Section 13
dispensation of the Triune God is not mere doc trine. The Spirit of the One who raised Christ Jesus from among the dead gives life to our mor tal bodies. How amazing! Verse 11, therefore, implies a great deal: the Triune God, the process, the dispensation, and the saturation of our entire being with the divine life. This is the dispensa tion of the Triune God.
ISSUING IN SONSHIP
Such a dispensation issues in sonship. It trans forms sinners into sons of God. Once we were sinners, enemies of God, but now we are sons of God.
Verse 14 says, "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God." We know that we are sons of God by the fact that we are led by the Spirit of God. Day by day, we are led by the Spirit who indwells us. Perhaps you may desire to go to a certain place, but instead the Spirit leads you to the meeting of the church. We often are inclined to do things that are contrary to God's nature, but the indwelling Spirit is stronger than we are. Eventually, He leads us, and we follow Him. Such experiences are a sign and a proof that we are sons of God.
Another proof is seen in verse 15: "For you
