Quickened by the Holy Spirit
Romans 8:11:
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Here Paul tells us the blessed fact that God, who raised Christ from the dead, will impart life to your mortal (not dead) body through the Holy Spirit who lives in you! This same Spirit did miracles through Christ throughout His earthly ministry. (Remember that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit and did no miracles before then.) You don’t have some weak, wimpy, watered-down Holy Spirit Lite or Holy Spirit Limited Trial Version. You have the same Spirit who ministered through Jesus! Not part of the same Spirit – the Holy Spirit is not divisible (see the objection reply involving John 3:34). You have the same Holy Spirit in you who did Christ’s miracles and raised Him up from where the “dead ones” were.
And what will he do for you? Paul says that he will quicken (give life to) your mortal body. As discussed in an objection reply elsewhere, this certainly refers to this current life. Paul is not talking about the Spirit quickening your dead body! He’s talking about the Spirit quickening your current mortal, but not dead, body.
If the Holy Spirit was able to heal the sick through Christ, don’t you suppose that He could heal your body as well? He’s living in you, after all. You don’t have to run to a healing crusade to find Him. You have a Person inside you who is well able to cure every disease that you could possibly have. The power to heal your body is in your body right now! Now you can release your faith in the Healer who indwells you.
You can go to a healing service where the Holy Spirit manifests Himself. But the same Holy Spirit who does those healings is in you all the time. The same Spirit who moves in those services wants to give life to your body on an ongoing basis. Stop and think about the Powerhouse within you! There is no power shortage with Him. The Holy Spirit has more than enough power to heal any problem you have. Welcome Him to do His work of giving life to your mortal body.
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