But you do not live. "You can please God, because you are not controlled by your human nature." He speaks to those who have been set free from the law of sin and death. If, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you. See Romans 8:16. The Spirit of Christ = the Spirit of God = the Holy Spirit. Shepherd says: "The possession of the Holy Spirit is declared to be absolutely necessary to our being acceptable to God." See Galatians 4:6.

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