realize that this is the enemy that we deal with more than any other. Satan and his dark forces are working in our world, but we must not be tricked into thinking that they are…