Life, spiritual

The nature of spiritual life

It is new life

Acts 5:20 NKJV

“Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.”

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It is true life

1 Timothy 6:19 NKJV

storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

It is eternal life

Romans 5:21 NKJV

so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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It is abundant life

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The origins and nature of spiritual life

Spiritual life is the work of the Holy Spirit

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Spiritual life unites believers to Jesus Christ

Ephesians 2:4–5 NKJV

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

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Spiritual life makes believers the children of God

John 1:12–13 NKJV

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Spiritual life brings people to know God

John 17:3 NKJV

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

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Spiritual life brings about faith

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Keeping in step with the Spirit

A new way of life is made possible

Galatians 5:25 NKJV

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

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Bondage to the written law is ended

Romans 2:29 NKJV

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

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Obedience to God is made possible

Romans 8:4 NKJV

that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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Deepening unity is encouraged

Ephesians 4:3 NKJV

endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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Strength and encouragement are received

Acts 9:31 NKJV

Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

Gifts for those living in the Spirit

Gifts are given for building up the church

1 Corinthians 12:4–11 NKJV

There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

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Visions are given

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Miracles are worked

Matthew 12:28 NKJV

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

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Ministry is enhanced

2 Corinthians 3:6 NKJV

who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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Those living in the Spirit receive revelation and guidance

God is revealed as Father

Galatians 4:6 NKJV

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

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God’s purposes are revealed

1 Corinthians 2:9–10 NKJV

But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

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Guidance is given to believers

Acts 8:29 NKJV

Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.”

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Help is given to pray

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The Holy Spirit sanctifies those in whom he lives

Through the Spirit, Jesus Christ lives in believers

Ephesians 3:16–17 NKJV

that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

The Spirit transforms believers

2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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The fruit of the Spirit is seen in believers’ lives

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Examples of life in the Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ

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Simeon

Luke 2:25–27 NKJV

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law,

Peter

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Stephen

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The first Christians

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