Ministrations Of The Holy Spirit:
The Holy Spirit distinguished the sixty six books of the Bible, therefore, every thought and word of Scripture have been inspired of God. It was the prophets of old who wrote, as the Holy Spirit dictated.
These penmen were given a free hand to write in their own language and style, giving us various modes of expression. In this we have the perfect communication of God’s word and will to mankind.
Spiritual revelations are a gift from God. Holy Ghost inspiration gives Divine sanction to every word of Scripture, they being sealed in heaven.
By a fixed law of Divine administration, men are bound by moral and legal obligation, to perform God’s good work. The Spirit reveals to us the deep mysteries of wisdom which God hath prepared for us that love Him, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. They are revealing, translating, comparing and explaining.
Spiritual words, with spiritual truths can be understood by mutual comparison or combination, not relent upon, or related to worldly wisdom.
Continual safety and protection are built on the promises of God, to which the followers of Jesus have a Divine right. Men are to persevere and search the word of God through the Holy Spirit, searching in reference to manner of time, both real and absolute.
Angels desire to gaze upon and fathom the depths of the great mystery of God, He being manifest in the flesh and justified in the Spirit. It was the Spirit of Christ in the prophets that prophesied of Christ, the Spirit revealing Him, then taking the things of Christ and showed them to us.
The temple of our bodies should be filled with a love for Christ and a burning desire to work His work. Jesus said, the Father shall send the Spirit, “in my name.” Upon this statement rests the credibility and authority of the Gospel.
He will guide us into all truths. He will communicate to us all things. He shall glorify Christ, opening up a vision to the future Kingdom of heaven.
We shall be given the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Jesus. He as man and mediator has ascended to the Father, who is also our Father, and God. This is the Father of infinite glory which shines in the face of Christ, who is, the glory of the inheritance and Shekinah Glory, He making us wise unto salvation, so that we may continue to acknowledge our Savior and Lord.
As with holy anointing oil, God anoints us with this oil of gladness. In this we are given the fullness of the Spirit, this anointing being an emblem of God’s gifts and graces. The Spirit presides in the true church and from Him all gifts and graces flow. He will withstand the works of any and all antichrists who infiltrate our churches, and work to distort the truth.
Christians received grace for grace, being a sweet savor unto Christ. The Holy Spirit alone teaches us, and in that teaching we will live, Christ being sufficient for us.
Faithful ministers and mutual communications are approved of God. No one is infallible, for no-one has received the Spirit in all it’s fullness, but we have only received the measure needed for keeping us from any soul -destroying error.
Even if a Church has the Spirit in her, it is not infallible, for many fallible parts can never make an infallible whole. But the true church shall be kept from ever fully losing its saving truth.
After an absence of nearly 400 hundred years the Holy Spirit, returned to the people. The promised Messiah came at the appointed time and in the fulness of the time. God’s glorious promises were made good. By grace, truth and quickened expectations will the secrets of the Lord be revealed to those that fear him!
Jesus came by the Spirit and was guided by the Spirit.
We who seek after God, coming in the fear of God, reading and hearing the words of God, in private and public worship will come under the influence of the Spirit. We will be comforted, have peace, understanding, and given the graces and gifts of God.
The Holy Spirit regenerates man. Man is to be born of water and of the Spirit, before he can enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
The soul of man is considered to be in a state of defilement, because of past sins. By water the body was washed, and by the Spirit the soul is purified. Both the element of water and the operation of the Spirit are brought together in the wonderful prediction of,
Ezekiel 36:25-26-27, “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statues, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
Our work: Go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, bringing them into fellowship with Jesus Christ.
The Spirit makes alive, the flesh profits nothing: the words they are spirit, and they are life. The letter of the Law kills, but the spirit gives life.
The regenerated are born of the Spirit, become spiritually minded and redeemed from the influence of law enjoying the things of the Spirit. This marks the carnal man from the true Christian.
Christians are under no obligation to the flesh, but if obedient to it, will surely die both the first and second death. Christians must put to death, the things of the flesh. There exists no safety, holiness, or happiness, to those outside the will of Christ.
Saved by God’s mercy, not from our works, God’s mercy is the direct cause of our salvation, and nothing else. We are NOT to honor the signs, but to honor the work of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Ghost makes man the child of God. Those led by the Spirit are the sons of God. In this we must have Divine assistance. The way to the kingdom, has been opened by Christ’s sacrifice. He is the mediator and the Holy Ghost is the agent. He enlightens, quickens, strengthens, and guides Christ disciples.
New born children are taken from a worldly family and translated to the family of God. We cry, Abba, Father, for we are sealed having become co-heirs with Christ. The transaction is spiritual, taking place in heaven, and known only by God’s supernatural testimony upon the earth.
God forgives our sins, in return we shall love him with all our heart and soul. We are to be grateful and testify our thanks by obedience.
The Holy Spirit gives the power of prayer and prays with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Many people are systematically force fed by repetitious teachings, and urging, both in their hearts and minds. They receive a doctrine of bondage, and of a doubtful faith. This bondage has been rebuked, it being in direct contrast to the “spirit of adoption,” and the witness of the Holy Spirit.
Man’s wisdom becomes a spirit of bondage. The Holy Spirit’s wisdom is the spirit of adoption. Both offer the following. One a drop of water, the other an ocean of water; one a clouded glass, the other to see face to face; one a glimpse of heaven the other an unobstructed view of heaven; one is to stand before God from behind a closed door and the other is to stand before Him looking upon His wonderful glory.
We are not to sleep, but to pray; we are to watch for evil, to do good and to receive good. We are to watch, protect and preserve, for we Christians are the workers of Jesus Christ’s righteousness.
Phillip LaSpino www.seekfirstwisdom.com