Romans 7:4-6 “So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God. When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.”
I know this was long but as you read it you have to see how amazing surrendering our lives to the Holy Spirit is. We don’t think of the law first and what we shouldn’t do we think of how amazing Jesus is and what we can do to honor Him. Even early on in our walk we had the tendency to say, (I can’t do that or the commandments say not to do this.) But when we actually open our heart and say your will be done we think of ways to glorify Him not just follow rules.
It is that renewing of our mind that makes us see the things we ought to be doing and it is the positive light we see in Christ that keeps us doing the things we are supposed to. The Spirit is so freeing and helpful as we journey through this short life on earth. My friend Pastor Kevin Goff of The Rock Church put it like this and it really made a light switch go off for me. “The Holy Spirit doesn’t convict us of what we are doing it convinces us of what we should do.” What a different thought and one way a “comforter” or the Holy Spirit uses positive light to help us.
The Holy Spirit is God and God is love, so when we live in the Spirit it is no longer about the law and what we can’t do but it is about love and what we can do to be Christ-like. Our entire walk with the Lord is exciting and full of fruit which makes us better people and examples of what living in the Spirit will produce in us. Too many people think that when we accept the Lord in our hearts our lives become boring and lame, but I say the opposite is true. When we accept Jesus Christ the Spirit that lives in us makes us see the incredible benefits of a life in Christ that we are full of the things that make our lives complete. Look at Galatians chapter 5 verse 16, which says, “So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.” We all know what our sinful nature craves but look at what the Holy Spirit produces in verse 22, “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!”
When we are living by these things given by the Holy Spirit our lives are fun and full of light which others can see and be attracted to. We need to desire all that God has and put in the time to learn and understand all of what Jesus’ life, death and resurrection has done for us. Amen
I know this was long but as you read it you have to see how amazing surrendering our lives to the Holy Spirit is. We don’t think of the law first and what we shouldn’t do we think of how amazing Jesus is and what we can do to honor Him. Even early on in our walk we had the tendency to say, (I can’t do that or the commandments say not to do this.) But when we actually open our heart and say your will be done we think of ways to glorify Him not just follow rules.
It is that renewing of our mind that makes us see the things we ought to be doing and it is the positive light we see in Christ that keeps us doing the things we are supposed to. The Spirit is so freeing and helpful as we journey through this short life on earth. My friend Pastor Kevin Goff of The Rock Church put it like this and it really made a light switch go off for me. “The Holy Spirit doesn’t convict us of what we are doing it convinces us of what we should do.” What a different thought and one way a “comforter” or the Holy Spirit uses positive light to help us.
The Holy Spirit is God and God is love, so when we live in the Spirit it is no longer about the law and what we can’t do but it is about love and what we can do to be Christ-like. Our entire walk with the Lord is exciting and full of fruit which makes us better people and examples of what living in the Spirit will produce in us. Too many people think that when we accept the Lord in our hearts our lives become boring and lame, but I say the opposite is true. When we accept Jesus Christ the Spirit that lives in us makes us see the incredible benefits of a life in Christ that we are full of the things that make our lives complete. Look at Galatians chapter 5 verse 16, which says, “So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.” We all know what our sinful nature craves but look at what the Holy Spirit produces in verse 22, “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!”
When we are living by these things given by the Holy Spirit our lives are fun and full of light which others can see and be attracted to. We need to desire all that God has and put in the time to learn and understand all of what Jesus’ life, death and resurrection has done for us. Amen
RSS Feed
