HOLY SPIRIT LIVES WITHIN US
One of the amazing things that a person learns when they accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior is that God takes up residence within us. He is with us in the form of the Holy Spirit. This wonderful gift comes without our asking or perhaps even knowing. And yet, even some Christians wonder about this. I have had numerous emails asking how to get the Holy Spirit, or how to know when He is with us. I wondered about this myself until I learned from the Bible that the Holy Spirit dwells in all who have accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior. (Matthew 3:11, James 4:5, 2 Timothy 1:14, Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 3:16).
The gift that Jesus promised before He left the earth is the Holy Spirit. This wonderful Spirit will be with us until we are taken from the earth to be with Him forever. When Jesus died for our sins we were declared righteous and became eligible for the almighty God to take up residence within us. This is one of the most amazing gifts that anyone could possibly receive or even imagine.
Dr. David Jeremiah listed benefits from the Holy Spirit taking up residence in our lives. We are “born again”, “born of the Spirit”, given new life. The Holy Spirit dwells in all true Christians. Even as you read this, the Holy Spirit is giving you understanding, and I am receiving His help in writing. He is our permanent live-in counselor. We become a part of Christ’s body, and a part of each other. Our lives are filled with a purpose and are characterized by Christ’s power. We can discern spiritual truth from the deceptions of the world. We are transformed with the fruit of the Spirit, in the form of love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. We have the privilege of being ambassadors for Christ.
Of course it does one no good to have the Holy Spirit if we are not living in obedience to Jesus Christ, and trusting Him with our decisions and our very lives. The Holy Spirit wants to be the sole and permanent resident within us to guide our lives. As we all know so well, there is a myriad of outside interests that compete for our time and attention. We must be discerning and careful how we use our time. Having some entertainment in our lives is all right, but we must put Christ first and above all.
To make sure we are living the life that Christ intended, we can bow our heads and ask God to help us to know and get rid of anything that is occupying our life so that the Holy Spirit is left out. Invite the Spirit of Christ to fill any void that is left after getting rid of these obstacles. Then begin living a Spirit-powered life that Christ’s death on the cross gave you to enjoy.
GOD ALWAYS COMMUNICATES TO US
God is always talking to us through believers, non-believers, dreams , visions and many more mysterious ways. However, many people tend to ignore this and do not listen. For example, all these calamities that are happening today are a message from God that we are living in the last days and that we should repent and change our ways. We should try as much as possible to live like Jesus. He should be our role model. However, we need to pray and fast to ask God to give us the strength, Holy Spirit and the faith to please him and live as he desires. Let us not Ignore his messages to us. His messages may sometimes come as parables with hidden meanings. We should pray for the meaning to be revealed and also seek help from his servants. Jesus loves us so much and does not want to see us perish. That is why he died for our sins and also resurrected. Let us learn to forgive and ask for forgiveness. Thank you. FOLLOWING JESUS HAS A COST
If we are truly seeking the Lord, we should abandon all the world desires and follow God. We should be different by the way we wear, talk, think and act. We should avoid secular music and TV shows. These are the traps that Satan has set for the church and the church is miserably falling into the traps. There is no way that gospel music can be similar to secular music in any way, just as the light can not be similar to darkness. Many churches are being deceived by the devil. That is why just a part of the church will be raptured.Jesus Christ should be our role model. The following teaching was passed to me by a man of God.We all know that the church is the body of Christ Colossians 1:24. Jesus was also referred to the last Adam. Click here for more definition. God made Adam to sleep and took a part of his body which was his rib to create the woman who would be his wife. God is the same Yesterday,Today, and Forever. The body of Christ (the church) is at sleep so that God will take a part of the church which is his body and make it his bride. This is the bride that is talked about in Revelation 19:7.Many are called but few are chosen Matthew 22:14. So many will go to church but not all will be chosen because of impurities. We should die from the world and let the world and let Jesus take control of our lives. So please try to wear decently when going to church, don't listen or dance to worldly music that has been labeled as religious. And do not do what you are not sure is approved by God, if you want to be a part of the bride. Pray and seek God everyday.
