Breathing back what God breathes in
From what has been said we may learn, second, what the life of God in the soul of a believer is, what it properly consists in, and what is immediately and necessarily implied in it. It immediately and necessarily implies the continual inspiration of God's Holy Spirit. God breathing into the soul, and the soul breathing back what it first receives from God. A continual action of God upon the soul, and a reaction of the soul upon God. An unceasing presence of God, the loving, pardoning God, manifested to the heart and perceived by faith. And an unceasing return of love, praise, and prayer, offering up all the thoughts of our hearts, all the words of our tongues, all the works of our hands, all our body, soul, and spirit, to be a holy sacrifice, acceptable to God in Christ Jesus (Romans 12:1).
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2. From what has been said, we may learn, secondly, what the life of God in the soul of a believer is; wherein it properly consists; and what is immediately and necessarily implied therein. It immediately and necessarily implies, the continual inspiration of God’s holy Spirit: God’s breathing into the soul, and the soul’s breathing back what it first receives from God: a continual action of God upon the soul, and re-action of the soul upon God: an unceasing presence of God, the loving, pardoning God, manifested to the heart, and perceived by faith; and an unceasing return of love, praise, and prayer, offering up all the thoughts of our hearts, all the words of our tongues, all the works of our hands, all our body, soul, and spirit, to be an holy sacrifice, acceptable unto God in Christ Jesus.