"IF WE LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, LET US
ALSO WALK IN THE SPIRIT"
- Galatians 5:26
What does it mean to live in the Spirit? To live in the Spirit is to be continually conscious of the presence of Christ in you. Many books have been written about walking in the Spirit. Some of them are very good. But most of these books deal with all of the things we need to unlearn, not what we need to learn in order to live in the Spirit. They are directed at Christians who are in error.
Does a new convert need to read a bunch of books in order to live a life in the Spirit? If so, then life in the Spirit becomes something difficult because only certain kind of people can read all of these books . . . Jesus said that in order to understand life in the Kingdom of God, we have to forget how intelligent we are and become like little children. I believe that there are many things concerning the gospel that we don't understand----not because they are difficult, but because they don't appeal to us.
We need to have the eyes of our hearts open to see that because Christ is in us, we have all that is needful for walking in the Spirit . . . To walk in the Spirit is to be continually conscious of His presence!
[excerpts from Juan Carlos Ortiz Living With Jesus Today, pp.58-63]
ALSO WALK IN THE SPIRIT"
- Galatians 5:26
What does it mean to live in the Spirit? To live in the Spirit is to be continually conscious of the presence of Christ in you. Many books have been written about walking in the Spirit. Some of them are very good. But most of these books deal with all of the things we need to unlearn, not what we need to learn in order to live in the Spirit. They are directed at Christians who are in error.
Does a new convert need to read a bunch of books in order to live a life in the Spirit? If so, then life in the Spirit becomes something difficult because only certain kind of people can read all of these books . . . Jesus said that in order to understand life in the Kingdom of God, we have to forget how intelligent we are and become like little children. I believe that there are many things concerning the gospel that we don't understand----not because they are difficult, but because they don't appeal to us.
We need to have the eyes of our hearts open to see that because Christ is in us, we have all that is needful for walking in the Spirit . . . To walk in the Spirit is to be continually conscious of His presence!
[excerpts from Juan Carlos Ortiz Living With Jesus Today, pp.58-63]
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