majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Galatians 4:6,
"Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,
the Spirit who calls out, 'Abba, Father.'"
Paul tells us in this chapter that God sent his Son to redeem us "that
we might receive the full rights as sons." Galatians 4:5. Following
this, Paul says God sends the "Spirit of his Son" into our hearts!
Here is something both mystical and astonishing: when we embrace Jesus
Christ in faith, God sends the Holy Spirit to dwell within us! Paul
writes to Timothy and tells him to protect the "sound teaching", to
guard the "good deposit" with the help of the Holy Spirit, "who lives
in us." 2 Timothy 1:13-14. God's Holy Spirit lives right within us! In
1 Corinthians 3:16 Paul says, "Don't you know that you yourselves are
God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?"
This is the reality of becoming a child of God. So much so that Paul
says, "If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not
belong to Christ." Romans 8:9. There Paul says that because the Spirit
of Christ lives in us we are controlled not by the sinful nature but
by the Spirit of Christ. Paul tells us that when we believed, we "were
included in Christ" and marked in him with a seal, "the promised Holy
Spirit". There Paul tells us that the indwelling Holy Spirit "is a
deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who
are God's possession-- to the praise of his glory." Ephesians 1:13-14.
How remarkable that God has chosen to dwell right within us through
the Holy Spirit! No wonder Paul claims we are a "new creation"! 2
Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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