In the Spirit, Not the Flesh

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the chapter as a map of your inner state. 'Not in the flesh but in the Spirit' means you move from a consciousness that identifies with limitation to a consciousness alive with God. The Spirit of God dwelling in you is not a distant event but a present sensation of I AM, your own awareness welcoming divine life into every thought, feeling, and breath. When you answer with an inner yes, the sense of a separate, mortal self softens; the 'flesh' shrinks to a vehicle for experience while Spirit remains the sovereign actor. If you feel you have not the Spirit of Christ, recognize that you have merely believed you are apart from this indwelling; that belief can be revised. The verse invites you to revise your identity until you can say, I am one with the Spirit that God is, and therefore I belong to Him. In that act of inner recognition, your life aligns with divine presence, and the outward world reflects that inward truth.