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Zoë
LIFE IN YOUR BODY
by
Rory Synoground
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 you mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
In successfully walking free
from sickness and disease, we can see from scripture that the work of the Holy
Spirit is to quicken our mortal bodies. The
word quicken here is the Greek word “zoopoieo”, which means;
“TO MAKE LIFE” In
fact when we begin to study this word out, we see where “zoo” is
actually derived from the word Zoë,
which means the very life of God Himself. Glory to God, think about that
for a moment. The day we confessed
Jesus as Lord, we received the Holy Spirit, and the purpose of the Holy Spirit
is to MAKE GODS LIFE manifest in our mortal bodies.
We know that Gods life is not subject to death. His life is not subject
to sickness, and disease. In fact we
could safely say that Gods life is
FREE from any oppressive work of the devil, and this LIFE can be at work
in you by the power of the Holy Spirit. Some
people have thought that Paul, in Romans 8:11, was referring to the
resurrection of the saints. The day
the Lord Jesus returns, the dead in Christ will rise first, and we which are
alive will be caught up together with them. (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17)
Even though the rapture of the saints is a scriptural truth, we would
be taking Romans 8:11 out of context if we placed this interpretation on
it. I encourage you to go back and read Romans chapters 6,7, and
8 together and you will see that Paul was declaring what the Holy Spirit is
doing now in our bodies, not what He will do in the future.
The word “mortal” (thneta in the Greek) here in Romans
8:11 actually means “subject to death, but not yet dead.”
According to Romans 5:12, death entered into the world by sin.
Sickness is death in progress. Because
of sin, our bodies became subject to sickness, disease, weaknesses, and death.
But Praise God, Romans 8:2 now declares that the “.
. Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has MADE ME FREE from the law of sin
and death.” 2
Corinthians 4:11 says “For we which live
are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus
might be MADE MANIFEST in our mortal (or subject to death) flesh.” John Calvin an excellent Greek scholar once
said “The quickening of the mortal body here cannot refer to the
resurrection of the saints, but must mean a giving of life to their bodies while
here upon earth through the Spirit.”
The work of the Holy Spirit is to keep making Zoë life
in our bodies, not to work death. To
believe that God will make sickness, which is death in progress, work in our
bodies to teach us a lesson, or to keep us from becoming
prideful, is contrary to what Romans 8:11 declares to the
believer. 2 Corinthians 3:6 says that; “.
. .the spirit giveth LIFE.” God does not place sickness on you!
Sickness is the result of sin entering into the world.
In fact He has made away for us to receive His
life to combat and make us free
from the law of sin and death!
Glory to God, this must be
forever settled in your heart. The work of the Holy Spirit is to give life to
our bodies. But He can be, and will be hindered from doing this work, if we do
not cooperate with Him. Paul
further explains the work of the Holy Spirit in verse 26 of Romans
chapter 8; “Likewise the Spirit also
helpeth our infirmities; for we know
not
what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit itself (Himself) maketh
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
Here Paul describes how the Holy Spirit makes life in our
bodies. The word “helpeth”
(sunantilambanetai in the Greek) means to “take hold together with,
against” Paul is saying that
the Spirit will take hold together with someone against their infirmities. Who does He take hold together with? The BELIEVER! He must work together with US to successfully
come against our infirmities. The
word “infirmities” (astheneiais in the Greek) means sickness,
disease, and weaknesses. The Holy
Spirit will make life, to work
against the sicknesses, diseaseses and weaknesses that plague our bodies, if WE
take hold together with Him. He
will make health, instead of sickness, strength instead of weakness, and life
instead of death. But we must do
our part! How do we do this? We do
this by abiding in His Word. In John
8:31-32 Jesus said to those who believe; “.
. .If ye continue in my word than you are my disciples indeed. And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you
free.” Now
according to John 14:17 the Holy Spirit IS the Spirit of Truth.
Therefore we can conclude that the Spirit of truth, will make us
FREE from sickness and disease if we take hold together with Him by
continuing in His Word.
Yes, PRAISE GOD, we can expect to walk free from sickness and disease today. We can expect healing and divine health to be an active part of our life. The Holy Spirit is here and available to release the very life of God Himself into your body making you free! Take hold together with Him by abiding in the Word of God, and out of your heart will flow the issues of life, bringing health and medicine to all your flesh. (Proverbs 4:20-23)