The Prophetic Word - Day 34: We can now be led by the Holy Spirit of God.

“The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭11‬-‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Sadly, the wonderful message of the mediating power of Jesus Christ has been twisted by some as providing a “get out of jail free card” for professing Christians who continue in a life of sin.

“My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world. And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

It is wonderful to know that the Lord has done for us what we could not do for ourselves, becoming our Way back to be connected to the dynamo of God.

Also, it is imperative we know that along with this opportunity, along with the access brought through our redemption, we have the responsibility to come under the yoke of Jesus Christ: the Holy Spirit of God, and follow Him.

“Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭29‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The ongoing redemption from our Intercessor comes as we walk along with Him by way of the Holy Spirit.

“This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬

In our opening scripture we see reiterated the truth we discussed yesterday: We are free from the power of sin, we no longer have to follow the desires of the sin nature.

But, we also see that we must—through the power of the Holy Spirit—kill the desires of the flesh. The Lord will not do this FOR us. Rather, He gave us His spirit through which WE must put the “old man” to death.

Indeed we are told that it is through being led by the Spirit of God that we become God’s children.

I thank God for our wonderful Intercessor and the fact that He has made access to His Spirit available. After all, it is only through His Spirit that we can attain that for which He died to provide for us!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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