The Power of the Holy Spirit is Essential

 This message you hold in your hands  now carries the key to the mysteries of God, the power of God, the revelation of God’s Word, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. It isn’t so much the words I’ve written in this message that will transform you; it’s the One I’ve written about.

 This message is about the Holy Spirit and His relationship with you. Most Christians live and die never knowing the fellowship and companionship of the Holy Spirit. They have heard about the Holy Spirit and may even know doctrinal answers regarding the Third Person of the Godhead. But knowing about the Holy Spirit and personally knowing Him in daily fellowship are two very different things. In the Early Church, there wasn’t a New Testament for believers to turn to for direction, guidance, and answers. 

When believers assembled, there might be teaching or readings from the Old Testament or from an apostolic epistle. But for the most part, the early believers relied completely on the Holy Spirit. In the First Century, the Church experienced demonstrations of God’s power, miracles, healings, mass evangelism, the full operation of the fivefold ministry gifts, and the gifts of the Spirit in amazing abundance. 

We all look back to the Early Church in admiration, longing to see the power of God manifested at that level — and beyond that level — in our own generation. Today we are privileged to have at our continual disposal not only the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, but also the Word of God — an invincible combination in the arsenal that the Bible calls “the weapons of our warfare” (see 2 Corinthians 10:4,5). Why, then, don’t we see the same level of God’s resurrection power and glory consistently manifested in our midst today that the Early Church experienced? 

Although there may be many answers to this question, one answer is certain: Far too many Christians today have come to lean on their own understanding and intellectual abilities at the expense of consulting the Holy Spirit for His guidance in their lives. They assume they already know what He wants them to do. And because they don’t depend on and yield to the leadership of the Holy Spirit the way the Early Church did, they miss opportunity after opportunity to see His power released in their lives.

 Far too many Christians today have come to lean on their own understanding and intellectual abilities at the expense of consulting the Holy Spirit for His guidance in their lives. There is no substitute for the Word of God — for the true power of the Gospel (see Romans 1:16). But neither is there a substitute for the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit in the Church. In fact, these two go together as one.

 If the Spirit’s presence and power are removed, all that’s left is orthodoxy and religious works. But religion will never raise the dead, cast out demons, heal the sick, or turn cities and nations to Jesus Christ! In my own life and ministry, I continue to learn more clearly every day how imperative it is for me to maintain intimacy and moment-by-moment communication with the Holy Spirit, no matter how knowledgeable I am of God’s Word. If I hadn’t cultivated a rich, solid relationship with the Holy Spirit during my early years in ministry throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and many other foreign places. 

The key for me has been to learn to work with God’s Word while simultaneously flowing with the Holy Spirit. It’s a learning process that each of us must pursue in order to grow in God and fulfill His purpose for our lives. And we can trust the Holy Spirit in that process. He never leads us contrary to the Word of God; rather, He confirms and supports it. After all, He is the One who inspired its writing (see 2 Timothy 3:16)! With the Bible in our hands and our hearts — and with an open spiritual ear to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying — we are equipped with what we need to never fail. 

No people and no generation have ever been so blessed as those of us who live in this glorious Church Age! Please continue your journey in following Christ and learning more about Him in our Podcast located at www.avoiceinthedesert.net and in all major platforms. All I can tell you is you have tried everything else now it’s time to give Christ a chance.

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