L’Esprit est la Vie

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L’Esprit de Dieu donne la vie, en particulier la vie éternelle dont le Don de l’Esprit est l’avant-goût et la garantie. 

L’Esprit de Dieu donne la vie. “Dieu est Esprit”, et là où est Son Esprit, il y a la vie! Par Son Esprit, Dieu a créé toutes choses, y compris les “étoiles du Ciel.” D’autre part, le péché tue les hommes, et il le fait à travers “la lettre de la Loi.” L’aiguillon de la mort est “le péché”, et “la puissance du péché est la Loi.” Cependant, l’Esprit de Dieu nous donne la vie, et là où se trouve Son Esprit, il y a aussi la “liberté” – (Jean 4:24, 6: 63, 1 Corinthiens 15: 56, 2 Corinthiens 3: 6, 3: 17).

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The Spirit is Life!

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The Spirit of God imparts life, especially the everlasting life of which the Gift of the Spirit is the foretaste and guarantee. 

The Spirit of God is life-giving. “God is Spirit,” and where His Spirit is, there is life! By His Spirit God created all things, including the “hosts of the Heavens.” In contrast, sin kills men, and it does so through the “letter of the Law.” Death’s “sting” is sin, “and the power of sin is the Law.” However, God’s Spirit gives us life, and where His Spirit is, there is also “liberty” – (John 4:24, 6:63, 1 Corinthians 15:56, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 3:17).

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Redeeming our Bodies

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Paul links the bodily resurrection of believers to the New Creation. Both events are vital for our complete redemption – Romans 8:1-23.

There is “now no condemnation” of anyone who is “in Christ Jesus.” This happy condition exists because the “law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death.” In his Letter to the Romans, the Apostle Paul links our salvation to the inheritance of Christ and the coming redemption of our bodies and creation itself.

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Rédemption de notre Corps

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Paul relie la résurrection corporelle des croyants à la Nouvelle Création. Les deux événements sont vitaux pour notre rédemption complete – Romains 8: 1-23.

Il n’y a “maintenant aucune condamnation” de quiconque est “en Jésus-Christ.” Cette heureuse condition existe parce que “la loi de l’Esprit de vie en Jésus-Christ nous a libérés de la loi du péché et de la mort.” Dans sa Lettre aux Romains, l’apôtre Paul relie notre salut à l’héritage du Christ et à la rédemption à venir de nos corps et de la création elle-même.

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Resurrection and Completion

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Paul expresses his goal of going on to completion, a process that will culminate in bodily resurrection when Jesus arrives in glory.

Paul instructed the congregation of Philippi to go on to “completion” in Jesus. Bodily resurrection must take place for the consummation of this process and the completion of our salvation. This will occur when Jesus appears “on the clouds of Heaven.” God will continue to perform what He began with our conversion until “the Day of Christ.” Salvation is a process throughout our lives.

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