| "What The Holy Spirit Does For Us" The Holy Spirit "convicts us of our sins." It may take days, months, ometimes even years, but the Holy Spirit deals with us, waiting for us to yield. We must be very cautious here and listen to the Holy Spirit because God says His Spirit will not strive with man forever... Genesis 6:3. So by this, we know that God will not deal with us forever. Proverbs 29:1 lets us know that after a time, and only God knows when, our hearts can be hardened and He will not deal with us anymore. After He convicts us of our sin and we have yielded to Him, the Holy Spirit "quickens our dead spirit... He regenerates us." The Holy Spirit "Sows... He gives us life." He "becomes our witness before God." He then "gives us assurance." How do we know that we are saved? Who told us? We just know that we know because the Holy Spirit assures our spirit. Then the Holy Spirit "dwells within" and we are born again. It is our spirit that keeps us alive. The Holy Spirit "speaks to our spirit, not our minds." God talks to us spirit to spirit. We know when it's God. The Holy Spirit is just as real as the body that we can see. We must be very careful in how we deal with Him; we must always remember that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. The bible says, "You have not because you ask not." So, we need to call on the Holy Spirit every day. John 16:13,14 "He, the Holy Spirit, shall receive and show it." John 4:24 "God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him, must worship Him in Spirit and Truth." Psalm 2:8 "...Ask of me..." Isaiah 45:11 "...Ask me..." Isaiah 65:1 "I am sought of them that asked not..." Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it shall be given you..." Matthew 21:22 "And all things whatsoever ye shall ask..." John 14:13 "And whatever ye shall ask in my name..." John 15:16 "...whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name..." James 1:5 "...let him ask of God..." 1 John 3:22 "And whatsoever we ask..." 1 John 5:14 "...that if we ask anything according to his will..." |
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