Few days a ago a friend said something concerning the holy spirit that really got me thinking " Let your life be so filled with the spirit of God to the extent that you can sense when evil is hovering around your territory."
Jesus saw it necessary for the Holy Spirit to come and live in believers because the New Covenant has a new way of life: human beings operating with the Holy Spirit within. Unfortunately, many believers live their lives ignoring the Spirit. Yet, it is not possible to live the life Jesus wants us to live without the help of the Spirit.
𝗦𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴? What at all is the importance of the holy spirit.
𝟭. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀:
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁. “𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗠𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 …” (𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝟭:𝟴) 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀?
2. The Holy Spirit makes us able to worship God:
As believers, we have the privilege of being able to enter into the presence of God through worship. Sadly, many people get easily bored or are not interested in worshipping God. True worship is supernatural so it can only be accomplished with the help of the Holy Spirit. “But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him.” (John 4:23) If you want to have true communion with God, feel His presence and be lost in worship, ask the Holy Spirit to help you worship.
𝟯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲:
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀’ 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁. 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱, 𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱! “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲…” (𝗜𝘀 𝟲𝟭:𝟭, 𝗘𝗦𝗩) 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.
𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁? 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗢𝘀𝗼𝗳𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗖𝗘𝗢'𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁?
To be continued.....................
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