Spirits Made Alive

Spirits Made Alive

Please notice the word in red in the following:

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh  which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and  to God the Judge of all, and  to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Imagine that if every human on earth right now were stripped of their “earthly tents” as Paul referred to them, and all we could see were spirits, what then would we see?

First of all, we would see the pronounced difference between sons of God and children of wrath or the sons of disobedience.   

Sons of God are called by God and are literally, “sons of light.” And sons of disobedience are called and are literally, “darkness.”

We shine so brightly, because we are born of God, born of His Spirit, washed in the blood of the Lamb, joined to His Spirit by the work of regeneration and baptism into Christ.  The list is endless.

Not only this, but we are literally CLOTHED with the Lord Jesus Christ, His righteousness, His Divine Nature, His all!

We are ALL spirits dwelling in mortal flesh.  For the believer, our spirit WILL BE clothed soon with immortality – a body that is glorified and eternal, just as our spirits already are!

As a reminder, what is a son of disobedience?  Simply put, a person who has rejected God’s Gospel concerning His remedy and provision for redemption, eternal life and forgiveness of all sins.  His name is Christ Jesus.

Well then, can there really be different religions in sight of our Holy God?  This can be answered only by the Word of God in the face of Jesus Christ, His sufferings, His blood, His cross, His resurrection, His Life.

What religion or ritual imparts life to a dead spirit?

There is nothing or no one WHO can impart life – eternal life to a dead spirit except one Person: 

Jesus Christ. 

He is the only Authority in heaven and earth who is God’s provision for the spirit being made alive.  Else the spirit is dead and in darkness. 

We, as believers, are not growing in His life through religion or ritual no more than a plant grows by religion or ritual.  Life comes from a Person.  His Life abundantly is in our spirits.  Praise God! He Himself is growing in our spirits.  And we are NOT independent of Him either!  Branches abiding in the VINE!

If we would begin to realize we are indeed, spirits inside mortal flesh right now, instead of thinking we are simply physical creatures alone, we perhaps would pay more attention to our inner man and not the outer man.  Not to say we should not take care of the outer but to realize just as the Scriptures say, the outer man is decaying – returning to dust.

Ya’ll, this is just remarkable.  Our spirits, who are light in the Lord, shines through these jars!  AND the living Person of Christ, through His Spirit dwells in our hearts!

You’ve heard this before:  What can we take with us when we leave this earth?  We obviously know: none of the worlds or earthly goods will be going – only the spirit of a person. 

Oh what a manner people we can be then, cultivating the riches of Christ inside our hearts!  And this is not to say we are not responsible for our earthly endeavors here on earth while we are here!

We just simply need to be reminded as to WHO we are while we are here – and if we give heed, we can have greater impact.  Could this have a greater impact while we do our earthy endeavors?

Hebrews says that heaven is filled with spirits of just men made perfect.  These are all the saints who left this earth to ascend to the heavens where Christ is literally – they’ve been taken out of the body claimed by physical death.  We will all experience this at some point, if our Lord does not return first.

So, as we go out today – let us NOT look on the natural of men/people – the outside of them – BUT let us trust God to seek to build up the heart/spirits of believers with TRUTH – with all that is eternal.  And also, to give the LIGHT of the GLORIOUS GOSPEL to dead spirits needing Eternal Life found in our Lord Jesus Christ!

We are already dwelling in the heavenly places with Christ through the Spirit, through communion with Him, fellowship with God and His Son, by prayer and the feeding of the Scriptures – the TRUTH.

We are a BLESSED people.  One day the whole world will literally SEE the true sons of God, appearing with Christ in glory.  And the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirits that we are children of God and that all this is true!

Shining in Him with you,

Sue Gaither