[Chapter 8-6] Those Who Inherit God’s Kingdom (Romans 8:16-27)
(Romans 8:16-27)
“The
Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of
God, And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with
Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified
together. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are
not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the
revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to
futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;
Because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know
that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together
until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for
the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this
hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for
what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait
for it with perseverance. Likewise the Spirit also helps in our
weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but
the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot
be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the
Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the
will of God.”
All
the people who have been forgiven of their sins believe in the gospel
of the water and the Spirit and have the Holy Spirit in their hearts. It
says in 1 John 5:10, “He who believes in the Son of God has the witness
in himself”. He who has the righteousness of God in his heart has the
Holy Spirit dwelling in it, and it is the faith in the gospel of the
water and the Spirit that makes it possible for the Holy Spirit to dwell
eternally in his heart.
We
became God’s children by having our sins forgiven through our faith in
the gospel of the water and the Spirit. The Holy Spirit has dwelt in our
hearts and has become our witness, saying, “You are the children of God
and His people.” To those who do not have the Holy Spirit in their
hearts, on the other hand, the Law bears witness, “You are not God’s
children, but sinners.”
To
those who believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, the Holy
Spirit bears witness, “You are God’s children. You are the sinless
people of God.” God made it clear enough so that we would know that, in
order to become God’s children, we must believe in the gospel of the
water and the Spirit.
You
might ask, “I do not feel anything, so does that mean that I am not
God’s child?” Some people are so infantile in their faith and may not
realize that they have the Holy Spirit in their hearts. But the Holy
Spirit confirms to us that even though we are in our doubtful selves,
the Spirit cheers us up by saying, “Hey! You are God’s children! Do you
not believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit? Because you
believe, you are God’s people.” Even when we are doubtful, therefore, if
we believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, we are God’s
children. The Holy Spirit witnesses that we are God’s children. The Holy
Spirit is not something that dwells in our hearts through our feelings
and senses. Those who believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit
have no sin in their hearts, and since they have no sin, the Holy Spirit
dwells in them. They are surely God’s children.
The
Holy Spirit tells us in our hearts, “You believe in Jesus’ baptism, His
Cross, and have been forgiven; therefore, you have no sin and are God’s
children.”
However,
His proof does not come in the voice like that of a human being. So, do
not expect to hear a booming voice! If you desire after listening a
voice, then Satan might disguise his voice as a human’s and try to tempt
you. Satan works by peeking into people’s thoughts while the Holy
Spirit works according to God’s Word.
Those who have God’s Righteousness are His children and heirs
Let
us read verse 17 together. “And if children, then heirs—heirs of God
and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may
also be glorified together.”
If
we are God’s children, we are also His heirs. An heir is someone who
receives everything from his parents. In other words, we have the right
to share everything God the Father has. If asked, “Who is God the
Father’s heir?” we can answer, “The people who believe in the gospel of
the water and the Spirit and have been forgiven of their sins are His
heirs.”
People
with this kind of faith are blessed and will inherit God’s glory in His
Kingdom with Christ. It states here that since we are joint heirs with
Christ, in order to be glorified together, we also have to suffer with
Him. To be joint heirs with Christ means to live in our Father’s Kingdom
eternally. If you believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit,
then you are a joint heir with Christ. We are heirs because we will
inherit everything that our Father has.
From
time to time, I can feel God’s Kingdom coming near us. Everything
happens in its own good time. God’s promises in the Bible are also being
fulfilled one by one. Now all that is left is for the people of Israel
to repent, confess Jesus as their Savior, and be saved from their sins,
along with a few other things. Israel is supposed to receive Jesus as
their Savior during the Seven Year Tribulation.
The
realization of God’s Kingdom on earth and in Heaven is linked with the
repentance of the Israelites. I believe that the last day will come
soon. I believe that the day is near when those who believe in the
gospel of the water and the Spirit will dwell eternally with God. The
whole world waited for the year 2000 and thought it would be that day,
but the year 2000 already passed. The tumultuous worries about the
Millennium Bug have passed and we are already half-way through the year
2002, when, in fact, many people in the world had thought that all the
changes on earth would happen in the year 2000.
Nevertheless,
our long-awaited Kingdom of Christ is still approaching each and every
one of us. The Holy Spirit also leads those of us who were forgiven of
sins to sense the nearing of the Kingdom of God. Now, as before,
everything will be fulfilled as God said. Let us wait for that day with
faith.
In
the future, Israel will become a stumbling block and an obstacle to
world peace, and for this it will garner the enmity of many nations.
This is what the Bible tells us—that Israel will become the enemy of
many and then some of the Israelites will realize that the Messiah whom
they have waited for so long was indeed Jesus. They will be forgiven of
their sins by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. What
God has planned is about to be accomplished. However, all these things
will take place in due time, so we must not wait for them to happen by a
certain date and time as some misguided eschatologists predict. Those
who believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit will get to see
God’s prophecies come true. The believers have the hope that God’s
promised Kingdom on earth and the Kingdom of Heaven are coming. I
believe that such a day is near us.
The
time will soon arrive when the things that the Lord has promised will
come true one by one. I am confident that the day when the Thousand-year
Kingdom and the Kingdom of God promised by God will be realized is very
near us. Do you also think so, inspired by the Holy Spirit as I am? Do
you believe that every prophecy of God will be fulfilled through the
Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit helps us to truly believe God’s promises
with all our hearts.
Through
the Holy Spirit, we are sure in our hearts that the promises of God on
the last days will soon come true. We believe through the Holy Spirit
that what passes in our minds and our hopes will come true along with
all of God’s prophecies. This is the true faith.
You
and I are the heirs of all of God’s promised blessings; therefore, we
need to wait within the Holy Spirit. God’s Kingdom will come to us
shortly. Israelites will soon believe and accept Jesus Christ as their
Messiah.
Many
people are awaiting Him right now, saying, “Please come Lord Jesus.”
Paul said that since he was God’s heir, the suffering he went through
could not be compared to the glory that he would soon receive. It meant
that in order to receive glory together with Christ, we would have to
suffer with Him too. This is because we believe and wait for God’s
Kingdom to come. In order to receive the glory with Christ, we also have
to suffer with Him.
Paul’s
hope was for all creation, including all animals and plants, to be
freed from their death. That is why all of creation is waiting earnestly
for the coming of the sons of God. The hope for the sons of God is that
the day will come when all the creatures will be able to live
eternally.
Therefore,
we must realize that we believers have been blessed with eternal lives.
Whether we will see the day our Lord comes in our lifetime, or whether
our Lord will wake us up from our sleep to take us away, we will have to
wait for Him.
Is God’s glory that shall be revealed in us truly great?
The
glory that shall soon be revealed to the righteous is an everlasting
glory—inheriting the eternal Kingdom and living forever in God’s glory.
There shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no
more pain in the Kingdom, and the Kingdom has no need for the sun or
moon to shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it. The Lamb is
its light. It is a place where only Jesus and the born again, sinless
believers are found, and it is filled with God’s glory. The Kingdom is
filled with golden rays. The glory of the Kingdom where we will live
forever is such great that words cannot describe it. Because this glory
that we are expecting is so great, Paul tells us that our current
sufferings are nothing compared to the glory that shall be revealed to
us.
Sometimes
we can see God’s glory in nature while we are working for God in this
world. When we look at the multi-colored flowers, the bedewed grass, the
nature shown in the shining leaves, the warm spring atmosphere, the
freshness of the forests, the clear winds, the stars that shine brightly
on cold nights; when we think of the four seasons, we cannot help but
to think of the Heaven. When seeing these wonders of God’s creation, we
hope that God’s Kingdom would come even sooner.
When
the Kingdom of God comes, there shall be no more death, and we will
live gloriously. There will be nothing lacking so we will live in
abundance and prosperity. Just the thought that I will live with glory
in a place where everything is perfect and ready fills my heart with
God’s glory. The fact that all of those things will become ours, the
believers, is like a dream, and makes us be grateful one more time that
we have been born again. I thank the Lord who has filled my heart with
this hope to the fullest.
Right
now, we can only hope for Heaven through our imaginations, but we know
that in the future, all of God’s promises will come true. Our hope thus
becomes more intense and our sense of the nearing glory of God becomes
stronger as days go by.
This
is why the believers hope for the future. Faith in God and the hope for
the future is the glory and faith of those who will inherit the Kingdom
of God. Is this glorified faith, then, a blessing given only to those
who believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit? The answer is an
emphatic yes! Only time needs to pass before God’s glory is given to the
righteous, to those who believe in the gospel of the water and the
Spirit. In due time, God’s promises of all His glories will come true
for us. All these glorious things will truly happen to the believers.
The glory that awaits us is overwhelmingly splendid and beautiful.
You
and I, who have the same faith in the gospel of the water and the
Spirit, are the people who will enter God’s Kingdom of glory. The
confusing and evil world may darken our hearts at times, and we may
become discouraged and disoriented. But those who have been born again
can overcome these hardships by believing that they have become the
heirs of God. Even though there may be all sorts of troubles in the
hearts of the sinless believers, they will be able to find strength and
live on by reminding themselves of God’s promises. I am thankful that
the Holy Spirit remains in our hearts, comforts us, and testifies to our
spirits that we are God’s children.
Those
who have recently been redeemed of their sins should also look to the
glory of Heaven and live in hope. We equally became the God’s people. If
you have lived the life of faith in church for a long time, you can see
the Holy Spirit inside your souls rejoicing in the riches of your
glorious inheritance.
Even the Hearts of the Righteous groan on this earth
Let
us read verse 23 together. “Not only that, but we also who have the
firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.” Let us
ask ourselves, “What do we hope for in living?” We, the believers, live
hoping for the redemption of our bodies. When we say that we are God’s
children, it means that only our spirits are His children. Our bodies
have not yet received the glory, so all the believers hope that their
bodies will also be changed.
When
the believers’ bodies wear God’s glory, they would be able to pass
through a fire and they would not burn, and they would be able to go
through any sort of obstacles or walls. Our changed bodies will be free
of the limitations of time and space.
But
our bodies have not changed yet, so we who have the first fruits of the
Spirit groan inside. So, the righteous people who have been born again
by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit wait for the
redemption of the body.
To
groan! It is written that even we who receive the first fruits of the
Spirit groan. Have you felt the Holy Spirit groaning inside of you? When
did He groan? The Holy Spirit groans when we try to chase fleshly
desires.
When
we look at the world and love what we see, the Holy Spirit in us
groans. Our bodies have not changed, so they enjoy and try to pursue the
worldly things, but because our souls have been changed already, the
Holy Spirit inside us groans. We must thus turn back our hearts that try
to pursue worldly pleasures and receive the guidance of the Holy
Spirit.
The
Holy Spirit groans inside us, who are the heirs of God, because the
Holy Spirit is within us. Living in this world we can see how dark the
future is and how weak our bodies are; during times like this, we should
look up to and long for the blessings of God’s heirs because they know
that their bodies will also be redeemed. The believers wait for the day
that they will have perfect bodies that are completely redeemed.
Living with the glorious hope
Let
us read verses 24 and 25 in one voice. “For we were saved in this hope,
but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what
he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it
with perseverance.”
“Did
we receive the forgiveness of all our sins in hopes of God’s Kingdom?”
Let us ask this question. We said that we received forgiveness of our
sins by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. “But if we
hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance,”
God says so.
In
order to go to Heaven and be freed from our sins, we must be saved by
believing in the Word of the water and the Holy Spirit. After being
saved from all of our sins, if we turn our eyes to the world and hope
for what can be seen, then this means that we neither know God’s glory
nor are waiting for it. If we hope for what we see, then that cannot be
hope. That is why Paul asked, “Why does one still hope for what he
sees?” We who have now become the righteous should not hope for what is
on earth, but we, according to His promise, should look for new heavens
and a new earth in which His righteousness dwells (2 Peter 3:13).
This
kind of faith is what the righteous hope for. The righteous live in
hope for the new Heaven and earth. What we can see with our bodily eyes
is not what we truly hope for. We cannot see with our human eyes, so we
wait for God’s promised Kingdom of glory with our spiritual eyes. That
is why those who are truly righteous place their hopes in the Kingdom of
Heaven. The hope is to believe that what God has told us will really
come true.
God
said, “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three” (1 Corinthians
13:13). We have received the remission of our sins through our faith and
hope for the Kingdom of Heaven. His Kingdom will come to earth and be
present in the Heavens, and we hope that we will live eternally in His
Kingdom. This is why we believe in God’s promised Word and endure our
present sufferings.
It
is written here, “But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly
wait for it with perseverance.” What we persevere for is not something
we can see with our eyes. We wait for God’s promises that we cannot
physically see. God’s promises will come true to us believers because we
were told that God’s glory will soon be revealed, and we believe in
this promise. Since we believe that our Lord is coming back again to
this earth, we can endure our present sufferings.
God’s
Kingdom will, without even a trace of doubt, come to this earth. When
the gospel is spread to all the nations, God’s Kingdom will surely come.
The righteous wait for that day with patience. Our Lord will come while
we are waiting. This is the truth for you and I who are living in this
era.
There
is a Ukrainian female co-worker who translates our books into
Ukrainian. She recently saw the World Trade Center buildings collapsing
from the terrorist attack and said that she felt confused and afraid.
She asked if this could be announcing “the era of the pale horse” in
Revelations and asked for any books related to this part of the
Scripture.
We
cannot definitely say that this incident is an omen of the pale horse
era, but we cannot deny that it may be related. If things like this
happen frequently, then there will be wars, and the nations will fight
each other. When wars break out, the world will suffer from famines and
‘the pale horse era’ could suddenly come true.
So,
when I see these incidents that foretell the destruction of the world, I
renew my will that we should spread the gospel to the ends of the
world. It is true that we are losing hope for this world and that our
hearts groan when tragedies strike us. Nevertheless, as long as we live,
we have to wait for God’s Kingdom, which we cannot see with our
physical eyes but only with our spiritual eyes.
Because
we believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, we hope for the
Kingdom of Heaven and wait for it with perseverance. Because we believe
that God’s Kingdom is coming closer to us, we can endure all our
hardships. This is possible because the Holy Spirit resides in our
hearts.
Are
you suffering? Endure well and have patience. It is not only you who
are suffering but all of us as well. We will have hope that when this is
over, everything will turn out all right. Do you not know that you
cannot develop hope spiritually when you are not physically suffering
hardships? When the body is too comfortable, we do not look for God and
seek blessings from Him. We thus drift away from God. We who have been
born again should have hope for the coming glory and endure our present
hardships.
God
said that those who endure troubles with perseverance for the Lord are
blessed. The day when God’s Kingdom comes to earth will arrive, and we
will enter His Kingdom. We have to endure, have patience, and not lose
hope for that day. We must endure and wait for that day. No matter how
sad and hard it may be right now, we have to wait and persevere until
the Kingdom of God comes as a new Heaven and earth.
The Holy Spirit helps those who have God’s righteousness
Let
us read verse 26. “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses.
For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit
Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered.”
Does the Holy Spirit pray for us? Yes, He does! The Holy Spirit knows our weaknesses and prays for us.
I
talked a little about the groanings of the Holy Spirit. To go over it
again, the Holy Spirit groans when we head toward the direction that God
does not want us to go. When we look at the circumstances of the world
and groan with it, when we go in the direction that our Father God does
not want us to go to, or when we disregard our Father’s will and live
indifferently to His will, the Holy Spirit groans.
When
the Holy Spirit dwelling in a born-again believer groans what cannot be
uttered, we lose the energy in our hearts and become weak. That is when
the Holy Spirit makes us pray. The Holy Spirit sometimes makes
intercessions for us, or makes us aware of the fact that we need to
pray.
The
Holy Spirit groans in our hearts and makes us pray before our Father
according to His will. “Lord God, You have blotted out our sins through
Your baptism and Your blood on the Cross, and thorough this we have
become Your children. We hope that Your second coming will come true on
earth soon. We pray that Your will may come true.” We pray like this.
We
ask for spiritual faith. “God, we are poor and lacking in Your eyes, so
please give us the faith needed for Your will to come true.” God then
helps us because He knows our weaknesses. The Holy Spirit does not leave
us alone but makes us pray according to God’s will and prays for us
too, strengthening our hearts.
The
Holy Spirit makes us pray according to God’s will, and when we ask for
help, He lets us know what God’s will for us is, and gives us new
strength.
“For
we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit
Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered.”
Do
you feel these things? When you think and act differently from what God
wants us to do, do you feel the Holy Spirit telling us, the righteous
people, that something is wrong? The Holy Spirit says, “Hey, you’re
wrong!” and our hearts start to groan. Did you know that this is the
Holy Spirit groaning? You probably have experienced that when a
righteous person’s heart is in joy, it is because the Holy Spirit is
rejoicing inside. Then you will know that when your heart groans, it is
the Holy Spirit groaning.
When
we are weak and act wrongly, the Holy Spirit groans and makes
intercessions for us, and God our Father gives us strength. The Holy
Spirit has made us pray for all things, giving us new spiritual
strength. That is why those who have the Holy Spirit in their hearts are
very happy. The Holy Spirit gives us strength through God’s Word. In
other words, the Holy Spirit works with His Word inside our hearts to
give us new spiritual strength.
The
Holy Spirit does not wish to talk through other means. He gives us
strength through the Scripture, God’s church, and through our fellowship
with our brothers and sisters. That is why God’s church is very
important, and why the church has a very important role to play in the
works of the Holy Spirit.
In
the church are the believers, their fellowship, praises, and messages.
Regardless of who the preachers are, the Holy Spirit is present and
works in them so that they would deliver the appropriate messages that
are needed at proper times. The Holy Spirit works among both those who
give the message and those who receive it, awakening their minds and
giving each of them the blessings that they need. The Holy Spirit does
this in God’s church where the righteous people are gathered. That is
why the church is very important for the believers. When a believer is
going through a hard time in his/her heart and yet cannot share his/her
pain with others, God’s servants will still be able to notice it through
the Holy Spirit. If the believers are in a gathering of God’s church,
the Holy Spirit will be able to touch and comfort their hearts. The Holy
Spirit will help them to hold on to the Scripture and give them the
strength to recover.
When
living our lives of faith, we believe in the gospel of the water and
the Spirit, receive forgiveness for our sins, become God’s children, and
as proof, we receive the Holy Spirit as a gift. Then, God gives us His
church. After giving the church, God talks to His servants through the
church and makes His servants preach His message. He cures our wounds
with the Scripture, gives strength to those who are weak, blesses those
who are poor in heart, and gives them the ability to carry out His work.
He carries out His will through us. Therefore, believers can never cut
themselves off from the church.
Believers
can never be cut off from their interactions with other righteous
people, or from their growth in God’s Scripture. Absolute truth is found
only within God’s church. Therefore, believers need to unite with each
other in the church. Faith without unity is a false faith.
Do
you believe that the Holy Spirit resides in your heart? When we unite
with God’s church, as it says in the Scripture and as the church tells
us in its message, the Holy Spirit will help us and open our eyes to the
truth, giving us blessings. So, unite with the church with such faith.
The Holy Spirit will rejoice then.
We
have lived until this hour with the help of the Holy Spirit. We will
also live with His help in the future. That is why the Holy Spirit is so
important to us, who have received forgiveness of all our sins. We have
to know and believe that the Holy Spirit exists. We must know that we
have to live by the Holy Spirit and receive His guidance in our hearts.
Those who have the Holy Spirit in their hearts have to follow His will.
If you are a righteous person, then the Holy Spirit dwells in you, and
thus you must follow the law of life as the Holy Spirit guides you.
Let
us read verse 27 together. “Now He who searches the hearts knows what
the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints
according to the will of God.” Our God the Father knows the mind of the
Spirit that dwells in us. The Holy Spirit knows everything in our minds;
therefore, God the Father knows everything that is in our minds. As
such, “He, the Holy Spirit makes intercession for the saints according
the will of God.”
This
means that our Father knows what is in the mind of the Holy Spirit, and
the Holy Spirit prays according to our Father’s will. Believers thus
get to live according to God’s will. That is why those who are forgiven
of their sins find the benefits of their lives of faith through the Holy
Spirit. The minds of the righteous are led by the awakenings of the
Holy Spirit.
Troubles
arise in the church when those who do not have the Holy Spirit in their
hearts are found in God’s church. Those who do not believe in the
gospel of the water and the Spirit do not have the Holy Spirit inside
them, and so they cannot communicate with the true believers who do have
the Holy Spirit. They bring about many problems in the church. In
contrast, when those with the Holy Spirit listen to a sermon by a
servant of God who is filled with the Holy Spirit, their hearts are at
peace because they can understand what God is trying to tell them
through His servant.
Anyone
who has been forgiven of his/her sins surely has the Holy Spirit
dwelling in him/her. We have the Holy Spirit in us and live according to
God’s will and by the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
The
Holy Spirit guides us in these ways: sometimes through the church,
sometimes through the fellowship with the believers, and other times
through God’s words. He makes us find God’s will and allows us to follow
His righteous way. The Holy Spirit gives us new strengths to live on
God’s side until we reach His Kingdom.
You
and I, therefore, must realize how important the Holy Spirit is in our
lives of faith. When we believe in the gospel of the water and the
Spirit, we receive the Holy Spirit as a gift, as it is said in the
Scripture, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift
of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38).
God
gave us the Holy Spirit as a gift so that He may guide us to live
according to His will. This is the will of our God the Father. He tells
us that we must live according to His will in order to enter His
Kingdom. We have to have the Holy Spirit in order to live according to
God’s will, and only those who believe in the gospel of the water and
the Spirit receive the Holy Spirit. We must thus believe in the gospel
of the water and the Spirit so that we may receive the Holy Spirit as a
gift and live according to God’s will and enter His Kingdom.
We
do not receive the Holy Spirit and the redemption separately. People
today think that these two blessings are different things. They think
that the Holy Spirit will descend on them if they go and pray fervently
in mountain caves, saying prayers in strange tongues. They think that
the Holy Spirit will then descend on them and directly give them His
messages and converse with them. But this, unfortunately, is just not
true.
The
Holy Spirit and the Scripture cannot be separated, and the Holy Spirit
and the believer cannot be separated either. This is why the
relationships between the believers and the Holy Spirit, the church and
the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—are so close to
each other.
We
who live in this last era live by the Holy Spirit. We live according to
our Father’s will and by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit knows all of
God’s will. Our Father knows everything that is in the mind of the Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit guides our thoughts and communicates with God.
In this way, the Holy Spirit gets to pray according to God’s will, and
our Father answers those prayers by making us live according to His
will.
That is why Paul talked in Romans chapter 8 verses 16 to 27 about the works of the Holy Spirit.
We
are able to wait for God’s Kingdom through the Holy Spirit. We can
endure our present sufferings and live according to our Lord’s will,
hoping for His Kingdom with the power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in our
hearts. We can endure through the Holy Spirit, obey our Lord through
the Holy Spirit, and have the ability to serve our Lord through the Holy
Spirit. All these things have been given to us through the Holy Spirit.
We must realize that we are the people who walk with the Holy Spirit,
always studying God’s Word, uniting our hearts with the Word, and
listening to and following the Word. We must live our lives so that our
Father and the Holy Spirit can rejoice in us, not carnal lives that
please only our flesh. This is what Paul says in this passage.
God
is always with us in our lives. He keeps our hearts and wants to help
us. May the Lord continue to bless us. When our Lord comes again,
everything will be changed to glory. We, who now have the righteousness
of God, will inherit all of God’s Kingdom and glory. Whoever wants to
inherit the Kingdom of God should listen carefully and believe in the
gospel of the water and the Spirit.
Hallelujah! I pray that the righteousness of God will be with you and bless you.
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