The Rewards of the Holy Spirit

Romans 8:9-11

 

The Holy Spirit Resides in the Believer (Romans 8:9)

a. Because of the Holy Spirit we are not self-centered, but Christ directed. “…are not in the
    flesh but in the Spirit…” (Galatians 2:20) “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no
    longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live
    by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
 
b. Because of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling, we have assurance of belonging to Christ. “Anyone
    who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.” (Romans 8:16) “The Spirit
    himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,”

 

The Holy Spirit Revives the Believer (Romans 8:10) We see the phrase in verse 10 “the Spirit is life.” The word Spirit in Greek is the word pneuma. (Balloon illustration)

The balloon represents us, our body, dead because of sin. It needs air, pneuma, the word we get pneumatics from, pressurized air. This air gives form, life, and purpose to the balloon. Without air, the balloon is dead. With air, the balloon has life. Without the Holy Spirit we are dead, with the Holy Spirit we have life!   

The Holy Spirit Raises the Believer to Life (Romans 8:11)

Application:

The Holy Spirit Witnesses (John 15:26) “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.” “, (John 16:13-14) “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” (Acts 1:8) “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

a. It witnesses to all that we belong to Christ.
 
b. It witnesses to all that others can belong to Christ too.
 

The Holy Spirit Helps Us Walk for Christ (Galatians 5:24-25) “And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”