Section 11
within us. This holiness germinates us, gener ates us, and sanctifies us. This is wholly a matter of life.
Romans 8:11 says, "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." Notice that in this verse Paul firstly speaks of Jesus and then of Christ Jesus. The name Jesus is related to His death, and the title Christ Jesus is related to resurrection and the impartation of life. Thus, death is related to Jesus, and the giving of life is related to Christ.
The death of Jesus was for the fulfillment of God's righteousness, but the resurrection of Christ is for God's holiness. Righteousness is God's pro cedure, His way of doing things, whereas holi ness is God's nature. God's righteous procedure is upheld by the death of Christ, but God's na ture is imparted into us through the resurrection of Christ. When God's righteousness is upheld through the death of Christ, God is in a position to impart Himself into us through the resurrec tion of Christ. As the resurrected Christ comes into us, He imparts God's nature into us. This holy nature then germinates us, generates us, and sanctifies us. The resurrected Christ within us is