Spiritual Victory
Pastor
Cornelius R. Stam
If we go to the Scriptures and claim,
by faith, the Spirit’s help in overcoming our sins, we enter into the enjoyment
of the fullness of spiritual life and blessing. If we fail to do so, we wither
and die — as far as our spiritual experience is concerned. We can never lose
our salvation, of course, for “everlasting life” was obtained by faith in
Christ, not by walking in the Spirit. This is confirmed by the fact that the
same apostle who pleads: “Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God,” hastens to add:
“WHEREBY YE ARE SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION” (Eph. 4:30).
But failure
to appropriate God’s gracious provision for victory over sin does result in
death as far as our Christian experience is concerned. This is what the Apostle
means, when he says, by the Spirit:
“FOR TO BE CARNALLY
MINDED IS DEATH; BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE” (Rom. 8:6).
“FOR IF YE LIVE
AFTER THE FLESH, YE SHALL DIE: BUT IF YE THROUGH THE SPIRIT DO MORTIFY [PUT TO
DEATH] THE DEEDS OF THE BODY, YE SHALL LIVE” (Rom. 8:13).
To the
careless Corinthians, the Apostle Paul exclaimed:
“What? know ye not
that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, which is in you, which ye have
of God, and ye are not your own?
“For ye are bought
with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s” (I Cor. 6:19,20).
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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