Supernatural DNA
There’s no denying one’s DNA code. It will always tell the truth about us. Families sometimes pass down incorrect stories about their lineage because, down the line, someone made something up. But if one family member takes a DNA test, it can reveal the truth about one’s heritage in the natural.
Did you know that this is also true in spiritual matters?
Had it not been for the Holy Spirit coming upon a Gentile household with evidence of tongues, the apostles and elders of the early church may never have believed the gospel was for the Gentiles.
The Gentile household already practiced Jewish faith matters. However, despite that practice, they were not considered part of what Jesus Christ had done. Peter, being led by the Holy Spirit, went to that household and preached the gospel to them, and as he did, they were baptized in the Holy Spirit. Peter knew they had received the Holy Spirit because they all spoke with new tongues. Acts 10
2Corinthians 1:22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
These passages reveal two key things about how we are sealed. Sealed is another word for being marked, identified, or labeled. It literally means to stamp or attest to something. The Holy Spirit is the stamp that says we belong to Jesus. It is our undeniable DNA code.
Merely being religious and doing one’s best to be morally astute is not the DNA God is looking for. However, we should never imagine that having real DNA will dismiss us from living morally and doing good. It simply means we live life out of who we are now in Christ as opposed to trying to merit Christ. We live according to the Spirit.
Galatians 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
The lust of the flesh involves more than just living immorally. It also includes living in the pride that says I can be good all by myself. Just tell me what you want me to do. It is that attitude that thinks that by knowing the difference between good and evil, one could live perfectly good all on their own. It is the same arrogance that argues for law observance to obtain or to maintain righteousness and dismisses the need and the role of the Holy Spirit, which can only be possessed by a new creation in Christ.
Someone with true spiritual DNA does not labor to prove anything. They simply live according to how the Spirit leads them, which supplies more than enough proof that they have been with Jesus. Making up a story about one’s lineage does not result in possession of the Holy Spirit’s stamp. The Holy Spirit is the proof of the supernatural DNA God knows and identifies with.
