Romans chapter 8 tells us that apart from the power of the Holy Spirit of God, we can never,

never live an obedient life. The scripture is very clear. Listen to me. Surrender to the control

of the Holy Spirit gives you freedom from the control of sin. Surrender to the power of the Holy Spirit will keep you from the

pitfalls of the old nature. Surrender to the Holy Spirit and surrendering of your will to his will

will will will will help you overcome the enemy's traps every time. Look at verse 1. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in

Christ Jesus. Now, that verse always gives me chills. Always gives me chills every time I read it.

You see, the believer is no longer under condemnation. A believer is no longer under divine condemnation. But listen,

carefully please, because here is where some believers get confused. Confusion number one.

They confuse divine judgment, which we escape from forever and for eternity, with divine discipline.

Hebrews 12.6 says, the indication that God loves you is that he disciplines you.

Confusion number two.

It is a confusion between deliverance from divine judgment with divine accountability, in which we will be accountable

for all the stewardship. Beloved Himirat, believers never, never, never, never will go to hell.

Did you get that? Say amen. But they will be held accountable for their stewardship, for the gifts, for the time,

for life, for everything that is given to us. And that is why the believer should seek to

obey God with all of his heart. Oh, having said that, I understand that every one of us

my fumble and stumble along the way. But we immediately, because of that

divine nature, we dust ourselves off and clean ourselves sometimes even with our own tears and get

back on the road. Now here's the good news. Here's the good news. The Lord knows that obedience to him can never take place through our own

feeble efforts. He knew that. We saw in the last message that no matter how much you try to

gin up your efforts, it will let you down. And that is why Jesus said in

John's gospel, when I go to the Father, I send you the paraclete. I send you the comforter. Why? Because Jesus

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