Study Guide
INTRODUCTION
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To walk in the Spirit of Life is to walk in perfect love. We know that perfect love casts out all fear. The reason this is so precious and powerful is because the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth and is able to bear witness with our spirit that we are indeed the Sons of God.
The Word is simply a verbal expression of the deeds of the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Ghost is simply an operation of the spoken Word. Whatever we read in the Word of God, the Holy Spirit has already performed it in Himself. Furthermore, He has guaranteed its manifestation in its season.
Unfortunately, much of the Church does not yet agree that it is spirit. It still identifies with its natural body. This is the captivity of the mind. It is deceived because it is unrenewed in the Word of God. It refuses to accept that the innerman is supreme in authority and power. It will never surrender unless it is taught the pure Word of God.
The purity of the Word is the only power that can break the captivity of the mind. The mind must be exposed to the truth. It must be fed the knowledge of God. The knowledge of God is experience. The mind must experience this knowledge if it is to change. It is the knowledge of God that holds the power of love. Love is the only real power of change.
It is the love of God that the mind will experience (inside of the knowledge it receives) that will gender change in the deeds of the flesh. Then, we will walk in the Spirit.