A mature Christian relationship with God requires the active
To reclaim lost ground from the enemy, believers must actively engage their will through resolution, choice, and resistance against the forces of darkness. Embracing the knowledge of their true state allows for the restoration of self-control and the full expression of the spirit.
10. True Guidance and Self-Control
A mature Christian relationship with God requires the active exercise of will in obedience. Each believer must engage their will to pursue divine guidance while maintaining control over their spirit, mind, and body. True self-control allows the believer to align their actions with God's will without losing their personal volition.
Conclusion
The essence of spiritual growth and genuine salvation lies in the engagement of the believer's will. Active cooperation with God's leading, awareness of spiritual realities, and the conscious exercise of personal choice are critical for defeating passivity and fostering a vibrant relationship with God.
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Chapter 9 Summary : THE BODY
Chapter 9 Summary: The Believer and His Body
Understanding the Body's Role
The physical body holds significant importance in God's purpose. It is interconnected with spirituality, influencing our development as believers. A healthy body is as crucial as a renewed spirit and soul, and neglecting it can hinder spiritual growth.
The Holy Spirit's Influence on Our Bodies
Romans 8 expresses the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the believer's body. Although our bodies are affected by sin, our spirits are alive due to Christ's righteousness. The Holy Spirit is active in providing life to our mortal bodies through His presence in us, emphasizing our duty to cooperate with His work.
Experiences of Physical Weakness
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Believers often face a disparity between their spiritual vitality and physical health. Illness can impede spiritual work, and understanding this truth is essential for one's spiritual journey. Emotional and physical well-being are linked, and neglecting either can lead to a cycle of weakness.
The Body's Relationship to Christ
The believer's body is a member of the body of Christ, signifying unity and purpose. This union means that the life of Christ should manifest in our physical forms. Believers are called to present their bodies as living sacrifices, relying on God for strength and well-being.
Sickness and Spiritual Growth
Sickness is often linked to sin and can serve as chastisement or discipline from God. Believers are encouraged to consider the spiritual causes behind their physical ailments and seek healing through self-examination, confession, and prayer.
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Chapter 1 | Quotes From Pages 61-117
1.I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is,
in my flesh.
2.Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
3.It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of
God.
4.The flesh must die. This is salvation.
5.Having begun with the Spirit, are you now ending with the
flesh?
6.The flesh is most defiled; God accordingly does not
attempt to change it.
Chapter 2 | Quotes From Pages 118-184
1.Knowing this, that our old man has been crucified
with him, that the body of sin might be annulled,
that we should no longer serve sin.
2.Praise the Lord, this is what He has furnished us. Why does
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God crucify our old man with Christ and render our body
jobless? His purpose is that 'we should no longer serve sin.'
3.We must praise God for this deliverance. The Two
Essentials How shall we enter into such blessing? Two
elements are indispensable.
4.The failure of many lies in the desire to feel, to see and to
experience this crucifixion and resurrection before trusting
in the Word of God.
5.A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by
God's Spirit. He draws power for his daily walk from the
life given by the Holy Spirit Who indwells his spirit.
6.We must be instructed that overcoming sin, blessed though
it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believer's
experience.
7.The cross never stops short of its outworking. Deeper and
deeper will it operate in us until the old creation is
completely crucified experientially.
8.This is the meaning of 1 Peter 1.22: 'having purified your
souls by your obedience to the truth.'
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9.Our soul ought to desire the Lord as well as to trust Him.
'My soul clings to thee' (Ps. 63.8).
10.He who loves his life loses it; and he who hates his life in
this world will keep it for eternal life.
Chapter 3 | Quotes From Pages 185-237
1.God aims first to renew man's darkened spirit by
imparting life to it, because it is this spirit which
God originally designed to receive His life and to
commune with Him.
2.The work of the cross creates a position and achieves a
salvation by which sinners can be saved; the task of the
Holy Spirit is to reveal to sinners what the cross has created
and achieved so that they may in fact receive it and be
saved.
3.Regardless the dullness of Christians in recognizing the
dwelling of the Person of God's Spirit in them, God
nonetheless has given Him to them. This is an immutable
fact which no condition of the Christian can gainsay.
4.The Holy Spirit never functions independently of the cross:
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without the cross the Holy Spirit has no proper ground
from which to operate: without the Holy Spirit the work of
the cross is dead, that is, it produces no effect upon men
even though it is already effective before God.
5.A spiritual man is one who belongs to the spirit: the whole
man is governed by the inner man: all the organs of his
being are subject completely to it. His spirit is what stamps
his life as unique—everything proceeds from his spirit.
6.To walk in this fashion requires faith of the believer...The
moment we cease to follow our intuitive sense at that very
moment we begin to walk after the flesh and end up
minding the things of the flesh.
7.Prayer is one of the most significant instruments in spiritual
work and warfare. If a believer fails in prayer, he in fact
fails in everything.
8.The moment they have an intuitive burden, they are to
pray; for if they delay, the burden will fade away from their
spirit.
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Chapter 4 | Quotes From Pages 238-293
1.Only after we are really acquainted with its
different functions are we able to know the laws
which govern them; only after we become familiar
with those laws can we walk according to the
spirit; that is, according to the laws of the spirit.
2.What we commonly term spiritual living is but to walk by
this spirit which we obtain at regeneration.
3.The spirit itself is substantial, personal, invisible. It is
beyond our present comprehension to apprehend the
substance of the spirit.
4.If we walk in this fashion, we shall have life and peace; if
we allow the flesh to interfere, we can encounter nothing
but total defeat.
5.The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
6.Conscience is where God expresses His holiness.
7.If you bless with the spirit, how can anyone in the position
of an outsider say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving when he
does not know what you are saying?
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8.A good conscience is indispensable for a life lived
spiritually.
9.Only what comes from the spirit can enter the spirits of
others; that which comes from the mind can only reach the
minds of others.
10.God communes with us entirely in the spirit. Save by its
intuition there is no way of knowing God.
Chapter 5 | Quotes From Pages 294-348
1.Nothing is more vital to the Christian life than to
walk daily after the spirit.
2.To acquire teaching alone is not sufficient; we must also
accept the leading.
3.Many are determined to heed God's will and to follow the
leading of the Holy Spirit, but they lack a positive
forward-propelling heart because they are not sure if the
guidance of their intuition is wholly dependable.
4.All spiritual knowledge, communion and conscience come
via the intuition. The Holy Spirit leads the saints by this
intuition.
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5.It is necessary for us to preserve our spirit in its normal
state.
6.We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit
of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards
ourselves.
7.A broken spirit is one which trembles before God.
8.Without holiness, no one can see the Lord.
9.May our spirit be uplifted daily, looking for the return of
the Lord.
10.A child of God should learn how to guard their spirit from
being goaded by the enemy.
Chapter 6 | Quotes From Pages 349-412
1.To be sure, man's emotion is nothing but the
manifold feelings he naturally has. He may be
loving or hateful, joyful or sorrowful, excited or
dejected, interested or uninterested, yet all are but
the ways he feels.
2.Emotion may be denominated the most formidable enemy
to the life of a spiritual Christian.
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3.The upsurge and decline of feeling may not only disqualify
a believer from walking in the spirit but may also directly
cause him to walk in the flesh.
4.Since the dominant impulse in his walk continues to be
emotion, it not having yet been delivered to the cross, his
spirit will receive no strengthening of the Holy Spirit.
5.God's demand is that we reserve not one tiny particle of
affection which we ourselves can direct.
6.To walk by the spirit is to walk according to its laws. With
spiritual principles everything becomes sharply defined.
7.If a Christian would simply bear in mind that God does not
lead anyone who is in turmoil, he might be spared many
errors.
8.The cross aims to accord the spirit authority to rule over
every activity of emotion.
9.The essence of a spiritual life is one lived by faith, not by
feeling.
10.God intends to make the volition strong but not to excite
the emotion.
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