Christ Manifested in Us—Part 1Sample

Our Testimony

The testimony of the Spirit not only operates to make us understand that we are children of God, but every truth we receive is the product of Christ’s mind in us, where the Holy Spirit takes from Christ’s mind and begins to bear witness to that truth. That is why we can read and repeat a verse many times and not understand it, but when we are taught by the mind of Christ, suddenly what we repeated for years makes sense. At that moment, it is the Holy Spirit who takes the mind of Christ and bears witness to what we repeated as true. The mind of Christ and our natural mind understand the same thing.

Christ’s mind in us always knew that truth, but our natural mind lacked understanding. However, they now agree, engage, and the truth becomes a revelation to our life. While there is nothing physical that can prove this truth to us, we just accept it as a reality.

What physical evidence do we have that we possess the mind of Christ? None, nothing physical can prove it to us. Although God’s truths are not proven by the senses, they are confirmed by the testimony of the Spirit that dwells in us.

Do you believe in the Son of God? How do you believe in Him? 

It is the testimony of something internal. Of course, it is madness to believe that Jesus died as He did, that His blood erased the sins of the whole world, that He rose from the dead, ascended to Heaven, and now dwells in us and gave us His mind. That is madness to our natural minds, but the testimony of the Spirit has convinced us otherwise. No scholar, not even the wisest, is going to convince us that this is not true. There is a stronger testimony within us than our eyes can see. The Holy Ghost within us testifies of Christ.

When we believe a spiritual reality it is because the Spirit bore witness to us to transform our natural mind and now we perceive a reality that can be manifested in our life. Our spirit already understands, the problem is that our soul—our natural mind—doesn’t understand it yet. The Word of God must be brought to our soul, so that there it may receive the Spirit’s testimony of truth and by faith His life may be manifested in us.

This devotional, which was based on the sermon by Pastor Gerardo Cardenas, continues with part 2. If you would like to see the whole teaching in Spanish, please follow this link, Click Here