Spirit And Life
Everything of value in our lives is produced by the Holy Spirit when He is in control of our lives. Everything we produce of our own human effort is of no value and quickly fades away.
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63)
For our lives to amount to anything we must listen to the words of Jesus and follow Him. It is only through Christ that we can be spiritual and truly alive. In and of ourselves we can only produce sin and death.
This is true before and after we first believe on Jesus. Before we believe, our human effort cannot make us acceptable to God. After we believe, our human effort cannot make us pleasing to God. “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” (Gal. 5:16)
