Receive ye the Holy Ghost
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Matters 334: Receive ye the Holy Ghost
Once you accept the forgiveness of
your past sins by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, out of a pure
heart, God wants your walk to be pure. God wants you living a righteous life, doing
the will of God. Not to be double-minded
serving the devil, while thinking or being deceived that you are serving
God. The Comforter or the Holy Ghost is a gift sent by God to
those that obey the word of God. Not by
an act of religion, but out of a repentant heart and obedience to God. With the Holy Ghost residing within you, the
fire burns up the old man in the flesh and you are converted or born again as a
child of God. That you may have life
through Jesus’s name.
Romans
3:25 – Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through
the forbearance of God;
Acts 5:32
– And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom
God hath given to them that obey him.
Matthew
3:11- I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after
me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Luke 3:16
– John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one
mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
John 1:33 –
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said
unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him,
the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
1 Peter
1:12 – Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they
did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have
preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which
things the angels desire to look into.
The gift
of the Holy Ghost can only be sent by God when you choose to walk with Jesus. The cloven tongues is evidence of a changed
man.
John 3:8 –
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest
the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth:
so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
John 3:27
– John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him
from heaven.
Acts 1:7-8
– And he said unto them, It is not for you to know
the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of
the earth.
Acts 2:1-4,17,18
– And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord
in one place. And suddenly there came a
sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house
where they were sitting. And there
appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of
them. And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance. And it shall come to pass in
the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams: And
on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my
Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Your life
is evidence of the Comforter working in truth in your life. Not in sin, but in righteousness giving glory
to God. Living unto righteousness is
your “do.” Your works.
John
16:7-14 – Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is
expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not
come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the
world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they
believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me
no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but
ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come. He
shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Paul
was clear in his message to the Romans that when walking in the Spirit, you are
free from sin and death. The Spirit has
raised you from the dead. You are called
according to his purpose.
Romans
8:1-16,25-28 – There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was
weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but
they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit
is life because of righteousness. But if
the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that
raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his
Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore,
brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:
but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall
live. For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God:
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for
it. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered. And he that searcheth the
hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession
for the saints according to the will of God.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
You
are warned not to fall from you own steadfastness in serving Jesus Christ. Do not partake in sin willfully. You could be
in danger of eternal damnation.
Mark
3:29 – But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy
Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
Hebrews
6:4-6 – For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have
tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and
have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they
shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to
themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Hebrews
10:26 – For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of
the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
2
Peter 3:17 – Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware
lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own
stedfastness.
Hebrews
10:23 -Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he
is faithful that promised;)
Peter
being exposed to the last miracle sent to his Disciples, the Holy Ghost, to all
that believed on Jesus, quoted this saying:
Acts
2:38 – Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost.
This
verse is often used for water baptism.
When you believe in Jesus and in your heart, you recognize that being a
witness for Jesus is more important than the fear of persecution by your
friends and family, then God sends you the gift of the Holy Ghost. Sent from God and not by the water baptism of
man. Let the Holy Ghost sanctify your
spirit. Always willing to give witness
of your hope in Jesus Christ. To share
God’s love.
1
Peter 1:2,22-23 – Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye
love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1
Peter 3:15 – But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to
give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you
with meekness and fear:
To God be the glory in all you do. Amen.