John 5:7-9 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

Yesterday I ended with this question; Is it really that simple? Answering that question by using these verses allows me to break down the elements into their component parts as they relate to the gospel.

The impotent man knew he could not save himself and confessed his plight to Jesus. Jesus spoke to the man. Here is the most important part and easily overlooked. The man was made whole, changed, ref. 2 Corinthians 5:7 a new creation. Don’t you think this man knew he was changed before he took up his bed and walked?

The answer to yesterday’s question is in your recognition of changed. Are you that new creation in Christ or not? Your ability to walk in the Spirit is totally dependent on that fact, not belief, not faith, but fact. Belief and faith follow after fact.

Many religions have beliefs and faiths, but only in Christ is there the fact of life. The promise of the Comforter is given only to those who are changed, this newness of life, the born again Christian.

John 3:3,8 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

If you are born again, you can hear the Spirit and feel the Spirit. That is a fact.