ROMANS 8:9-11 IN YOU The true child of God is one who has trusted the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation and acknowledges that He is Lord. When that happens the Spirit of God dwells in that person. No longer is he "in flesh" but is now "in Spirit" - a new kind of element in which he lives. This is not made known to us by a feeling or some external evidences like speaking in tongues. This is true because the Lord Jesus promised it would be so. The Spirit of God "in you" has nothing to do with our deciding to make it happen. It is a promised fact, and a person without the Holy Spirit is not a true Christian.
There are sincere, seeking people who long for God and for a knowledge of God's Word. Often, they are occupied with religious or Christian activities, but have never been willing to face the seriousness of their sins and come to Christ alone for forgiveness of sins. If they do not have the Spirit of Christ, the Holy Spirit who Christ sent to be in the believer, they are not one of God's children. The Spirit is a real Person who allows our body to be His host body. He actually dwells in those who are saved and makes His home in every person who has been redeemed by the blood of Christ. We will experience His presence when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and know that eternal life that comes through Him. There will be a change in life to act as our Lord directs us. We will find help in daily life and prayer. The power to serve God acceptably and work toward spiritual goals will give meaning to our daily life.
Now, not only are we in Christ, but the Spirit Christ sent is in us. Even though He is in us, our body which is dead because of sin, still has a tendency to sin. In contrast to that, the Holy Spirit is life "in you" because the Spirit motivates us to righteousness in all aspects of our life. The Holy Spirit is the One who directs our life in Christ to produce what God intends for His glory.
Our bodies are still dead to God on account of sin, even though we have been bought with a price. It is our area of responsibility to honor and glorify God "in our bodies and spirits which are His." Our mortal bodies die. Our spirits have life now and forever. The day is coming when our mortal bodies shall put on immortality. The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the tomb will raise us and change us. Before we were saved, we were not linked to the Risen Christ. Now that the Spirit of Christ is in us, these bodies that are subject to death, will become alive to God when "mortality is swallowed up of life." Our spirits and souls are alive to God now. Our bodies will be at the coming of the Lord.
To some it may seem very hard to grasp
That something happened in years that are past. Inside this body I live in, once I lived all alone, Now in this body of clay, there also lives Another One.
There is evidence in me that a significant change took place, Right at the moment God saved me by His grace. The things in life that held such an attraction to me, Have been replaced by other things from which I used to flee.
Another Person is within this body using the same things To produce whole new effects that living for the Lord Jesus brings. Like an Administrator of God's will, He seeks to take control And use this body in ways compatible to my spirit and soul.
The Spirit of Christ is in me and this body is dead to sin. He guides all parts of my life from His "control-tower" within. When I willingly yield to His will and His guidance, There is no condemnation and guilt like a pseudo-sentence.
I know I am in Christ and am made a new creature in Him. But this body of mine which in Christ, is dead to sin - Still has ties that unwanted, link me to the earth, And if I am not careful, makes me think "flesh" has some kind of worth.
But I know better than to yield to such kinds of temptation - For "Christ in you" indicates by verbal connotation - Not the eradication of sin in the flesh, because for that I must die, But the negating of sin's power by the Spirit who is far greater than I.
Looking ahead, there is a day that is coming - When mortality is swallowed up by that One who is living. And will raise me up, not just a spirit, but then with a new body, That then redeemed like my spirit and soul, will be able to serve God wholly.
"Eternal God, my Father, in view of the coming day of full redemption of my body as well as soul and spirit, I pray of Thee to help Thy servant today to be fully guided by Thy Spirit in deeds and words. May the Spirit be free to use me to fulfill Thy will in everything I do this day. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."