Sentences with phrase «than the spirit indwelling»

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I guess that C.S. Lewis — here at least — spoke of pleasure rather than of Christian happiness which, of course, can not be found in any outwardly oriented religion if we are not indwelt by the Holy Spirit who gives us love, joy, peace, and much more (Gal 5:22 - 23).

Finally, many believe that a Christian who is truly indwelled with the Spirit of God should have more victory over sin than what Paul describes in Romans 7:15 - 20.

Truly having the spirit of God completely indwell in you will make you no different than Jesus.

These rages were always in a spirit of trying to get some sort of reaction out of God (which I now realize is tempting God) rather than the silence I was experiencing (which I now realize was due to my indwelling sin and my unwillingness to turn from it).

It is worth noting, however, that in one passage the privilege of being made alive again is apparently confined to those «that are Christ's»; (I Corinthians 15:22 - 23) that, in another, attaining «unto the resurrection from the dead «is represented as the prize of high endeavor rather than as a universal fact; (Philippians 3:10 - 11) that, in a third, an essential relationship is announced between the indwelling «Spirit of him that raised up Jesus» and the possibility of resurrection.

...» Aphesis is release from sin» I think there is a tranformational quality to regeneration where a sinner is transformed into a saint — the greatest of all Jesus miracles because there is no force or power in the universe capable of changing our nature other than the indwelling Holy Spirit — but the struggle with sin is an on going one.