If you are not sure that God’s Spirit has come “upon you,” you need simply to ask God for this empowering in your life. However, for many of us, this was not the case the “empowering” happened many years later. I believe God intended these last two ministries of the Holy Spirit, the indwelling of the Spirit (where He comes “in” us) and the empowering of the Spirit (where He comes “upon” us) to happen simultaneously. This empowering of the Spirit is sometimes called, in the Bible, “the baptism of the Spirit.” In Acts 2, it speaks about God’s Spirit coming “upon” them, so they might have power to become genuine witnesses of Him. “…If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.” (Romans 8:9)ģ) Next, there needs to be a time when the Spirit of God (that Light Source) is released from our hearts, to come out “upon” (epi) our lives for the sake of enlightening and “empowering” us. When we ask God to come into our hearts, God Himself lights the candle of our spirit and we become “one spirit with Him.” (1 Corinthians 6:17) Note, however, that we must ask God to light the candle of our spirit it does not happen automatically. Proverbs 20:27 tells us that our human spirit is a candle. This is the time God’s Spirit becomes the “indwelling” power source, energy source or light source of our lives. He convicts us of our sin and then He reveals Christ as the “answer.”Ģ) The moment we ask Jesus Christ to be our Savior, the Holy Spirit then comes “in” (en) to our hearts to dwell permanently. In review, the Holy Spirit ministers to us (as His people) in a variety of ways:ġ) Before we belong to God (before we have asked Him into our hearts), the Spirit of the Lord comes alongside us and works “with” (para) us, leading and guiding us to Christ. So, just as God’s supernatural Love is poured into our hearts the moment we invite Christ into our lives, so the Holy Spirit also gives us His Mind-God’s Thoughts and His Power to perform those Thoughts in our lives. Christianity is the only religion where God Himself (who is Love, who is the Word and who is Spirit) comes to dwell within each of our hearts. This is what makes Christianity so totally different from all the other religions of the world. Without God’s Spirit in our hearts, we won’t have either the Agape Love of God or the Mind of Christ to pass on. The Spirit of the Lord is the energy Source or Power Source of our lives. Unless we have asked Jesus Christ to come into our hearts and have become, as John 3:3 says, “born again,” this message will not work. (Acts 17:11) The Spirit of the Lord (Hebrew is Ruwach Greek is Pneuma)įirst of all, we cannot possess the Mind of Christ at all unless we first have the Spirit of God in our hearts. So, be as the Bereans, check out everything that is shared. You have the same Teacher as I do and also the same Instruction Manual. I am not a theologian I am just a sister in the Lord. In this article we will touch upon the awesome subject of the Spirit of the Lord. Is walking in God’s Love and Truth, fleeing all that would quench His Spirit. Is seeing God’s Thoughts manifested in our life actions. Is God’s supernatural ability to perform those Thoughts in our lives. Is God’s personal instructions for Godly choices. Is God’s personal illumination of those thoughts. Is all of God’s supernatural Thoughts themselves. Is the supernatural power source that creates God’s Thoughts in our hearts. Seven Fold Spirit of God: Giving us The Mind of Christ (Isaiah 11:2) Spirit of the Lord The Mind of Christ is a divine seven-fold process that begins with the Spirit of the Lord, who desires to impart to us not only all of God’s Supernatural thoughts (His Wisdom) but also understanding of those thoughts counsel as to which thoughts are appropriate for our own situation supernatural strength to implement those thoughts in our lives personal experiential knowledge of seeing those thoughts manifested in our life actions and lastly, the ability to walk in the fear of the Lord (and not in the fear of man) by fleeing anything that would quench His Spirit in us.
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