And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment; of sin , because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness because I go to the Father and you see Me no more; do judgment because the ruler of this world is judged. . . . When He, the Spirit of Truth has come, He will guide you into all Truth . . . (John 16:8-13)
The Spirit is not something we "get" when we want to shout, dance, or sing. It may however, make us weep, shout, dance, or sing! Like any person we encouraged, the Person of the Holy Spirit of God can and will cause us to do things, feel things, and react to things. The difference is this Person must be received through belief and repentance in the Lord Jesus and His work upon the cross of Calvary!
God the Holy Spirit is not something to place upon the shelf for SONday worship or prayer meetings, or when we want Him or need Him. He indwells every born-again believer when he repents and commits to Christ. Only God knows the true believer, yet the proof comes in the leading and controllimg of the Holy Spirit upon one's life. If we say we love Christ and we call Him Lord, then proof should show in our living ... living led by the Holy Spirit!
A Spirit-led life is not one that compromises or accepts the world's ways of living. It does not justify sin. It commits to a life worthy of a Holy God . . . an exciting life and a life set apart from this world. Too may "believers" get this wrong. While loving a set apart life requires saying "no" to much in this world, it also allows freedom to say "yes" to so much more of God!
Are we teaching and modeling this life to our young people today?
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