{"id":112037,"date":"2021-02-19T04:45:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T10:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=112037"},"modified":"2021-02-16T10:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:51:46","slug":"19-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/19\/19-u\/","title":{"rendered":"19.u. “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Romans 8:12 \u00a0 <\/span>So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, \u201cAbba! Father!\u201d The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs\u2014heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Paul constantly reminds us that living after the flesh ends in\u00a0death<\/i>. We need the reminder because we are often deceived into thinking that the flesh offers us\u00a0life<\/i>. We have no obligation to oblige or pamper fleshly and worldly desires. Our debt is to the Lord, not to\u00a0t<\/b>he flesh.\u00a0 <\/span>Paul tells us that not only are we saved by the work of the Spirit, but we also must walk by the Spirit if we want to grow and pursue holiness in the Lord. We cannot be like some among the Galatians who thought they could\u00a0begin<\/i>\u00a0in the Spirit but then find spiritual perfection through the flesh.\u00a0 <\/span>Paul didn\u2019t say, \u201cAs many as go to church, these are the sons of God.\u201d He didn\u2019t say, \u201cAs many as read their Bibles, these are the sons of God.\u201d He didn\u2019t say, \u201cAs many as are patriotic Americans, these are the sons of God.\u201d He didn\u2019t say, \u201cAs many as take communion, these are the sons of God.\u201d In this text, the test for sonship is whether or not a person is\u00a0led by the Spirit of God. (Guzik)<\/p>\n

We are led as we\u00a0cooperate with<\/i>\u00a0the leading. \u201cIt does not say, \u2018As many as are driven by the Spirit of God.\u2019 No, the devil is a driver, and when he enters either into men or into hogs he drives them furiously. Remember how the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea. Whenever you see a man fanatical and wild, whatever spirit is in him it is not the Spirit of Christ.\u201d (Spurgeon)<\/p>\n

Where does the Holy Spirit lead us?<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0He leads us to\u00a0repentance.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0He leads us to think\u00a0little of self<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0much of Jesus.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0He leads us into\u00a0truth.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0He leads us into\u00a0love.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0He leads us into\u00a0holiness.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0He leads us into\u00a0usefulness.<\/i><\/p>\n

A surrendered soul with a desire to honor and glorify Jesus will have their eyes focused on Jesus Christ and their hearts that are listening for the leading of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romans 8:12 \u00a0 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit … Continue reading “19.u. “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14508,7070,3259,5034,508,521,14872,404,2798,14873,448,786,14874,304,14875,4694,3273,362,10816,315,4883,3038],"class_list":["post-112037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-abba","tag-ask-and-you-will-receive","tag-body","tag-brothers","tag-children","tag-death","tag-debtors","tag-deeds","tag-die","tag-fall-back","tag-father","tag-fear","tag-fellow-heirs","tag-flesh","tag-glorified-with-him","tag-heirs","tag-live","tag-receive","tag-sons-of-god","tag-spirit","tag-spirit-of-god","tag-suffer"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112146,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112037\/revisions\/112146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}