THE SPIRIT'S WORK
THE SPIRIT’S WORK
Remember that the first trait of being in the Spirit and not in the flesh (see Romans 12) is that your body is the Lord’s.
We have had a reading on Romans 8: 1 - 13. The first act of the Spirit in us (see Romans 5: 5) is to shed abroad in our hearts the love of God, while for liberty to oneself He is the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus — “hath made me free from the law of sin and death”. First, He assures me of the heart of God toward me, and then, when I have learned that in me, that is in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing, He — the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus — makes me free from the law of sin and death. On God’s side He sheds abroad love in my heart; and on my side He is life, to [p. 22] make me free from the law of sin and death. There must be great love where there is the same life, and there can be no personal acquaintance with the risen Christ but in His own life. When this is known we enter on a blessed day.