Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit generates heated and sometimes vicious debate.

It is not  that I am right and you are wrong, OR that you are right and I am wrong.  Instead it is that the Bible is correct and it is likely that both you and I could be wrong.  Debate on this topic shows us just how strong our old fleshly nature actually is.  Mature Christians don't assassinate others when discussing Bible topics.  Instead we humbly present what we believe, then listen to opposing views, then use the scriptures to reprove our point.  That gives people the time to process what the scriptures say and work through the topic and isolate what is self evident.  If a person has false views, they need time to come to that conclusion without being pressured.  Then it is the individual's responsibility to renovate their own mind with what they deem is true.

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God..” ― Rom 12:2

The Holy Spirit is one part of the three part godhead.  These three parts make up what is often called the trinity, God the Father, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is sometimes called the Holy Ghost.  The Holy Spirit is not the human spirit or breath of life that empowers your life.  When a person receives salvation by giving their life to God, the Holy Spirit comes into our human spirit and abides there.

Some people will tell you there are no longer moves of the Holy Spirit.  People who make such claims actually want their old fleshly nature to still be their king.  Yes, that old fleshly nature that the Bible instructs us to crucify.

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."  Gal 2;20

"And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts."   Gal 5:24

This crucifying our flesh is a learned process.  It doesn't happen automatically. We make a choice to do it, and then we do it.  As there are so many areas of our life in which we need to crucify the flesh, we tend to work on this for the rest of our life.

 

Trying to Grow?

Playing Games with God?

People rarely admit that they have been subconsciously playing games with God.

Are you and I playing games with God to keep our lives under our own control?  Since part of who God is, is perfect truth, perfect love, and perfect righteousness, would it be wise for us to put Him in His rightful place truly as God in our lives?

 

Even when you talk to people on a personal level they are so often not aware of their playing games with God.  Instead they will usually say one of three different views. 

1.) that  they don't understand God, or

2.)  they wish God would make things plainly visible to them, or

3.) they already have God.

Yet almost everyone ou us plays a hidden subconscious game with God for who is in contron. God's plan works perfectly and He does not change.  God will not corrupt His perfection to get things to line up with our normal.  Our normal is a twisted version of reality.  When we start to line up our understanding with God's reality, we start to begin to realize just how true the Word of God actually is.

What is quite interesting is, when a person is in a man made religion, they still are playing this same subconscious game with God. Most man made religions initially look like they have the truth.  This is also true for Christians.  The only way to know if our religion is real, is to carefully study the scriptures and prove all things.

When they crucified Jesus Christ, they were playing religious games with God.  They thought they won, but in reality, they lost.  These were the brightest, most educated people of the day.  Today is no different.  Even educated and highly educated religious people often are unaware that they are playing games with God.  God knows all about it. 

So how do we get out of this deception?  As we get older, we realize that when we play games with God we cannot win.  God always wins in the end.  We would be wise to learn how God made things work and then bring our lives in line with that reality.  There is only one source and that is the scriptures that our Bibles are translated from.  They have proven trustworthy and we should choose to believe what they say.

That would mean we should learn how God says we are made and how we should interact with Him.  Each part of us that God has made, God has a plan and a purpose on how it is to be used.  Yes we have to do the work necessary to learn this in order to be an overcoming child of God. Works are not a requirement of salvation, but they do show our belief in the God of salvation.

This means we should learn the difference between thinking, believing, and knowing from God's perspective.  Even educated people often get these mixed up.  God has specific meanings for each of them.  Also God has specific functions for the six parts of a person that are listed in the scriptures.  God put that information in the Bible for us to search out and understand and make our daily decisions by faith accordingly.  

 

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