A New Desire! Our New Nature has an inbred desire to serve God, doing what is right [1 John 2:29; 3:3; Psalm 51:10-12]. The writer of Hebrews says, ". . . the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God . . . in all things desiring to live honorably" (Hebrews 9:14; 13:18). John gives us insight into the nature of our new Spirit and desire when he wrote, "Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for His seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God" (1 John 3:9). This truth emphasizes the position of our new Spirit in Christ, which cannot sin and desires to serve God.

We are born of love [1 John 5:1-2], the salt of the earth and light of the world [Matthew 5:13; 16]. We have the power and life of God living in us [Acts 1:8]. We are a new creation and made right with God [2 Corinthians 5:17, 21]. We walk as disciplined children in newness of life [Romans 6:2-14] and in the heavenly places [Ephesians 1:16-2:6], as dear children knowing our God, "Who has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the Kingdom of the Son of His love" (Colossians 1:13). Yet, we still sin in certain areas of our soul [mind, will and emotions] that need to be confessed in humility. As Spirit-filled believers, we desire to live and act in a manner which is pleasing to God [Hebrews 11:6]. As new creations, our thoughts, choices and emotions shape our bodily actions into a new lifestyle. Like the Apostle Paul, our motto becomes, ". . . I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who lives, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). Join me as we study these Scriptures together. Selah!

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