ListenDaily - 14 January 2010: I hold this truth to be self-evident…
It has become evident to me that what we are really talking about here is the work of the Holy Spirit, and the availability and presence of the Spirit in the world today.
Jesus said: “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth.” John 14:16-17
“… to be with you forever...” I do not mean to say that we should lift the Holy Spirit above the Father or the Son, not at all. However, God’s plan, and Jesus’ promise, was that the Holy Spirit would be with us in a new way.
It is the Spirit that nudges non-believers toward Christ. It is the Holy Spirit that nudges believers into Christ-like living.
Different denominations have different takes on the ‘gifts of the Spirit’ and the ‘fruit of the Spirit’. I’m not talking about any of that specifically. I am simply saying that God planned and Christ promised that we should seek out and live by the Holy Spirit, and Paul was told to write and encourage us to do so. Galatians 5 prompts us to “live by the Spirit” and tells us that we should “be in step with the Spirit”.
So let us consider Paul’s writing, God’s plan, and Jesus’ promise, as we read Scripture, as we deal with our work, school, and families, as we listen to sermons – in every part of our lives.
LIFE BY THE Spirit; God’s plan, Jesus’ promise.
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Questions:
1. What is your take on this?
2. How does Jesus promise to send the Holy Spirit to you affect your daily living?
3. God promised you many things about the Spirit and you; are you confident He is telling the truth?
INTERESTING THOUGHT:
"Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum.
If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh.
Christ died for our hearts and the Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them."
A.W. Tozer *
* http://www.cmalliance.org/devotions/tozer
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