Every Christian I know believes they have the holy ghost. Pentecostals believe they are baptized in the holy ghost. Problem is - they all disagree with one another. Christians seem to think that the holy spirit enlightens them and nothing else. It's no wonder there are so many holier than thou uppity believers these days. They build themselves up by claiming holy ghost power over others.
Greetings
Oh how great the light shines within the Spirit filled believer.
Jesus referred to the wind as the Holy Ghost.
I can't see the wind, where it comes or goes, but I can feel it, I can hear it.
Listen to the spirit that speaks...
remember even the devil knows the Word but he will twist it abit and give glory to himself.
True He has a baptism to be baptized with; it is spiritual and a testimony follows.
There's a church a couple blocks from me, their preacher doesn't know if he's saved or not; right out of his own mouth. And he's their teacher and they love him...? Still pointing at a sin filled cross, and knows John 3:16 like the back of his hand. They are stuck right there.
He told the congregation that he's scared to let anyone else preach, cause he's afraid they will like them better then him. I knew he was talking about me. I was the only new duck on the pond.
I dropped seeds where I could; and left.
Now what can we do to help?
Be Christ like.
What did He do?
He went out into the villages, and cities and taught.
We are to preach the Gospel of God, bringing sinners to repentance.
I remember the first house God sent me too.
I pulled up and there was a giant bridle bit across the doors.
He spoke in an audible voice saying "they will not receive you, because they have not received Him who sent you."
Ok, but I still didn't get it, until I walked in His shoes.
I spoke the scripture only, rightly dividing the Word of truth, and they hated me for it.
I'm talking about a church with a handful of people.
Their preacher forcefully removed me off the throne of Grace, lifting me up by the arm, washing God's feet with my tears, for them.
Ya, he took me to the back and called me the devil, said I been listening to the "other guy". Not once could he lift his head and look me in the eye. He committed the only unforgivable sin; blasphemy of the Holy Ghost.
And I watched; the next Sunday morning he called for the elders to come pray over him, cause he wanted that off him, he said. I sat still on the pew. They all gathered around him, he said" I'm old Stoney, that's Rocky back there", as he pointed at me.
I was there for 7 months. God trying to gather them up as a hen gathers her chicks under her wing but they would not.
So many things went down in there; spiritual things.
They conspired against me, how to get rid of me; even locked the church down for a month.
One woman was a sorceress that conjured spirits; yep she sent them to get me... well, it's apparent that didn't work.
I grew tremendously, but a dark veil fell upon them. Sigh...
You can not save, those that are saved.
Even those that confess His name only, He brings them too, for He can not deny Himself.
Gather with them, reprove, reproach, rebuke, only if God opens a door of utterance for you. He will give ye what ye ought to say. He will not put more on you then you can bare. Be kind, love them, as He has loved you.
All praise glory and honor be unto God. Amen
