Revelation 3
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God,
says this....He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Romans 8
You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells
in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to
Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin,
yet the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit
of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus
from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who
dwells in you. So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to
the flesh, to live according to the flesh for if you are living
according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to
death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being
led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not
received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a Spirit of sonship by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" The
Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if
indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the
anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of
God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but
because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself
also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the
glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation
groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And
not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit,
even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as
sons, the redemption of our body. For in hope we have been saved,
but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?
But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait
eagerly for it. In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness;
for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself interecedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the
hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the
saints according to the will of God. And we know that God causes all
things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called
according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also
predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the
firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He
also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He
justified, He also glorified. What then shall we say to these
things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare
His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him
freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God's
elect? God is the one who justifies; 3who is the one who condemns?
Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right
hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
1 Corinthians 15:45
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So also
it is written, "The first man Adam became a living soul," the last Adam life-giving Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:17-4:5
But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old
covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because the veil is removed in Christ.
But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;
16 but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is freedom. 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 from the
Lord, the Spirit. Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose
heart, but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not
walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation
of truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are
perishing, in whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds
of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the
glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach
ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for
Jesus' sake.
