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2. often speak of רוח המשיח, or רוחא דמשיח "the spirit of the Messiah". The Spirit of Christ is a spirit of endurance.—There is a world of meaning in those words, ‘He was wounded for our transgressions.’ Not only in the Judgment Hall, and on the Cross, but all through His earthly life Jesus was wounded for our transgressions. Helping the lame man to walk. ]:” and be filled with “joy in the Holy Ghost [Note: Acts 13:52. And how is the change effected upon the souls of men? ‘Ye’ says the Apostle, ‘are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.’ And why do we so often read in the New Testament of the contrast between the spirit and the letter, but to teach us that we have in the Christian Pentecost, by the Spirit of Christ, the truth and effect which the law in vain required from sinners. 1851. BibliographyTrapp, John. He may be a man of so profound an intellect, so gigantic a soul, so comprehensive a mind, and so lofty an imagination, that he may dive into all the secrets of nature, may know the path which the eagle’s eye hath not seen, and enter into depths where the ken of mortals reacheth not, but he shall not be a Christian with all his knowledge; he shall not be a son of God with all his researches, unless he understands what it is to have the Holy Ghost dwelling in him and abiding in him, yea, and that forever. Let us resolve to give ourselves up to the guiding of the Holy Spirit and realise that He is dwelling within us, that He is the Spirit of Christ Who is more really present with us now than when Christ walked upon the earth in human form. 2. And this does express itself in sundry performances of His towards us. 2. Joy is tumultuous only when it is not full; where He is, “there is liberty” from the tyranny of sin, from the dread of an offended Creator. They too dwell within us (John 14:23). Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". "Mark Dunagan Commentaries on the Bible". S. H. πνεῦμα θεοῦ |[153] πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ |[154] Χριστός. Unbiblical for the reasons explained above, tragic because they replace the God of love revealed in the Bible for a god foreign to scripture. From this subject we learn that Christianity is--. 3 For j God has done what the law, k weakened by the flesh, l could not do. I will not leave you comfortless (orphans): I will come to you. 4. The deceitfulness and desperate wickedness of the human heart is but little known; (in fact, who but God can know it to its full extent [Note: Jeremiah 17:9.]) Without it we cannot be happy ourselves nor make others happy. They are upheld by the Spirit. The Spirit of Christ is a spirit of prayer.—Our Lord prayed at all times and in all places, not only at set services in the synagogue. It is as “the Spirit of Christ” that the Holy Ghost takes possession of believers, introducing into them all the gracious, dove-like disposition which dwelt in Him (Matthew 3:16; John 3:34). BibliographyHodge, Charles. These have their immortality from the same source as the eternal existence of God Himself. This Spirit makes a Christian soul move willingly toward God; it is an active principle that cannot rest till it rests in its place of eternal rest and delight in God. ].” These very comparisons shew, that the believer is not at first all that he will be at a future period: his heart will be more and more weaned from earthly things, and with more and more intensity be fixed on things above, till he is altogether “changed into the image of his God in righteousness and true holiness [Note: Ephesians 4:24. (J. H. Newman, D. D.). In a certain battle there was a wounded soldier who cried, ‘Roll me out of the way, and go on with the gun!’ We should have a like enthusiasm in Christ’s cause if the miracle of Pentecost were repeated. Thirdly, He dwells in us also to restrain, and mortify, and subdue sin in us. It is plain that such an inhabitation brings the Christian into a state altogether new and marvellous, far above the possession of mere gifts, exalts him inconceivably in the scale of beings, and gives him a place and an office which he had not before (2 Peter 1:4; John 1:12; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 John 4:4; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 2 Timothy 2:21). He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Secondly, as the Spirit of God dwells in us to teach us what is to be done, so to provoke and stir us up to the doing of it upon all occasions. (Colossians 1:27). It is this which makes the difference between the various offences against Divine things. The Holy Spirit is compared to a seal, I. If so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you; the Holy Spirit, producing and leading you to manifest the fruits of the Spirit. We might as well deny the humanity of man, or the divinity of God. "Commentary on Romans 8:9". V. It is the eternal spirit of goodness and truth which must write his commands on our hearts. BibliographyExell, Joseph S. "Commentary on "Romans 8:9". "Commentary on Romans 8:9". And what is the result of all this? Jesus called them the narrow way and the broad way (Matthew 7:13,14). He gives this testimony of these believing Romans to whom he wrote for their particular, that they were spiritual. This verse categorically defines the person who is "in the flesh." If this refers to the Holy Spirit, then we see the manner in which the apostle spoke of the Saviour. He went about doing good. Such language could never be used except on the supposition that the Father and Son are one; that is, that Christ is divine. (T. G. God's Spirit lives in every Christian. 4. This is an awful conclusion! It is not only a voice like that to Socrates, withholding him from what God in His providence willed him not to do. The third and last is abode and continuance. This is the constant battle of the believer’s life; and in its full extent it is not the battle of life to any but a Christian. 7. 2. If the Spirit needed to wait for some subsequent commitment to holiness, it follows that he would be absent between conversion and that later point in time. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. We want more prayer in the house, in the social circle, in the Church, in the legislative hall, among the young, among the old. The religion of the Spirit is not in local places but in living persons which we call the Church, and it is a spiritual and a supernatural sphere. The Spirit of Christ for that Spirit of His, which did more eminently, and in a special manner, put forth itself in His own person, while He lived here upon earth as a pattern and example to us. Romans 8 ended with Paul's grand declaration that nothing can separate those who are in Christ Jesus from the love of God. The Greek Church admits that the Holy Spirit is sent by the Son as well as the Father, out denies that He proceeds eternally, or, metaphysically, from the Son. Every other bond of union with Christ is of no avail without this. On the other hand, to be in the spirit signifies to be in a state of grace or regeneration, John 3:6. Or the Church is regarded to-day by a great many people as merely a department of the State, whose business is good works and philanthropy, instead of a spiritual society which contains, in the whole body, the indwelling Spirit of Christ.’. But the excellency of it will be more and more deloped to him, till, from the obscurity of the morning dawn, he attains the fuller light of the meridian sun; according as it is written by the prophet; “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his goings forth are prepared as the morning [Note: Hosea 6:3. The truths of the Gospel are better understood, and its mysteries are more justly appreciated: and, provided only the deep things of God be stated with modesty and sobriety, they find a favourable acceptance now, where once, perhaps, they would only have provoked a smile. This is needful in every case. I trow not. The Expositor's Greek Testament. "Commentary on Romans 8:9". But that glorious right of decision makes all the difference. The plan of salvation is, as I have already acknowledged, understood by the veriest babe in Christ. First, it was a Spirit of meekness and humility and lowliness of mind. There are, as we all know, different kinds of life—vegetable, animal, and rational—each rising above the other, and each, in its order, evincing a manifest superiority above that which is below it. And although He has the power to put His wrath over us, He does not. This is what St. John means, when he says, “The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not [Note: John 1:5. If the Spirit of God did not really dwell in any of those whom the Apostle addressed, they were still in the flesh, notwithstanding all their profession, and all their present appearances, and his persuasion respecting them. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? “The forgiveness of sins” is realised by the witness of the Spirit. If the leading is irresistible then free agency has been shot down. It means the Holy Spirit which belongs to, or proceeds from, Christ, this designation Ming adopted to prove the truth that those who have not this Spirit are ‘none of Christ’s.’ The whole passage has an important bearing on the doctrine of the Trinity, especially as related to Christian experience. “If, on the other hand, any one have not the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him,” is not in communion of life with Christ, is not a true Christian; for αὐτοῦ refers to Christ, not to God (van Hengel). His principles will be more and more commended to all around him by their efficacy to “beautify his soul [Note: Psalms 149:4. ], and enables him to discern things as they really are. 1. If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his; Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges, William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament. But He is variously described as “the Spirit of God,” “the Spirit of Christ,” and “the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead.” Beside all which, it is intimated that for the Spirit to dwell in us, is the same thing as for “Christ” to be in us. 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you. John 14:16; John 14:18; John 14:20, “I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever. Some of these are: (1) that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a commandment of God; on the other hand, it is not a commandment at all but a promise; (2) that the Holy Spirit is promised to all believers; on the contrary, he is promised to all believers who repent and are baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38f); (3) that the Holy Spirit baptism was promised to all Christians; but this promise was to the apostles alone (Luke 24:49:); (4) that the Holy Spirit is imparted to make people sinless; yet Peter sinned after he had received even the baptism of the Holy Spirit; (5) that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a subjective experience within men's hearts; to the contrary, it was a visible and outward manifestation of God's power, as exemplified by the two New Testament examples of it at Pentecost and at the house of Cornelius; (6) that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is followed by speaking in tongues; and, while it is true that the apostles did speak in tongues on Pentecost, after the power of the Spirit came upon them, the kind of tongues manifested there was nothing like the incoherent, unintelligible jabberings of the so-called "tongues" affected today; (7) that the Holy Spirit must work directly upon an unbeliever before he can obey God; but this is wrong if any other type of work is expected beyond the preaching of God's word, there being absolutely no New Testament example of any conversion in which the convert did not first hear the word of God preached and then upon believing it, obey it. Christ lived peculiarly in the Spirit. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Both expressions designate the Holy Ghost, the third person in the adorable Trinity. College Press, Joplin, MO. ]:” and the work in his soul is compared to the corn, which appears first in “the blade, then in the ear, and then as the full corn in the ear [Note: Mark 4:28. I. What this expression, ‘dwell in you,’ imports is, that being united to Jesus Christ and regenerated, the Holy Spirit dwells in His people not as inactive, but operates in them continually, and leads and governs them. on 2 Corinthians 3:16; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 3:17; Colossians 1:27; Acts 16:7. 1832. Do you want to know how God feels towards you as a sinner? And therefore the heavenly gift is called the Spirit of Christ, that we might clearly understand that He comes to us from and instead of Christ (Galatians 4:6; John 20:22; Joh_16:7). Ro 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. ],” and thus will “lead us on to perfection [Note: Hebrews 6:1. “ That was prayer getting the answer straight from the throne. A.). The Biblical Illustrator. It is He who quickens and regenerates them, on account of which regeneration is called he ‘renewing of the Holy Ghost.’ He it is who leads, rules, and governs them, as it is said in the 14th verse, that as many as are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. Hewing in the carpenter’s shop. John 1:33, John 15:26, John 16:7; Luke 24:49, etc. But if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.". They were not then in the corrupt state of nature, but in the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, renewed by the Spirit of God. The same is clearly revealed in Acts 5, where Holy Ghost, in Romans 8:3, God, in Romans 8:4, and Spirit of the Lord, i. e., Christ, in Romans 8:9, are all used synonymously. 3. The results of this indwelling.—Romans 8 enumerates them, but see especially life for the spirit and resurrection for the body. What, but that in and by the whole of this work, the Holy Spirit performs the office of a Comforter? 1. But you do not live. Lastly, it is not Christian alliance, or relation to those who have grace and godliness and goodness in them. ].” But seeing how suited all this is to his necessities, and how sufficient for his wants, and that, in any other way than this, he could find no more ground of hope for himself than for the fallen angels, he is forced to believe it; he sees that it is revealed in the Bible as with a sun-beam, and established by evidence that admits not of the slightest doubt; and when he sees further, that it has a transforming efficacy upon all who receive it, he is constrained to receive it as the very truth of God, and to say, “Lord, to whom else shall we go? 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