Two kinds of people ( John 11 v 25 )

Let us continue to look at Romans 8 v 5 - 11,which deals with two types of people,we considered the person who lives according to the flesh,or their sinful nature.This time we will consider the person, a Christian ,who possesses the Spirit of God, and what that means. Now we are told that every Christian has the Spirit of God within them. God no longer takes residence in a temple made with hands,that is all gone,the Christian has become a temple ( 1 Corinthians 3 v 16 - 17 . 6 v 19 ) Leon Morris writes,''The Spirit is not an occasional visitor; He takes up residence in God's people'', and goes on to remind us ,that ''Paul is not identifying Christ with the Spirit, but he is saying that in the indwelling of the Spirit none less is Christ, is present,''Spirit in you' is impossible apart from 'Christ in you'.  William Barclay writing on the Spirit filled Christian,  as one who is, 'Spirit -controlled,Christ -controlled,God -focussed'. It is the Spirit that enables us to live a godly life, it is Spirit that bears witness that we are children of God  ( Galatians 4 v  6 - 7 ) It is the Spirit who is linked with our resurrection,W.Barclay has some very meaningful and encouraging words to say on this,''The Spirit-controlled life,the Christ -centered life,the God  - focussed life, is on the way to life.Daily it is coming nearer heaven even when it is still on earth.......It is like Enoch who walked with God and God took him, As the child said;''Enoch was a man who went walks with God- and one day he didn't come back''. He points out that there are those  who say ,that we say the Spirit - controlled man is on the way to life;but in point of fact every man must die.Yes that is true, we are all involved in the human situation .Sin has come into the world so like everyone else we will die,but as Jesus said in John 11 v 25, that the one who believes in Him will live even though he dies.