gregoryfl
12-01-2008, 06:32 PM
The spirit itself is witnessing together WITH our spirit, that we are God's offspring. Rom 8:16.
I used to read this from the way I was taught, that God's spirit bore witness TO mine that I am his child. How did I miss the obvious all this time? That's not what it says. Our spirit KNOWS we are His. His spirit comes alongside and agrees with that.
Bearing witness TO my spirit implies defective thinking in my spirit, but such cannot be, for who we are inwardly has been perfected from the very moment of conception, even though outwardly we grow into that awareness.
I am so glad that I know who I am, despite what I may or may not think at times. Aren't you?
Ron
I used to read this from the way I was taught, that God's spirit bore witness TO mine that I am his child. How did I miss the obvious all this time? That's not what it says. Our spirit KNOWS we are His. His spirit comes alongside and agrees with that.
Bearing witness TO my spirit implies defective thinking in my spirit, but such cannot be, for who we are inwardly has been perfected from the very moment of conception, even though outwardly we grow into that awareness.
I am so glad that I know who I am, despite what I may or may not think at times. Aren't you?
Ron