Daily Devotional
February 21
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. - John 6:63 (KJV)
The words that Jesus spoke are not just words, but are spirit. All the words spoken by Jesus and the Father in the bible, including the ones spoken through the Prophets by the Holy Spirit, are spiritual words. This means that the carnal man (without the Holy Spirit) can not understand them fully (1 Corinthians 2:14), as they are spiritually discerned. Spiritual words are spoken to the heart of man, and not the brain, and it takes the indwelling Holy Spirit to be able to fully understand them. The spirit is what gives life to the Christian, and is what makes him able to understand the things of God (John 14:26), where the unsaved person will read the bible with their mind, and not understand it. Praise God for the Holy Spirit living within the born again believer (2 Timothy 1:14) so that we can know the things of God.
When we use only our carnal mind, we think and get death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace (Romans 8:6). What is being spiritually minded? It is being Word minded, as the words spoken by Jesus are spirit and truth (John 6:63), and they give life to those that read them. Jesus is the Word of God, and He is God (John 1:1). Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit are three different persons, yet they are one (1 John 5:7). We call this the Trinity, and it is hard for us humans to understand, but the spiritual realm is different than our physical world, and we have to accept that it is so. Also we, who are born again, are one with Jesus, who is one with God, so that is why we have God living within us. I can’t fully understand all this, but praise God that it is so, as having the power of God living in us enables us to do the works that Jesus did, and commanded us to do (John 14:12). Thank you Lord for giving us this power!
Devotional by Pastor Joe W. Green, www.infinite-faith.com
**Daily Devotional**
**February 21**
*63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. - John 6:63 (KJV)*
The words that Jesus spoke are not just words, but are spirit. All the words spoken by Jesus and the Father in the bible, including the ones spoken through the Prophets by the Holy Spirit, are spiritual words. This means that the carnal man (without the Holy Spirit) can not understand them fully (1 Corinthians 2:14), as they are spiritually discerned. Spiritual words are spoken to the heart of man, and not the brain, and it takes the indwelling Holy Spirit to be able to fully understand them. The spirit is what gives life to the Christian, and is what makes him able to understand the things of God (John 14:26), where the unsaved person will read the bible with their mind, and not understand it. Praise God for the Holy Spirit living within the born again believer (2 Timothy 1:14) so that we can know the things of God.
When we use only our carnal mind, we think and get death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace (Romans 8:6). What is being spiritually minded? It is being Word minded, as the words spoken by Jesus are spirit and truth (John 6:63), and they give life to those that read them. Jesus is the Word of God, and He is God (John 1:1). Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit are three different persons, yet they are one (1 John 5:7). We call this the Trinity, and it is hard for us humans to understand, but the spiritual realm is different than our physical world, and we have to accept that it is so. Also we, who are born again, are one with Jesus, who is one with God, so that is why we have God living within us. I can’t fully understand all this, but praise God that it is so, as having the power of God living in us enables us to do the works that Jesus did, and commanded us to do (John 14:12). Thank you Lord for giving us this power!
Devotional by Pastor Joe W. Green, www.infinite-faith.com
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