If He’s In You

Text:

Romans 8:11:

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

 

Theme:

If He’s In You

 

Introduction:

• In the Epistle to the Romans, Paul is writing to a group of people who are the heart of the Gentile nation. These are a people who do not and cannot relate to the strict traditions and rhetoric existing in the Jewish community.  They couldn’t understand “Old folk talk”.  They needed things to be broken down to plain and simple terms that relate to their real existence.  Paul did just that.  He wrote Romans closer to the “How To” methodology than any of his letters.
  • The church in Rome was begun by Christians after Pentecost and had in its population a large number of Romans or Gentiles.
  • Paul’s purpose is to explain the great “truths” of the gospel to the Jewish-Gentile church in Rome
  • It is unique in that it is a systematic exposition of the gospel of universal application à Salvation is free to all.
• Romans Chapter 8 gives us the breadth of God’s grace-permeated plan to bring mankind from death to life.
  • The first verse says “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” This is our hope out of darkness!
  • The last verse then says “Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” This is our assurance that we have the victory!
• Specifically in this one verse of our text, there is a relevant element of reassurance for the Believer in Jesus, the Christ.
  • If God is in you, our bodies are QUICKENED!
    • Why is this reassurance?
    • Why is it important that God be IN us?

Body:

• “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you”
  • “him that raised up Jesus from the dead” è God, the Father
    • Acts 4:10, “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.”
    • Romans 4:24, “But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;”
    • Galatians 1:1, “Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)”
• “the Spirit of” God “dwell in you”
  • 1Corinthians 3:16, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
    • God dwells within us when we let Him! à God in Us
      • Revelation 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
    • We also dwell within Him! à We are in God
      • John 4:13, “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.”
    • All because WE ARE ONE WITH HIM! à Jesus asked for us to be ONE with
      • John 17:20-21, “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”
• “he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies”
  • To be quickened is “an increasing of life”
  • We need to be quickened with God!!!
    • We can’t make it on our own
      • John 15:5, “…for without me ye can do nothing.”
    • BUT God can do anything…but fail!!!
      • Matthew 19:26, “…but with God all things are possible.”
  • We want to be quickened with God!!!
    • As the old Gospel song says… “I want to be more like Jesus every day”
    • A RELATIONSHIP with God is empowers our life.
      • James 4:8, “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you….”
    • “by his Spirit that dwelleth in you”
  • It is the Holy Spirit that quickens us with God
    • The Holy Spirit has the power to quicken us
      • Zechariah 4:6, “Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.”
    • What does the Holy Spirit do to quicken us?
      • Cleans and prepares us è Matthew 12:28, “But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.”
      • Teaches and Reteaches è John 14:26, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
      • Brings the Word of God è John 15:26, “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:”
      • Judges and reproves the world in us è John 16:8, “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:”
      • Prays to God on our behalf è Romans 8:26, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
      • Gives us new LIFE è 2Corinthians 3:6, “Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”

Conclusion:

• BUT, it must be IN US for it to quicken us
  • Romans 8:10, “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”
    • How do we get the Holy Spirit IN US??
      • First, BELIEVE and CONFESS
        • Romans 10:9-10, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
      • Second, WAIT on Him!!!!!
        • Acts 1:4, “And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.”
    • HE WILL COME IN!!
      • Revelation 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”

• If He Is In You, you won’t be the same!!!

 

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