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To: dadfly
Rom 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life
because of righteousness.

Romans 8:11 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.

Rom 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Rom 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify
the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

The interpretation of the meaning of verse 11 must be placed into its context, which is about the body being resurrected from the dead when Jesus comes to rule:

1 Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

For the "quickening" of Romans 8:11 to take place, the person must literally die. This verse is not about healing, it is about being raised from the dead literally, with a figurative meaning of attaining life in the Spirit through figuratively killing the proclivity to employ the literal body in sinful acts.

The proposed outcome of verse 11 is a speculation based on your gross misinterpretation of its meaning.

9 posted on 11/01/2015 10:31:46 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: imardmd1

well brother thanks for your far reaching interpretation. i’ll meditate on it. i admit haven’t remotely thought about romans 8 that way.

but basically i take it that your conclusion about my interpretation is that this verse is not at all about physical healing of the mortal body, i.e., you say “This verse is not about healing, it is about being raised from the dead literally...”

i just don’t see anything in what you’ve said confirming that the physical body is not improved by the indwelling of the Spirit as described here in Scripture. moreover, i see and have *personally experienced* the mortification of sin and the consequent indwelling of the Spirit as leading directly to physical healing in many evident and miraculous ways.

may God bless you.


10 posted on 11/01/2015 11:25:10 PM PST by dadfly
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