I was reading through an article on Christian Liberty by John MacArthur yesterday. God impressed on my heart two sections of the Bible which I just wanted to share. They are Romans8:9-11
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
And Galatians 5:13-16
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh
These verses seems just like they were just coming out of the bible literally. As I was flipping through the Bible for the references make by the book, I realised the verses on Galatians was bookmarked and the verses on Roman are marked by pen The very exact verses that the article was talking about. ( Remembering that I do not have a habit of writing on the bible, I quickly realised I was using my brother's Bible!)
Whatever the case, I believed God wanted to show me that I do have liberty over all the rules and conducts in the Old testament. The driving point is that we can have victory over our flesh if we abide by the Spirit.
Ok. On to other trivia matters. Went swimming this morning after months of inaction. I just cant get my arms to move like before, as expected. The easy swim in the morning was just too much for me. Now the muscle ache kicks in as I type. HAHA.
Today I went school and tried studied. Its wasnt as productive as yesterday. Too much talking after the lunch break, oh well. With the prelims drawing near, its better cultivate some good discipline (like waking up early- which I planned to achieve by going morning training) and get studying everyday. xD
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