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Great Doctrines - Grace Church of DuPage

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D OCTRINAL OCTRINAL LLESSON<br />

L ESSON SSECTION<br />

SECTION<br />

ECTION 24 GGOD<br />

G OD OD’S OD PPROVISION<br />

P ROVISION FOR FOR IINDWELLING<br />

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DOCTRINAL SUMMARY<br />

The Holy Spirit works progressive sanctification into the life <strong>of</strong> the believer; and this<br />

sanctification refers to that continued transformation <strong>of</strong> our moral and spiritual<br />

character so that the life <strong>of</strong> the believer mirrors our positional sanctification in Christ.<br />

The Holy Spirit liberated us from the the law; and henceforth believers do not walk<br />

according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. This means that Christians set their<br />

minds on the things <strong>of</strong> the Spirit and that Christians walk by the Spirit, because we are<br />

enabled to do so by the power <strong>of</strong> the indwelling Holy Spirit. And the indwelling Spirit<br />

guides and leads the Christian to put to death the deeds <strong>of</strong> the flesh, because we received<br />

not the spirit <strong>of</strong> slavery - but sonship through our adoption.<br />

This life in the Spirit is what God intended for each believer - as we are collectively<br />

instructed to walk by the Spirit and not by our flesh. If we heed this instruction, our<br />

lives will be characterized by the fruit <strong>of</strong> the Spirit, which cannot be produced in human<br />

lives by unaided self-effort. But rather, the fruit <strong>of</strong> the Spirit in the life <strong>of</strong> the believer is<br />

the product <strong>of</strong> a supernatural work brought to bear by the Holy Spirit. And it is only when<br />

we are walking in the Spirit and giving evidence <strong>of</strong> the fruit <strong>of</strong> His work in us that we can<br />

effectively serve the body <strong>of</strong> Christ and minister to those outside the church.<br />

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AS YOU PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER YOUR RESPONSE:<br />

Because <strong>of</strong> God’s power in me, I can obey Him, overcoming sin’s power in me.<br />

(1John 2: 12-14; Acts 26: 18)<br />

HOMEWORK:<br />

Read the central passages and John 15 & Galatians 5, daily.<br />

Notes<br />

GREAT DOCTRINES III ~ SANCTIFICATION PART 3~SECTION 24~PAGE 3<br />

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