It's All About The Holy Spirit

Too many people are "having a form of religion but denying the power thereof."

We have a set of rules, "do's" and "don't's", that we peddle to the world as a form of Christianity. When we do this we are missing the point.

The Point.....is not about the do's and don't's, but about the Holy Spirit Who comes to live in us. If we have the Holy Spirit and are led by Him, then all the rest will fall into place.

Acts 2:38

"38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

The Do's and Don't's may show us we are off track, needing to confess to bring us back into line with the will of God, but they do not save us or make us more holy.

1 Corinthians 6:19

"19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?"

When the Holy Spirit is present then the elements of our life should look like this;

Galatians 5:22-23

"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law."

Romans 5:5

"5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

Romans 8:9

"9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His."

When we need to learn a principle, the Holy Spirit will teach us.

John 14:26

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."

The Holy Spirit prays on our behalf when we don't know what to pray and even when we think we pray the right things, we need Him to interpret to God for us.

Romans 8:26

"26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us[a] with groanings which cannot be uttered."

John 16:12-15

"12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you."

If we claim that the Holy Spirit is leading us to do or say something, then it better not be contrary to the Scriptures. When the Holy Spirit speaks it will always line up with the principles in God's Word.

Romans 15:13

"13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Here is the impact on the world when we are born again by the Holy Spirit of God:

John 16:7-15

"7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you."

The Holy Spirit can make us bold for Christ:

Acts 4:31

"31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness."

All our fleshly efforts to follow rules, even principles of God, in our own power by our own pride, will have no effect in us or others. God may use them in spite of us, but they do not please Him.

God's desire is that all we do and say would be through the power of the Holy Spirit. May our prayer be that we get behind the Holy Spirit as He emerges to motivate us, teach us, direct our path and speak through us as He sees fit.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT FOLKS!!!!