Jesus answered an important question.
Category: Holy Spirit
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Walking in the Light
Have you ever stubbed your toe because you had no “night light”? God wants us to see where we are going spiritually. Jesus told us about this.
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Showers of Blessings
Showers of blessings, water my soul,
Downpour refreshing, spirit unfold,
As rain from heaven, waters each blade
His holy spirit, ever to save.
Chorus:
Come now, dear Father, through Christ Your Son,
Filled with your spirit, now we are one.
Ever to love me to our last day
Filled with your spirit, guiding the way.
Showers of mercy, forgive my past,
Downpour redeeming, freedom that lasts,
As rain so cleansing, waters the earth,
His pure forgiving, in the new birth.
Chorus:
Come now, dear Father, through Christ Your Son,
Filled with your spirit, now we are one.
Ever to love me to our last day
Filled with your spirit, guiding the way.
Showers of goodness, all is fulfilled,
In Christ accomplished, my future sealed,
Ever my Savior, to intercede,
His great abundance, supplies every need.
Chorus:
Come now, dear Father, through Christ Your Son,
Filled with your spirit, now we are one.
Ever to love me to our last day
Filled with your spirit, guiding the way.
Showers of grace that, carry me home,
Not in my power, but His strength alone,
Knowing this body is mortal and frail,
Yet my true hope is, I shall prevail!
Chorus:
Come now, dear Father, through Christ Your Son,
Filled with your spirit, now we are one.
Ever to love me to our last day
Filled with your spirit, guiding the way.
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Anointed with God’s Power
Acts 10:38:How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Throughout the Bible, God had His chosen servants anointed with oil to set them apart for His service. This included prophets, priests, and kings. Jesus was all three. See Jesus Christ: Prophet, Priest, and King for more details.
But Jesus was not anointed with the traditional oil. His anointing was with the holy spirit. At his baptism by John, the spirit appeared like a dove—pure and simple. Isaiah had promised God’s coming savior would be anointed with His spirit in Isaiah 61:1. Jesus quoted that scripture when he opened his ministry in Nazareth.
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Filled with the Holy Spirit
A Christian friend had a good question today regarding the holy spirit not being given “by measure” to Jesus Christ in John 3:34 and 35. Here’s what it says.
John 3:34,35:
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
John the Baptist is talking here about his cousin, Jesus the Christ. What does it mean that God doesn’t give the spirit “by measure” to Jesus?
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On the Deity
Living on earth for many decades can bring insight when a person is meek to the Creator. The greatest man who ever lived was only here for three decades, and yet he knew the Creator as a loving Father and made this eternal Spirit known to others. To understand the things of God, let’s consider four questions that every human will face during our brief existence in this world. Where did I come from? Why am I here? Why must I die? Where will I go after death?
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Fear Not; Shine Forth
What are you afraid of? Pain, suffering, poverty, sickness, looking foolish, losing love, being disliked, failing at your job, a bad marriage, a country in chaos? There is plenty to fear if we let our minds go that route. But God gave you free will and the ability to think His thoughts. Then you can claim His power and shine forth for Him!
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Trilogy of Truth
God our Creator and Father
In the beginning, moved His hand
And built the world His love had planned,
A living, resting place for man,
Creator God and Father.
Then on the sixth and final day,
With earth and heavens fully laid,
From red earth forming Adam’s race,
Created in His image.
Not only flesh and bone and breath,
But with His spirit’s perfect rest,
Free from pain and sin and death,
Created thus to know Him.
Yet Satan tricked this primal pair,
With pride and greed, he set the snare,
Bringing loss and great despair,
Creation groaned in sadness.
But God’s first promise soon He said,
The woman’s seed, would crush his head,
A suffering savior, though made dead,
Creation’s hope arisen.
O Praise the Lord, our God and King,
To the Creator, voices ring,
He gave His Son, our life to bring,
Creator, now our Father.
God, the Holy Spirit, and His Word
From ages past, God’s holy ones,
Spoke of all, the Lord had done,
And how He would, send forth His Son,
His Word would be accomplished.
Noah, Moses, Jesse’s son,
Isaiah, Micah—every one,
Looked to the day, Messiah comes,
The Word made flesh to save us.
An angel told, a humble maid,
That she’d conceive, and bear by grace,
The one for whom, the prophets prayed,
Fulfilling His Word for us.
“God is Spirit,” Jesus told
A woman at the well of old,
As he fulfilled the ancient scrolls,
The living Word among us.
Each jot and tittle, ever true,
God-breathed and faithful, makes us new,
Born of His spirit, me and you.
The Word of Life—salvation.
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
What price could pay, the guilt of sin?
Could ever man, be whole again?
A second Adam, victory win?
God never will forsake us.
Cast from the garden’s, precious home,
Where evil spirits, haunt and roam,
Adam’s sons, seemed all alone,
But God would not forsake them.
The flood’s destruction, came at last,
When Noah stood, on God’s Word fast,
From his son, Shem, would come to pass,
The promise of a Savior.
Bearing all our sin and strife,
Never time, for home or wife,
Jesus lived a perfect life,
On the cross to save us.
What happened, that “accepted year,”
When Jesus’ voice, rang true and clear?
He overcame sin, death, and fear.
Our risen Lord redeems us.
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Our Daily Choice
How does God want us to live each day? Many people only respond to what their five senses tell them. But God gives His spirit to those who believe that He raised Jesus from the dead and make His Son their Lord. And we are then to live by the spirit of God within us. The Apostle Paul wrote about this in his letter to the Romans. Let’s look at how “spirit” is used in chapter 8 of that epistle.
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Giving Our All
When Paul wrote to the Philippian church, he was in prison in Rome, Italy. They weren’t that far away by modern standards (northern Greece), but Paul longed to be with them. His life was on the line, depending on how Caesar judged his case. He wanted to be released from prison and visit them, but he wasn’t sure at that time what would happen. Look at Paul’s attitude (all scriptures are from The New Testament in Modern English by J. B. Phillips).