The Holy Spirit Becomes the Life of the Believer
1.Read John 3:5-6; Titus 3:5; Romans 8:10; 2 Corinthians 3:6.
2.After we have been born again, what does the Holy Spirit become?
Our life.
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Following the Holy Spirit.
3.What will be the result of allowing the resurrection Life of Christ to work in us?
At the coming of the Lord from Heaven, the same resurrection life that already is in us will make alive our physical body.
4.Read Romans 8:11.
5.What will happen to the individual who walks in the flesh after having made a profession of Christ?
He will die spiritually.
6.What must we do if we are to transform our right to be a child of God into actual son-ship?
We must take up our cross and follow the Holy Spirit of God.
7.Read Romans 8:14.
The new covenant.
8.Who is the law of the new covenant?
The Holy Spirit.
9.What is the new covenant?
Obedience to the Spirit of God.
10.Read Romans 8:2.
11.What is the "law of sin and death"?
The Ten Commandments working together with the sin which dwells in our flesh.
12.Read 2 Corinthians 3:6.
13.Will the Torah (the Law of Moses) ever be done away?
No, in the sense that it will be written in the mind and heart of the believer in a greatly amplified form.
14.Read Hebrews 6:10.
15.What purpose is served by the practical admonitions written in the New Testament?
They are guidelines for our conduct until we learn to walk in the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit.
16.Who makes the new covenant operate?
The Holy Spirit.
17.What does every person have?
A tendency toward sin and rebellion.
The law of the Spirit of life.
18.Why do we possess perfect righteousness while we are obeying the Spirit?
Because of the righteousness of Christ that is given freely to every person who lives in the Spirit of God.
19.What does the law of the Spirit of life create in us?
Righteousness, peace, and joy.
20.What does the power of the Holy Spirit bring us?
Health, strength, wisdom, righteous behaviour, holiness, obedience to God, joy, peace— victory in every circumstance.
21.Read Galatians 5:16.
22.Of what does the victorious Christian discipleship consist?
A lifelong walk of continuous cooperation with the Holy Spirit as He leads us into dominion over our sinful nature and over the sinful environment in which we live.
23.How is total victory over sin achieved?
By the daily appropriation of the law of the Spirit of life.
Walking in the Spirit.
24.Read Romans 8:4.
25.What does it mean to walk in the Spirit?
To walk in the Spirit is to give our attention to obtaining the will of God for our life, to present our body a living sacrifice.
26.What does it mean to spend our days in the pursuits of our mind and body?
To serve the impulses of our fleshly lusts, indulging our desire for the possession of material treasures and nourishing our pride and rebellion against the Spirit of God.
27.What is the result of living each day as a "whole burnt offering" to the Lord?
Our human reasoning and emotional, soulish, lustful body are continually being brought under strict obedience to the Spirit of God, and the righteousness of the Law of Moses is added to us on the basis of Christ’s death on our behalf.
28.What does it mean to "live according to the appetites of our body and soul"?
It means we are spending our days in the ordinary pursuits of human beings. We are occupied primarily with eating, sleeping, working, playing, and reproducing. This is our life, and it is the life of the animal. We are not praying, reading the Scriptures, pressing on to know the Lord, gathering together with fervent believers, putting Jesus first in every decision. Rather, we are devoting our time to obtaining as much of the riches of the world as possible, indulging the lusts of our eyes and our flesh, and putting our own will, way, and understanding ahead of God’s will, way, and understanding.
29.Name at least three things the Holy Spirit is to us?
The Holy Spirit is our Life.
He is our Comforter.
He is our Helper.
He is our Strength.
He is our Wisdom, our Counsellor, our Teacher.
30.In what way are Christ and the Holy Spirit the new covenant?
The new covenant is the power of incorruptible Divine life entering us so that by nature we will love righteousness and hate sin and rebellion.
31.Under the new covenant, what do we minister to people?
The Holy Spirit.
32.Read Romans 8:5-6.
33.What must we choose to do each day?
To come under the discipline of the Holy Spirit
34.Romans 8:7-9.
The result of the dwelling of the Holy Spirit in us.
35.How can we know that the Holy Spirit is dwelling in us?
By the change taking place in our personality.
36.Read Galatians 5:22-25.
37.Read Romans 8:10.
38.Why is our physical body "dead"?
Because of the sin that dwells in it.
39.What is the life of the Christian?
The Spirit of God.
40.On what basis has the believer in Christ been declared righteous?
On the basis of his acceptance of the shed blood of Christ for his justification.
41.How is the righteousness of Christ imparted to us?
The Spirit leads us into paths of righteous conduct.
42.How does the Holy Spirit set us free from our sinful deeds?
The Presence and power of the Holy Spirit break the chains of bondage. When we are obedient to His leading He furnishes us with wisdom and power sufficient to enable us to put to death the deeds of our flesh.
43.Of what are we being made a part?
The eternal Temple of God.