The Spirit Making Home In Us
THE SPIRIT MAKING HOME IN US
Romans 8:9 says, "But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you." The Greek word rendered "dwells" is not the usual word for "abide." The Greek word here has the same root as the word for house. It conveys the thought, not of staying in a place for a certain time, but of making your home in a place, of settling down there. If the Spirit is mak ing home in you, you are no longer in the flesh, but in the spirit.
OUR BODY BEING DEAD, BUT OUR SPIRIT BEING LIFE
In Romans 8:10 Paul says, "And if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is life because of righteousness." Be cause Christ, who is life, is in our spirit, our spirit is life. However, because Christ is confined in our spirit, our body remains dead. The sphere of life is limited to our spirit. Life has not yet spread into our body; therefore, the body remains dead. According to Ephesians 2 and John 5, a fallen person is dead. Ephesians 2:5 indicates that be fore we were saved, we were not only sinful, but also dead. John 5:25 says, "Truly, truly, I say to you,