When I confess my sin, the Father forgives me because of the blood of the Son and the indwelling Holy Spirit cleanses me of my sin. Therefore, I will no longer live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
In the Bible, the word “fountain” refers to a stream or a river. According to Jewish tradition, natural water from a stream or river is called living water. Orthodox Jews use natural water in their mikvahs (baptismal fonts) for ceremonial cleaning. When a person immerses themself in the mikveh and rises again they are considered to be as a child newly born. Living water is a symbol of new life and cleansing.
To the woman at the well in Samaria, Jesus said, “He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in him would receive. So, if the Holy Spirit is likened to living water, then it is the Holy Spirit who gives me new life in Christ and cleanses me of my sins. When I received Jesus as Lord and Saviour I was born again – like a child newly born. The Holy Spirit entered my body. My body became the temple of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit dwells in my mortal flesh.
Zechariah 13:1
“In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.”
The Holy Spirit is, well… holy. That is, he is righteous, pure and sanctified. When I was born again, the righteousness of God entered me by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the imputation of God’s righteousness in me. The Son of God, Jesus, was sinless. Yet God imputed my sin in him at Calvery so that by faith in his death and resurrection and by confessing him as Lord, I might be imputed with God’s righteousness. That righteousness comes from the Holy Spirit. I have been holified by the indwelling Holy Spirit.
The holiness (or righteousness) of the Holy Spirit in me eradicates my sin. When I confess my sin, the Father forgives me because of the blood of the Son while the indwelling Holy Spirit cleanses me of my sin.
Therefore, I will no longer live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
God-tracking is living by the Spirit.
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John 7:38-39
Romans 8:11
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 10:9
1 John 1:9
Romans 8:5
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You can track God’s plans for your life with Dudley Anderson, the author of Tracking the Will of GodThis post is part of Dudley’s weekly GodTracker devotional series. You can also listen to his GodTracker podcast.
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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.
