LESSON FOURTEEN

THE SENSE OF THE SPIRIT
AND KNOWING THE SPIRIT

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Scripture Reading: Rom. 8:2, 6

OUTLINE

1. Four things:
1. Life—v. 2a:
1. The Spirit of life.
2. The Spirit containing life and belonging to life.
3. The Spirit being the source of life and life being the issue of the Spirit—v. 6b.
2. Law—v. 2a:
1. The Spirit not only belonging to life but also having its law.
2. Life being the content and issue of the Spirit; law of life being the function and action of the Spirit.
3. By contacting life we touch the spirit; by sensing the law we also sense the spirit.
3. Peace—v. 6b:
1. Peace being also the issue of the spirit.
2. Touching the spirit, we do not only touch life but also peace.
4. Death—v. 6a:
1. Death being the issue of the flesh.
2. The sense of death causing us to know the things of the flesh, thus unveiling the spirit from the negative side.