"SPIRIT OF CHRIST!"

Romans 8:8-11          (1599 Geneva Bible)
"8 So then they that are in the flesh, cannot please God.
9 Now ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, because the Spirit of God dwelleth in you: but if any man hath not the "SPIRIT OF CHRIST", the same is not HIS.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead, because of sin: but the Spirit is life for righteousness sake.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall also quicken your mortal bodies, by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."


Most know that I admire Bishop Robert E. Smith, Sr.  "Bishop", as he is lovingly called by most who know him, has a certain "aura" about him that is peculiar to most. Upon meeting with him a few years ago, I told my wife she HAD to meet this man.  There was something unique about him. He "drew" others to him with this "aura" in a seemingly effortless manner.

I imagine experiencing JESUS walking among men would give me a similar feeling.  The above scripture is telling us that if any man, I don't care who he is, hath not the "SPIRIT OF CHRIST", that man is NOT one of HIS children!  The "SPIRIT OF CHRIST" draws men to come to them, for CHRIST fills a need that nothing else can fill.

Verse 10 above states "If Christ be in you, the body is dead, because of sin"!  Now surely our bodies do not die as soon as we believe the JESUS is the Son of the Living GOD?  Galatians 2:20 explains a bit for us when it says "I am crucified with Christ, but I live, yet not I anymore, but CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: and in that I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith in the Son of God, who hath loved me, and given himself for me."  HE paid a price to indwell my body.  Not just on Sunday mornings, and not just part of my body, but MY WHOLE being!

The Spirit of JESUS lives in me.  I need to move my Spirit out everyday and let HIS Spirit indwell my body more and more until I allow HIM to totally control me!  JESUS has the "aura" about HIM!  Bishop has the "aura" about him!  I should have the "aura" about me!  And if I surrender to the "SPIRIT OF CHRIST", I will have the "aura" about me.