Can anyone in-tombed the Spirit Christ? 2 Corinthians tells us: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Romans explains: You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

The Jews questioned Jesus about having seen Abraham. Jesus’ response was "I tell you the truth," before Abraham was born, I am!" The point here is not to debate whether Jesus is speaking or the spirit of God speaking through him, as in Matthew 10:20 (for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you). The point is to showthat we are part of one body. Our body has many parts — limbs, organs, and cells, but no matter how many parts we can name, we are still one body. It's the same with Christ. In the words of Jeremiah 1:5, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart.

As you listen to this podcast, know that you did not come upon it by chance or through your own volition. You are on this spiritual walk of life through an act of grace. We were all called from within. Ephesians 2 states: For by grace, we have been saved through faith. And this is not our own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.