"The Holy Spirit"
The Holy Spirit "convicts us of our sins."
It may take days, months, sometimes 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 "Sows... He gives us life."
and
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!
Did you know that it is our spirit that keeps us alive? It's true,
and 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.
"God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him,
must worship Him in Spirit and Truth."
John 4:24
The Bible says "we have not because we ask not",
so we need to call on the Holy Spirit every single day.
Psalm 2:8, Isaiah 45:11, Isaiah 65:1, Matthew 7:7
Matthew 21:22, John 14:13, John 15:7, John 15:16
James 1:5, 1 John 3:22, 1 John 5:14
"He, the Holy Spirit shall receive and show it."
John 16;13,14
The Seven Spirits of God;
What does that mean?
The term "Seven Spirits of God", also called the "Sevenfold
Spirit of God" is an Old Testament construction of the Holy Spirit.
You can find it detailed in Isaiah 11:1-3 as:
The Spirit of Wisdom
The Spirit of Understanding
The Spirit of Counsel
The Spirit of Power
The Spirit of Knowledge
The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord
The Spirit of Delight in the Fear of the Lord
The four appearances of this phrase in the Book of Revelation can also be
translated “seven-fold Spirit of God” which is a reference to the Holy Spirit.
Some say the Holy Spirit manifests Himself in these seven ways listed
in Isaiah as: wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge,
the fear of the Lord, and the delight in the fear of the Lord.
The Holy Spirit is an advisor who will guide you if you listen.
People who are very busy or have difficulty relaxing
find that they have to learn to listen for Him.
If that’s your problem, take some time each day
to just be still and ask Him to speak to you.
Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will
be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
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