The Mystery of Union With God
joh16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
joh14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth WITHÂ you, and shall be in you.
First dwelled WITH, now IN. Who NOW lives IN us:
2 tim 1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth IN us.
rom8:26 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.
When is it talking about the Spirit of Christ (rom8:9) and the Holy Spirit? Or are both the same, because God is one? If so then God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit live within us.
What does the bible say? We are the temple of God:
1 cor 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth[abides in you, has made you His home, His residence] in you?
1 cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's[You have been bought with the blood of Christ (1pet 1:18-19), His purchased possession - acts20:28; eph1:14].
rom8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ[the Spirit of Christ is the Spirit of God, both are one (joh10:30)], he is none of his[not His possession, not that God doesn't want them, but because they have not accepted the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as their salvation)].
joh17:21 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.
jam4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy[He is jealous for us! Not wanting us to serve the law, but to live by grace and for Him to serve us!]?Â
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
heb11:3 Through faith we understand[The things of God won't make sense to it if we try to understand, first we have to believe it is true, then we understand]
gal5:6 faith which worketh by love[I've noticed when you sense His love, when you know God loves you His word becomes easier to understand, because you are now perceiving and understanding it by heart].
We are meant to live by faith.. His faith:
gal2:20 the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God
What does it mean to live by the faith of the Jesus Christ, the Son of God? To live by faith sounds more familiar.
2 cor 5:7 We live by faith, not by sight[that which is seen (in the natural), the way things appear].
hab2:4 the just shall live by his[Christ's] faith
You already have the faith of God. You don't need more faith. You need less unbelief (beliefs that you haven't got it. Beliefs that you need to add to it, work for it).
heb10:38 but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him." 39 NIV But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.[imagine if we were to live by our faith. Which is not possible, faith is a gift from God(eph2:8); a fruit of the Spirit (gal5:25). We can't have faith from ourselves, so to believe
The fact that you can believe God is the same as that you can understand the things of God (1 cor 2:10-12; prov2:6), through His Spirit (zach3). It's His Spirit in you that does the faith part.
Your faith can freely flow when you no longer place demands on yourself, but see every demand fulfilled in Jesus and live by His finished work. Resting from your works. Seeing yourself free from every yoke of bondage that brings guilt and condemnation.
Laws are burdens that hinder your faith. The more you see yourself loved by God and under grace, the more your faith is able to flow.