Life

Hello everyone,

 

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. Happy New Month. May this month be truly blessed for you and yours in Jesus name, amen.

 

Primary Text

“And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.” Romans 8v10-11 (KJV)

 

“But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you]. And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.” Romans 8v10-11 (AMP)

 

“And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living in you.” Romans 8v10-11 (NLT)

 

In Greek, the word for quicken is “zoopoieo.” It also means to make alive, or give life. In Genesis, we see the Lord God “commanded the man, …  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (Genesis 2v17). We know Adam and Eve did eat it, but they did not die physically, but yet they were dead. In Romans 6v23 we see that the “For wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Sin and trespasses cause us to die, for it separates us from God. But in Christ “was life; and the life was the light of men” (John 1v4). And so, if the Spirit of Him that raised Christ from the dead, dwells in you, your mortal body, is also made alive, or given life, or quickened by that same Spirit.

 

Prayer

Father, thank You so much for the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord in Jesus name, amen.