Romans 8:11

Here Paul tells us the blessed fact that we have the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead inside us! This same Spirit did miracles through Christ throughout his earthly ministry. (Remember that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit and did no miracles before then.) Not some weak, wimpy, watered-down Holy Spirit Lite. The same Spirit. Not part of the same Spirit; the Holy Spirit is not divisible. You have the same Holy Spirit in you that did Christ's miracles and raised up his dead body.

And what will he do for you? Paul says that he will quicken (give life to) your mortal body. As discussed in an objection reply elsewhere, this certainly refers to this current life. Paul is not talking about the Spirit quickening your dead body; he's talking about the Spirit quickening your current mortal, but not dead, body.

If the Holy Spirit was able to heal the sick through Christ and then raise him from the dead, don't you suppose that he could heal your body, too? He's living in you, after all. You don't have to run to a healing crusade to find him. You have a Person inside you who is well able to cure every disease that you could possibly have. The power to heal your body is in your body right now! It is a case of releasing it with your faith.


You can go to a healing service where the gifts of the Spirit move. But the same Holy Spirit who does those healings is in you all the time. The same Spirit who moves in those services wants to give life to your body on an ongoing basis. Stop and think about the Powerhouse within you! There is no power shortage. The Holy Spirit has more than enough power to heal any problem you have. Welcome him to do his work of giving life to your mortal body.