Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
1 Corinthians 2:11, “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
The seat of our personhood is our spirit.
Our real “knower” is our spirit.
We do not know ourself apart from our spirit.
I am an empty shell without my spirit.
I am a personless person without my spirit.
The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit and joined Himself with my spirit.
Now I can live from my spirit (Rom. 1:9).
Now I find my uplifted personhood in this organic “I” (John 14:20).
Do we see this?
It is marvelous to know that Christ is your person.
When sin shows up, you can boldly tell it, “He has the sin and I have the righteousness.”
That will catapult you right into His arms to love Him, to draw from Him.
He gave the law in order to exhaust us and convince us that we need to live in union with Him.
He already knew the flesh was fallen, but we did not.
So He came with the law and exhausted the flesh to the utmost, so that He could regenerate our spirit and get Himself into us.
Romans 8:3-4 says, “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
Now we just walk according to Spirit, somewhat spiritually irresponsible.
We are not obligated to what shows up in our thoughts and feelings.
He paid the debt.
We are not obligated to the flesh anymore (Rom. 8:12).
We do not owe it anything.
We do not owe it an answer.
We do not owe it an excuse.
We do not need to defend it.
It has been judged once and for all on the cross.
This is wonderful!
Until Tomorrow
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Amy Garner’s Dad – Rehab
Dan Haines – Home
Darlene Wiggins Mom – Home
Dr. Don Davis – Home
John McClain – Rehab
Stanley – Rockdale
Terrell Loyd – Home
Tom Witcher – Rehab
Bentley Smith
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Tate Allgood
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Fredna Cook
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace
Kenny & Nora Allison
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Rod Gustafson – Cancer
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dads