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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Romans 8:15, “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”
There are two sister verses in the New Testament that show us the two spirits.
In Romans 8:15 we see “a spirit of adoption (sonship),” and in Galatians 4:6 we see “the Spirit of His Son.”
To understand these two spirits, we need to carefully consider both verses.
Romans 8:15 says, “For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of sonship, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”
And Galatians 4:6 says, “And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, Abba, Father!”
When we compare these two verses we have to ask, who is doing the crying?
In the Galatians verse the Son is crying, but in the Romans verse we are doing the crying.
The reason for the apparent contradiction is simply that the two spirits are mingled into one.
From one angle it is the Son crying; from another angle it is our crying.
These are not two separate cryings.
It is only one crying due to the mingling and oneness of the two spirits.
The Son’s crying is mingled with our crying, and His crying does not happen apart from our crying.
When we ask how the church becomes the reality of Christ, the answer is the mingled spirit!
Christ lives in us and moves through us as we give Him the track of our spirit.
For example, our praying is His praying (Rom. 8:26-27, 34), our preaching is His preaching (2 Cor. 5:20), our witnessing is His witnessing (Matt. 10:19-20), our love is His love (1 John 4:12), our experiences are His experiences (2 Cor. 4:10-11).
Christ is all and in all!
This is the church.
It is Christ!
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
MONDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Nora Allison
Rose Fuller – Pruitt-Monroe Nursing Home, Forsyth GA
Eric Magnusson’s Mother
Faith Burnette
Drew
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Andrew Halevi & Daughter
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
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David Burnette
David Harrison – Riverside
Deanna Fowler
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Ed Mays
Eric Ward
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Joanie/Jeanie Mom
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
June Cronan’s Sister
Kailey Bateman
Kim McClain’s Mother
Krista Hilscher
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Miles Bradshaw
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
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Susan & Alexis Tesone
Tom Witcher