Section 12
killing and weakening of death. If we want to be free from this, we must turn to our spirit and say, "Praise the Lord! Lord Jesus! Hallelujah! Amen!" Immediately you will sense that power and strength from the fountain in your spirit are being transmitted into your mortal body.
CHRIST MAKING HIS HOME IN US
Romans 8 is a deep chapter, not only in doc trine but also in experience. The more we expe rience it, the deeper it seems to become. As far as doctrine is concerned, it is very easy to recite the verses in this chapter. But the experience contained in it is unfathomably profound. It is impossible, for example, to exhaust the experi ence in verse 11: "But if the Spirit of Him Who raised Jesus from among the dead dwells in you, He Who raised Christ Jesus from among the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit Who indwells you." This verse reveals that the indwelling Spirit gives life to our mortal body. We must take this verse along with the preceding verse, which says, "if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is life because of righteousness." Be cause Christ is in us, our spirit is life, although our body is dead because of sin. Verse 11 says