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How vital is the Holy Spirit to our relationship with God the Father and Jesus Christ?
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by (which) we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit (itself) bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together" (Romans 8:14-17).
Only those who have God the Father and Jesus the Son dwelling in them through the power of the Holy Spirit are considered "children of God."
Notice that God leads His children with His Spirit. He does not drive them. God’s Spirit empowers only those who choose to serve Him. That explains why Paul wrote: "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God" (Romans 6:12-13).
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