Chapter 14
Functions, Actions and
Emotions
of the Holy Spirit
The
Holy Spirit is not an it, or a mere influence or power. He is a Person with a
personality. He can hear, see, speak and make decisions. He has a mind, will
and emotions.
Let
us discover more about the precious Holy Spirit.
A
person can harden their heart toward the Spirit = Hebrews 3:7-8.
(The)
anointing of the Holy Ghost breaks yokes and bondages off of our lives and
removes burdens = Isaiah 10:27 says, “And it shall come to pass in that day,
that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from
off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”
(The)
anointing of the Holy Ghost heals = Acts 10:38, 4:29-31; Luke 5:17; 1
Corinthians 12:7-11; Isaiah 61:1-3 corresponds to Luke 4:18-21.
Be
Filled with the Spirit = Ephesians 5:18.
(Whoever)
Blasphemes the Son will be forgiven. But whoever blasphemes the Holy Spirit
will never be forgiven—not in this world, nor in the world to come = Matthew
12:31-32.
(Our)
Body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost. He dwells on the inside of us. You were
bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body and spirit = 1
Corinthians 6:19-20.
By
lack of faith or rebellion, one can limit the Spirit of God or tie His hands
(Psalms 78:41). God wanted so much to pour out abundant blessings upon the
Children of Israel, but they continued to murmur, complain, doubt Him and
provoke Him. They limited the Holy One of Israel because they heard God’s Word,
but did not mix it with faith. They would not receive what God had for them,
but instead, they had an evil heart of unbelief. They resisted the Holy Ghost
and spoke evil against the Lord and God’s servant Moses. God will not override
our will.
Double
Portion of God’s Spirit = 2 Kings 2:9.
Eyes
of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth = Zechariah 4:10.
Gentle
Whisper = He speaks in a still small voice most of the time (1 Kings 19:12).
Holiness
becometh thine house, O Lord, forever = Psalms 93:5.
(The)
Holy One gives unction = 1 John 2:20.
In
many churches, the services are governed by man, and the Holy Spirit is either
completely left out, or is restrained from moving the way in which He would
like to move. The Spirit makes His presence known to those who want Him near.
He wants to be welcomed, loved and embraced. Even in our own personal lives, we
can ignore the promptings of the Holy Spirit and do as we please. Or we can
choose to yield to the Spirit’s leadings.
(The)
Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin
and death = Romans 8:2-10.
No
man can say that Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Ghost = 1 Corinthians 12:3.
One
Spirit = 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 2:18, 4:4.
Outpoured
Spirit on all flesh = Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:17-18.
Praying
in the Spirit is something we do = 1 Corinthians 14:2,14-15; Ephesians 6:18;
Jude 20.
(We)
Speak or pray in tongues through the Spirit = Isaiah 28:11; Mark 16:17; Acts 2;
1 Corinthians 12:7-11, 13:1, 14:1-40; Jude 20.
(The)
Spirit abides inside of the heart and spirit of born again believers in Christ =
Genesis 41:38; Numbers 27:18; John 14:17; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19;
2 Corinthians 6:16; Galations 4:6; Ephesians 3:17, 5:18; 2 Timothy 1:14; 1 John
4:13; Revelation 3:20.
(The)
Spirit abides with us = John 14:17, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 John 3:24,
Philippians 2:1, Psalms 51:11, 139:7.
(The)
Spirit and the Bride say “Come” = Revelations 22:17.
(The)
Spirit anoints with fresh oil = Psalms 92:10.
(The)
Spirit appoints overseers = Acts 20:28.
(The)
Spirit baptizes us in His Spirit = Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; John
1:33; Acts 2.
(The)
Spirit baptizes us into one body = 1 Corinthians 12:13.
(The)
Spirit bears witness with our spirit = Romans 8:16; Hebrews 10:15; 1 John 5:6.
(The)
Spirit blows = Isaiah 40:7.
(The)
Spirit brings about rebirth and regeneration = John 3:5-8.
(The)
Spirit brings us into liberty and freedom = 2 Corinthians 3:17: “Now the Lord
is that Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
(The)
Spirit can be blasphemed = Matthew 12:31-32.
(The)
Spirit can be grieved = Ephesians 4:30.
(The)
Spirit can be lied to = Acts 5:3.
(The)
Spirit can be resisted = Acts 7:51.
(The)
Spirit can be quenched = 1 Thessalonians 5:19.
(The)
Spirit can be rebelled against = Isaiah 63:10.
(The)
Spirit can be vexed = Isaiah 63:10.
(The)
Spirit can depart from people, as in the case with King Saul = 1 Samuel 16:14;
Psalms 51:11.
(The)
Spirit can feel anger, be provoked and tried = Acts 5:9, Hebrews 3:7-12 NKJV.
(The)
Spirit can lift his presence from you = Psalms 51:11. David prayed that God
would not take His Holy Spirit away from him after he had sinned.
(The)
Spirit comes upon people = Matthew 3:16, 12:18; Mark 1:10; Luke 1:35, 2:25,
3:22, 4:18, 24:49; John 1:32; Acts 1:8, 2:17, 10:44-45, 11:15; 1 Peter 4:14;
Numbers 11:25,29, 24:2; Judges 3:10; 1 Samuel 10:10, 16:13; Isaiah 11:2, 42:1;
Joel 2:28.
(The)
Spirit comforts = “Paraclesis” in the Greek, meaning solace (Acts 9:31; John
14:16,26, 15:26, 16:7).
(The)
Spirit commissions and appoints, and sends forth into ministry = Acts 13:2-4.
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, “Separate Me
Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.” And when they had
fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they,
being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia, and from thence
they sailed to Cyprus. See also Isaiah 48:16; Acts 8:29-40, 10:19-48.
(The)
Spirit converts the soul = 2 Corinthians 5:17.
(The)
Spirit convicts the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness = John
16:8.
(The)
Spirit descended upon Jesus Christ in bodily form, alighting on Him as of a
dove = Luke 3:22.
(The)
Spirit endues us with power and boldness = Luke 4:14, 24:49; Acts 1:8, 4:31,
10:38; Romans 15:13,19; 1 Corinthians 2:4.
(The)
Spirit enters into people = Ezekiel 2:2, 3:24.
(The)
Spirit edifies, exhorts and comforts = 1 Corinthians 14:3.
(The)
Spirit fills people = Exodus 28:3, 31:3, 35:31, 36:27; Isaiah 63:11; Luke
1:15,41,67; Acts 2:4, 4:8,31, 6:3,5, 7:55, 9:17, 10:38, 11:24, 13:9; Ephesians
5:18.
(The)
Spirit forbids = Acts 16:6-7.
(The)
Spirit gathers = Isaiah 34:16.
(The)
Spirit gives utterance = Acts 2:4.
(The)
Spirit glorifies Jesus = John 16:14.
(The)
Spirit governs the Church (Body of Christ). The seven churches in Revelations
1-3 represent seven actual churches in John’s time. To us today, the seven
churches speak of seven groups of people within the corporate body of Christ,
or seven kinds of churches. “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches” (Revelation 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22).
(The)
Spirit has a mighty voice = Psalms 68:33.
(The)
Spirit has a mind = Romans 8:27, Isaiah 40:13-14.
(The)
Spirit has a will and determines decisions = 1 Corinthians 12:11, Acts 15:28.
(The)
Spirit hears = John 16:13.
(The)
Spirit helps us pray, whether in our own tongue or in a language we have never
learned. It could be a language of this earth or one of heaven = Romans
8:26-27; 1 Corinthians 13:1, 14:14-15; Ephesians 6:18; Jude 20.
(The)
Spirit imparts life = Isaiah 32:15; John 4:14, 6:63, 7:38-39; Romans 8:2,10; 2
Corinthians 3:6; Galations 6:8; Revelation 11:11, 21:6.
(The)
Spirit imparts love inside of our hearts. “The love of God is shed abroad in
our hearts by the Holy Ghost” (Romans 5:5). “But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
self-control” (Galations 5:22-23). Also see Ephesians 3:17-19; Colossians 1:8;
1 Peter 1:22.
(The)
Spirit imparts joy = Nehemiah 8:10; Psalms 16:11; Luke 1:41-47; Acts 2:1-18,
13:52; Romans 14:17, 15:13; Galations 5:22-23; 1 Thessalonians 1:6.
(The)
Spirit imparts peace = John 14:26-27; Romans 15:13; Galations 5:22-23;
Ephesians 4:3; Philippians 4:6-7 (AMP).
(The)
Spirit imparts spiritual gifts = 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Hebrews 2:4. The nine
Gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 are:
Revelation
Gifts:
Word
of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge, Discerning of spirits
Utterance
Gifts:
Prophecy,
Tongues, Interpretation of Tongues
Power
Gifts:
Faith,
Healings (plural), Miracles
1
Corinthians 12:4-11 says, “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are
diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the
manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. For to
one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of
knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to
another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of
miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another
different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one
and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one
individually as He wills.”
Hebrews
2:4 says, “God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by
various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.”
(The)
Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God = Romans 8:27.
(The)
Spirit intercedes for us with groanings = Romans 8:26-27.
(The)
Spirit is the author of the Holy Scriptures = 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
(The)
Spirit is the Creator = Genesis 1:2, 2:7; Job 33:4; Psalms 104:30.
(The)
Spirit is the Fruit of the Spirit personified = Galations 5:22-23 (Love, Joy,
Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance). See
also Ephesians 5:9 (goodness, righteousness, truth).
(The)
Spirit is the fullness of God = Ephesians 3:19, 5:18.
The Shekinah was a luminous
cloud that rested above the Altar in the place of worship and lit up the room.
It rested over the Mercy Seat. Angels and cherubim generally accompany the
Shekinah. The Shekinah denotes a weighty Presence (Glory) that is visible.
Exodus 16:10, 24:16-17, 40:34-35; Numbers 20:6; 1 Kings 8:10-11; 2 Chronicles
5:13-14, 7:1-3; Ezekiel 10:4, 44:4; Haggai 2:7,9; Revelation 15:8, 21:23.
The Shekinah glory was
manifested in the forms of:
Pillar of cloud by day and
pillar of fire by night.
God speaking to Moses from
the cloud.
Smoke, incense burning,
beautiful fragrance.
Rain, liquid fire, flames
of fire like on the Day of Pentecost.
The color amber in Ezekiel
1:27.
Rainbow in Ezekiel 1:28 and
Revelation 4:3.
The Shekinah, in Scripture,
is usually referred to as the “Glory” or “Glory of the Lord”. The Hebrew word
for “Glory” is kabowd (Strong’s #3519, from #3513 kabed), meaning “weighty or
heavy”. When the Shekinah Glory is present, the atmosphere may feel thick and
weighty, or like you are wading through water. One may feel warmth in their
feet going up their legs or over their entire body. The Shekinah could also
manifest as gold dust, oil, manna, gemstones, dew, and supernatural creative
miracles.
When Solomon dedicated the
temple, the Shekinah Glory filled the place while the priests and Levites
worshipped the Lord with the use of musical instruments and lifted their voices
in song, so that the priests could not stand up to minister because of the
Cloud (1 Kings 8:10-11; 2 Chronicles 5:13-14).
In the passage of 2
Chronicles 7:1-4, when Solomon had finished praying, the fire came down from
heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Glory of the
Lord filled the house. The priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because
the Glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house. And when all the people of
Israel saw how the fire and the glory of the Lord came down upon the house,
they bowed with their faces upon the pavement and worshiped and praised the
Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure
forever.” Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
AMP
One thought is that besides
worshipping the Lord, the Glory also comes when the Lord accepts our spiritual
sacrifices that we offer up to Him.
In a Strong’s definition
for Ruwach (Strong’s Numbers 7307 and 7308), it says that the Shekinah was
originally an ancient angel (Angel of the Lord), and later on referred to as
the Shekinah. Could the Shekinah be Jesus Himself visiting us in Person, but
through His Spirit? Some Bible Dictionaries say the Shekinah is the Presence of
the Holy Spirit.
The Nelson's Illustrated
Bible Dictionary says the following about the Shekinah:
“[shuh KIGH nuh] (dwelling)
– a visible manifestation of the presence of God (also spelled Shechinah and
Shekhinah). Although the word is not found in the Bible, it occurs frequently
in later Jewish writings. It refers to the instances when God showed Himself
visibly, as, for example, on Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:9-18) and in the Holy of
Holies of the Tabernacle and in Solomon's Temple. The Shekinah was a luminous
cloud which rested above the altar in the place of worship and lit up the room.
When the Babylonians destroyed the Temple, the Shekinah glory vanished. There
was no Shekinah in the temples rebuilt later under Zerubbabel and Herod.”
Angels or cherubim
generally accompany the Shekinah Glory. Fire is the antitype of the Shekinah.
(The)
Spirit is a gentleman and likes to be invited to come, but He is also powerful
and dramatic like on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2. He will come rushing in.
His glory shall fill the entire earth as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk
2:14).
(The)
Spirit is a gift from the Father = Luke 11:13.
(The)
Spirit is Omnipotent (All-Powerful) = Job 33:4. “The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.”
(The)
Spirit is Omni-Present (Everywhere at the Same Time) = Psalms 139:7. “Where can
I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your Presence?”
(The)
Spirit is Omniscient (All-Knowing) = Isaiah 40:13-15. “Who has directed the
Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has informed Him? With whom did He
consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of
justice and taught Him knowledge, and informed Him of the way of understanding?
Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are regarded as a speck
of dust on the scales; behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.”
(The)
Spirit is our seal (deposit of guarantee) of our salvation. Ephesians 1:13-14
“In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit
of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the
purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” Second Corinthians 1:21-22
“Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who
also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”
(The)
Spirit is very tender and easily wounded. His heart is very sensitive =
Ephesians 4:30.
(The)
Spirit leads and guides = Matthew 4:1; Luke 4:1; John 16:13; Romans 8:14;
Galations 5:18.
(The)
Spirit leads people where to go and what to do through dreams and visions =
Acts 16:9-10. He led Paul to Macedonia through a vision. The Holy Spirit used a
vision to deal with Peter’s heart so that the Gentiles would receive salvation
(Acts 10:9-48).
(The)
Spirit moved upon the face of the waters = Genesis 1:2.
(The)
Spirit only speaks what the Father and Son tell Him to speak = John 16:13.
(The
Spirit) overshadows. He overshadowed Mary and she conceived Jesus the Messiah =
Luke 1:35. He overshadows us and we conceive a dream in our spirit and carry
the seeds of promises and ministries that He places within our spiritual womb
to be birthed at the right season.
(The) Spirit prays through
us with groanings and intercession when we don’t know what to pray = Romans
8:26-27.
(The) Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son = Father (Matthew
10:20; John 15:26); Son (Galations 4:6; Philippians 1:19).
(The)
Spirit produces good fruit in our lives = Galations 5:22-23.
John
15:1-8 says, “I am the true vine and My Father is the gardener. He cuts off
every branch in Me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit
He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because
of the Word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No
branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine. Neither can you
bear fruit unless you remain in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. If a
man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit. Apart from Me you can
do nothing. If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown
away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it
will be given you. This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be My disciples.”
(The)
Spirit quickens—brings to life, makes alive = John 6:63; Romans 8:11; 1 Peter
3:18. It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life (John 6:63).
(The)
Spirit raised Christ from the dead and also quickens our mortal bodies = Romans
8:11.
(The)
Spirit rebukes = Hebrews 12:5-8.
(The)
Spirit refreshes = Acts 3:19. “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.”
(The)
Spirit removes mountains in our life = Psalms 97:5 “The hills melted like wax
at the Presence of the Lord, at the Presence of the Lord of the whole earth”.
Also, Zechariah 4:6-7 “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by
might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘Who are you, O
great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring
forth the capstone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’” (NKJV). Matthew
21:21-22 says, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt,
you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this
mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever
things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive” (NKJV).
(The)
Spirit renews = Titus 3:5.
(The)
Spirit reveals his secrets to his servants the prophets = Amos 3:7.
(The)
Spirit reveals things to us = Matthew 16:16-17; Luke 2:26; John 16:13; 1
Corinthians 2:10; He imparts revelation Ephesians 1:17-19.
(The)
Spirit sanctifies = Romans 15:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2. Jesus said
in Matthew 3:11 and Luke 3:16 that He would baptize us with the Holy Ghost and
with fire. The fire of the Holy Ghost purges impurities. Malachi 3:2-3 says,
“But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears?
For He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s soap. He will sit as a
refiner and a purifier of silver. He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge
them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in
righteousness.”
(The)
Spirit shows you things to come = John 16:13.
(The)
Spirit speaks to individuals and churches. “He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith to the churches” = Matthew 10:20; Mark 13:11; John 16:13;
Acts 8:29, 10:19, 13:2, 21:11, 28:25; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; Hebrews 3:7; Revelations
2:7,11,17,29, 3:6,13,22, 22:17; Ezekiel 2:2, 3:24, 11:1-2,5.
(The)
Spirit speaks in a still, small voice = 1 Kings 19:12. To hear His Voice, we
have to be still before Him (“Be still and know that I am God” – Psalms 46:10).
(The)
Spirit speaks in various situations = Matthew 10:20; Mark 13:11; John 16:13;
Acts 8:29, 10:19, 13:2, 21:11, 28:25; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; Hebrews 3:7.
(The)
Spirit spoke through the prophets = 2 Samuel 23:2; Acts 1:16, 21:10-11,
28:25-27; 2 Peter 1:21.
(The)
Spirit strengthens = Ephesians 3:16.
(The)
Spirit strives with man for a long time, but will not always strive with man = Genesis
6:3; 1 Samuel 16:14; Psalms 51:11; Hebrews 6:4-6, 10:26-31.
(The)
Spirit teaches = Nehemiah 9:20; 1 Corinthians 2:13; John 14:26; Luke 12:11-12;
1 John 2:20.
(The)
Spirit testifies = John 15:26; Acts 5:32, 20:23.
(The)
Spirit transforms us into the image of Christ from one degree of glory to
another = 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (AMP).
(The
Spirit) translated people (carried them away, transported them) from one place
to another.
· Philip (Acts 8:39-40)
· Ezekiel (Ezekiel 3:12,14,
8:3,7,14,16, 11:1,24, 43:5)
· Enoch (Genesis 5:24, xref
Hebrews 11:5)
· Elijah (2 Kings 2:11)
· Paul was caught up to the
third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2-4)
· John the Beloved was caught
up to the New Jerusalem and Heaven’s Throne Room (Book of Revelation).
(The)
Spirit wants us to come before His presence with singing and praise (Psalms 95,
100). Worship through song and musical instruments ushers in God’s glory. Have
you noticed that when the congregation, or you by yourself, begin to worship
the Lord especially through song and musical instruments, the Holy Spirit comes
in. His presence is so powerful, yet also so sweet.
2
Chronicles 5:13-14 “It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as
one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when
they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of
music, and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good; for His mercy endureth
forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the
Lord. So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the Cloud.
For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.”
(The)
Spirit warns people in dreams and visions = Matthew 2:12,22.
(The)
Spirit was sent to this earth by the Father (John 14:26) and the Son (John
15:26).
(The) Spirit works in our life to produce good
fruit = John 15:1-8; Galations 5:22-23.
Tongues
of Fire = Acts 2:3.
Voice
of the Almighty = Ezekiel 1:24.
Voice
of the Lord = Psalms 29:3,4,5,7,8,9.
We
are commanded to walk after, walk in, and live in the Spirit, and good fruit
will be the result = Romans 8:1; Galations 5:16-26.
We
are encouraged to develop sweet communion with the Holy Spirit in 2 Corinthians
13:14. Philippians 2:1 mentions the fellowship of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit
is very Precious. He is our Friend. He is the one who understands and knows you
better than any other person. He is our life. David prayed, “Do not take Your
Holy Spirit from me” (Psalms 51:11). And Moses said that he would not proceed
unless God’s Presence went with him (Exodus 33:14-17). “Behold, I stand at the
door and knock. If any man hears My voice, and opens the door, I will come in
to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20).
We
are led by the Spirit of God = Romans 8:14. “For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” See also Galations 5:16-18 “But if ye
be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
The
Living Bible words Galations 5:16-18 this way: “I advise you to obey only the
Holy Spirit’s instructions. He will tell you where to go and what to do, and
then you won’t always be doing the wrong things your evil nature wants you to.
For we naturally love to do evil things that are just the opposite from the
things that the Holy Spirit tells us to do, and the good things we want to do
when the Spirit has His way with us are just the opposite of our natural
desires. These two forces within us are constantly fighting each other to win
control over us, and our wishes are never free from their pressures. When you
are guided by the Holy Spirit, you need no longer force yourself to obey Jewish
laws.”
When
the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of God lifts up a standard against
him = Isaiah 59:19.
