14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Role of the Spirit
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another [a]Helper, that He may be with you forever;
Monday, June 17, 2019
The Helper to Every Believer is the Holy Spirit
John 14:14-16
14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Role of the Spirit
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another [a]Helper, that He may be with you forever;
14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Role of the Spirit
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another [a]Helper, that He may be with you forever;
The Dilemma in the Modern Christianity
Yes and in my case "Christian" extended family are irritated at Biblical truth. I was once told by a family member that "we should not tell others they are wrong" But interestingly, the person who was telling me I was wrong believed it was wrong for me to tell someone they were wrong. How does that work anyway? She was not wrong to tell me I was wrong, but I was wrong to tell someone else they were wrong. Sort of a double standard right? ROFL
The Lesson of the Water Bottle
When we trust Christ with all that happens to us we know He has the answers, nothing sticks to us it slides off to Him. He has a purpose, we can rest in Him. Hang on to Christ rather than anything that happens to us or those who harm us.
Follow the link to see the lesson of the water bottle. Even though the video was not about Christ, we can equate it to Christ and the Bible. Christ is the answer to letting go to Christ.
His Will or Our Will
God will not ignore our request when it is within His will.
1 John 5:13-15 "13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.…"
Psalm 145:19
"He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them."
John 14:13
"And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
We are given what we ask for when it glorifies God and is His desire for us.
However, He may give us what we want that is not good for us to teach us a lesson, when we are in stubborness. So then it is wise to seek God's will rather than begging Him to give us what we want, that might not be good for us.
Romans 12:2 " and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that of God, and acceptable, and perfect will of God,"
James 4:2-4 "…2 You crave what you do not have. You kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.…"
The most frightening place to be is out of the will of God to satisfy a personal desire. God often will allow us to have what we want that is not good for us. He will not override our free will. But know this, getting what we want without counsel from the Holy Spirit brings with it consequences that can be devastating and lifelong.
The best way to avoid unwanted consequences is to seek God's will before we act, while ignoring all intense feelings that do not match up with God's Word.
James 4:6-8 "6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.…"
1 John 2:15-17
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
Ephesians 2:1-22
"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— ..."
1 John 5:13-15 "13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.…"
Psalm 145:19
"He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them."
John 14:13
"And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
We are given what we ask for when it glorifies God and is His desire for us.
However, He may give us what we want that is not good for us to teach us a lesson, when we are in stubborness. So then it is wise to seek God's will rather than begging Him to give us what we want, that might not be good for us.
Romans 12:2 " and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that of God, and acceptable, and perfect will of God,"
James 4:2-4 "…2 You crave what you do not have. You kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.…"
The most frightening place to be is out of the will of God to satisfy a personal desire. God often will allow us to have what we want that is not good for us. He will not override our free will. But know this, getting what we want without counsel from the Holy Spirit brings with it consequences that can be devastating and lifelong.
The best way to avoid unwanted consequences is to seek God's will before we act, while ignoring all intense feelings that do not match up with God's Word.
James 4:6-8 "6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.…"
1 John 2:15-17
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."
Ephesians 2:1-22
"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— ..."
How to Become Born Again
When we find a person who has been in an auto accident, a gaping wound on their arm is showing, do we rush to get them with an ice cream cone and put a band aide on it, or do we rush them to the hospital for the uncomfortable fix of stitches and antiseptics?
Our country has been destroyed for lack of instruction and even worse lack of desire for truth. Instruction and correction is rejected by nearly everyone because of the stubbornness of the heart. We are going to be destroyed, going down, I wonder if the smiles and head nodding will cease when there is nothing left to save and no one left to impress? Israel of the past found out what happens when a country gets to where we are right now!
Isaiah 1:2-6 “Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth;
For the LORD speaks,
“Sons I have reared and brought up,
But they have revolted against Me.
3 “An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel does not know,
My people do not understand.”
4 Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the LORD,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away [c]from Him.
5 Where will you be stricken again,
As you continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is nothing sound in it,
Only bruises, welts and raw wounds,
Not pressed out or bandaged,
Nor softened with oil.”
Israel is not the only nation who acts as they did back in the day. The whole world is acting this way now, one of the signs of the end of the end. There will not be many days now left before Christ takes out His church. There is not much faith left on the earth, not much love, kindness or diligence. 2 Timothy 3 has arrived as prophesied, but the hope is great in born again believers as they anticipate their home going. Hallelujah
The way of salvation for those who have not yet known Christ is to confess your sinfulness, believe on Christ, that He paid the price for your sin and will cleanse you if you want to be cleansed. Then He will send His Holy Spirit to live in you, the guarantee of our inheritance as His children. When He has done this you will no longer be the same person you were before. The WAY you think will be opposite of the way you once thought. Christ changes everything about us when we are born again and remains with us until He comes for us. Hallelujah
Acts 16:30 "…30 Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved....."
Our country has been destroyed for lack of instruction and even worse lack of desire for truth. Instruction and correction is rejected by nearly everyone because of the stubbornness of the heart. We are going to be destroyed, going down, I wonder if the smiles and head nodding will cease when there is nothing left to save and no one left to impress? Israel of the past found out what happens when a country gets to where we are right now!
Isaiah 1:2-6 “Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth;
For the LORD speaks,
“Sons I have reared and brought up,
But they have revolted against Me.
3 “An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel does not know,
My people do not understand.”
4 Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the LORD,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away [c]from Him.
5 Where will you be stricken again,
As you continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is nothing sound in it,
Only bruises, welts and raw wounds,
Not pressed out or bandaged,
Nor softened with oil.”
Israel is not the only nation who acts as they did back in the day. The whole world is acting this way now, one of the signs of the end of the end. There will not be many days now left before Christ takes out His church. There is not much faith left on the earth, not much love, kindness or diligence. 2 Timothy 3 has arrived as prophesied, but the hope is great in born again believers as they anticipate their home going. Hallelujah
The way of salvation for those who have not yet known Christ is to confess your sinfulness, believe on Christ, that He paid the price for your sin and will cleanse you if you want to be cleansed. Then He will send His Holy Spirit to live in you, the guarantee of our inheritance as His children. When He has done this you will no longer be the same person you were before. The WAY you think will be opposite of the way you once thought. Christ changes everything about us when we are born again and remains with us until He comes for us. Hallelujah
Acts 16:30 "…30 Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved....."
Aligning Ourselves With Christ
I copied and pasted this comment from another thread to help us keep perspective on the direction of this country as well as the cleverness of the devil's ploys. It is easy to see how the anti-christ will fool those who are wanting "good things" in their life, even more than they want God.
I have lived in this country all my life and have watched Trump's life over the years. He was chosen by God but that does not mean he is godly or a Christian.
I voted for him because he was not Hillary, but have no expectations that he will lead this country into repentance or morality.
I notice that he is surrounded by Pentecostals who buy into the "Health, Wealth and Prosperity" doctrine. They believe Trump got in because they spoke it into being.
Trump said his favorite preacher was Norman Vincent Peale, clearly a "power of the mind" preacher. Peale was an heretic whose writings have deeply influenced the Pentecostals. The Pentecostals of this country often focus on material things rather than spiritual matters. They believe making things happen by the power of their mind amounts to spirituality.
I don't hate Trump but I am a realist, in that I compare him to the godly leaders of the Bible and see how off base he is in many things.
I am glad God is using him to denounce abortion and to protect Israel but everything else he is doing does nothing to promote godliness or repentance.
I also notice that his involvement with Israel has more to do with peace than with their right to the land. I am convinced Trump will end up promoting a giveaway of the land to accomplish this peace. He often speaks out of both sides of his mouth. One moment declaring something and later when people have forgotten what he said he will say the opposite.
Also, I have known many pro-life people who were not Christians. There was a group many years ago when we were involved in the pro-life movement, called, "Homosexuals Against Abortion." These people were vile God haters who hated abortion. Their stand against abortion had nothing to do with righteousness, they just didn't like killing babies. I hate killing babies too, but God also hates the practice of homosexuality. These people needed to confess their sin and repent to be born again, I prayed that for them.
Being for or against particular causes is not the measure of a spiritual man or even a good man.
1 Corinthians 15:58 "58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
The work of the Lord is the gospel and all His other commands in the Bible. We can be led by Christ at any given time simply by confessing our need for His help.
James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
God can use anyone to accomplish His will but that does not mean those who are sinful who are used will be accepted by God. It does not mean that we should endorse the activities of those who hate God just because God is using them in spite of themselves.
It is always dangerous to align ourselves with wicked unsaved people to accomplish God's will. We have to work in this world and its good that we have a witness, but to join up with wicked men to accomplish a cause is not wise.
Many years ago we were in politics, it was a time that God sent and a miracle that my husband won. We had contact with believers and non-believers alike that was good. God used it in many ways in our lives, there comes a time when God tells us to work among them and other times He says no.
Thank the Lord we have the Holy Spirit to tell us "what and when."
Proverbs 3:5-6 "5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
I have lived in this country all my life and have watched Trump's life over the years. He was chosen by God but that does not mean he is godly or a Christian.
I voted for him because he was not Hillary, but have no expectations that he will lead this country into repentance or morality.
I notice that he is surrounded by Pentecostals who buy into the "Health, Wealth and Prosperity" doctrine. They believe Trump got in because they spoke it into being.
Trump said his favorite preacher was Norman Vincent Peale, clearly a "power of the mind" preacher. Peale was an heretic whose writings have deeply influenced the Pentecostals. The Pentecostals of this country often focus on material things rather than spiritual matters. They believe making things happen by the power of their mind amounts to spirituality.
I don't hate Trump but I am a realist, in that I compare him to the godly leaders of the Bible and see how off base he is in many things.
I am glad God is using him to denounce abortion and to protect Israel but everything else he is doing does nothing to promote godliness or repentance.
I also notice that his involvement with Israel has more to do with peace than with their right to the land. I am convinced Trump will end up promoting a giveaway of the land to accomplish this peace. He often speaks out of both sides of his mouth. One moment declaring something and later when people have forgotten what he said he will say the opposite.
Also, I have known many pro-life people who were not Christians. There was a group many years ago when we were involved in the pro-life movement, called, "Homosexuals Against Abortion." These people were vile God haters who hated abortion. Their stand against abortion had nothing to do with righteousness, they just didn't like killing babies. I hate killing babies too, but God also hates the practice of homosexuality. These people needed to confess their sin and repent to be born again, I prayed that for them.
Being for or against particular causes is not the measure of a spiritual man or even a good man.
1 Corinthians 15:58 "58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
The work of the Lord is the gospel and all His other commands in the Bible. We can be led by Christ at any given time simply by confessing our need for His help.
James 1:4-6 "…4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.…"
God can use anyone to accomplish His will but that does not mean those who are sinful who are used will be accepted by God. It does not mean that we should endorse the activities of those who hate God just because God is using them in spite of themselves.
It is always dangerous to align ourselves with wicked unsaved people to accomplish God's will. We have to work in this world and its good that we have a witness, but to join up with wicked men to accomplish a cause is not wise.
Many years ago we were in politics, it was a time that God sent and a miracle that my husband won. We had contact with believers and non-believers alike that was good. God used it in many ways in our lives, there comes a time when God tells us to work among them and other times He says no.
Thank the Lord we have the Holy Spirit to tell us "what and when."
Proverbs 3:5-6 "5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
Our Helper is the Holy Spirit!
John 14:14-16
14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Role of the Spirit
"16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;"
Notice that God said here that the Holy Spirit will "be with you FOREVER." God never takes back His promise to keep us until He comes for us.
Romans 8:14-15
"14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
When we have been sealed with the Holy Spirit at salvation we are sealed FOREVER.
Ephesians 1:12-14 "…12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory. 13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth— the gospel of your salvation— you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.…"
An important picture of this is the oneness that is given to us in marriage. That oneness is not of us but a work of God. He changes us from two people into one person. Each one in this marriage of two into one we have specific roles and responsibilities. The husband is to lead and the woman is to help. She is to help in all manners of his life, supporting him in his business as well as providing counsel when he is not able to see something that we can see.
As wives our best friend is God and our second best friend is our husband. We wish the best for our husbands, the reason we seek Christ continually for His guidance to our husbands. A wife who loves her husband will pray for him as well as counsel him when the Holy Spirit gives her insight about a matter.
The greatest hope and desire we can have for our husband is that he will seek the Lord for all matters of life. The Holy Spirit works in both husband and wife in this matter of marriage. To negate half of the union as unable to help with truth is to negate the roles of each in the marriage.
Men are to lead their wives, when the husband is having difficulty seeing something that is clear to the wife then the wife must speak truth to her husband. In a godly marriage both are praying, both are seeking the Holy Spirit and both are relying on the Holy Spirit together.
One half of the person in the oneness is not ignored only to have orders barked at them. Both are seeking Christ together while the wife seeks to help the husband become successful in his walk and mission with Christ.
1 Peter 5:3
"Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock."
1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."
We are to follow our husbands as they follow Christ.
Titus 1:7
"For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,"
14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Role of the Spirit
"16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;"
Notice that God said here that the Holy Spirit will "be with you FOREVER." God never takes back His promise to keep us until He comes for us.
Romans 8:14-15
"14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
When we have been sealed with the Holy Spirit at salvation we are sealed FOREVER.
Ephesians 1:12-14 "…12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory. 13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth— the gospel of your salvation— you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.…"
An important picture of this is the oneness that is given to us in marriage. That oneness is not of us but a work of God. He changes us from two people into one person. Each one in this marriage of two into one we have specific roles and responsibilities. The husband is to lead and the woman is to help. She is to help in all manners of his life, supporting him in his business as well as providing counsel when he is not able to see something that we can see.
As wives our best friend is God and our second best friend is our husband. We wish the best for our husbands, the reason we seek Christ continually for His guidance to our husbands. A wife who loves her husband will pray for him as well as counsel him when the Holy Spirit gives her insight about a matter.
The greatest hope and desire we can have for our husband is that he will seek the Lord for all matters of life. The Holy Spirit works in both husband and wife in this matter of marriage. To negate half of the union as unable to help with truth is to negate the roles of each in the marriage.
Men are to lead their wives, when the husband is having difficulty seeing something that is clear to the wife then the wife must speak truth to her husband. In a godly marriage both are praying, both are seeking the Holy Spirit and both are relying on the Holy Spirit together.
One half of the person in the oneness is not ignored only to have orders barked at them. Both are seeking Christ together while the wife seeks to help the husband become successful in his walk and mission with Christ.
1 Peter 5:3
"Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock."
1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."
We are to follow our husbands as they follow Christ.
Titus 1:7
"For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,"
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