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Why Every Christian Should Receive the Holy Ghost #4
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| Pentecost - Upper Room |
SEVENTH: HE GUIDES THE BELIEVER INTO ALL TRUTH:
John 16:12-13 (NKJV) 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.
Some denominations that deny the experience of the baptism of the Holy Ghost have drifted into rationalism and unbelief, which then denies the virgin birth, the miraculous, the born-again experience, and some more have even been ensnared in such Bible dishonoring teachings as the theory that man is descended from the brute beast. These errors have never troubles the Pentecostal movement. Anyone who has received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, intuitively knows that any teaching that claims man to have a blood relationship with the animal kingdom, is false.
Of course, it is possible for a believer to receive the Holy Spirit and still be subject to mistakes. It is possible for him to chose error, since God never takes away a man’s free will, (1 Tim 1:19-20; 2 Tim 2:17-18). But if he is obedient to the light he has, the Spirit of the Lord will keep him from serious error. A Spirit-filled person usually becomes conscious that a Christian’s walk is a holy walk. Hundreds of persons testify that without a sermon being preached on the subject, and without anyone saying a word on the matter, the Spirit of the Lord caused them to drop such things as, smoking, drinking, and patronizing of the worldly places of amusement.
It should be understood, however, that believers have a measure of the Holy Spirit, even before they receive the baptism. Jesus told the disciples before Pentecost, John 14:17 (NKJV) 17 the Spirit of truth...you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. Romans 8:9 (NKJV) 9 ...the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. In fact, the work of the Holy Spirit in guiding people into he truth, begins even before conversion (John 16:8). However, the Spirit is able to lead men into “all truth” more effectively after they receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. An illustration of this is the fact that the disciples, before the the Day of Pentecost, could not understand why Christ need go the cross, (Matt. 16:21-23). But after Pentecost, all this became clear. Read Acts 2:22-36.
EIGHTH: BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL HELP YOU RAY SUPERNATURALLY:
Romans 8:26 (NKJV) 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 with groanings which cannot be uttered. We do not have to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit in order to pray. God is gracious, the Spirit of God in His convicting power will help the sinner to pray the publican’s prayer. As we have seen, the new convert has a measure of the Spirit and will be able to receive many answers to prayer.
But there is something more than this. When the full baptism of the Holy Spirit comes, and we yield to Him, we will fine that the Spirit of God with in us, will intercede and help us to pray and get answers to difficult problems. As the above verse indicates, none of us knows how to pray as we ought, but if permitted, the Spirit of God will make “intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered”. The Apostle Paul tells us that he prayed both with the Spirit and with the understanding.
1 Corinthians 14:14-15 (NKJV) 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
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