LIFE THROUGH THE SPIRIT

“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Romans 8:11).

The Holy Spirit is the life-giver. With the Holy Spirit living in you, no sickness ought to stay in your body. Every cancer ought to die! Diabetes and HIV will be cleansed from your blood when you meditate on the fact that the Spirit of God, the life-giver Himself lives in you. In the Old Testament, God said to the people, “the life of the flesh is in the blood…” (Leviticus 17:11). But our opening scripture shows that this is different for the man who is born again and filled with the Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit gives life—quickens—your physical body when you’re born again.

Even if your body had been paralyzed, the Holy Spirit can give life to your physical body and restore you to perfect health! (Romans 8:10). We find an example of this in Acts 14:8-10; when Paul preached in a city called Lystra. The Bible says “there sat a certain man… impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked: The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.”

All Paul did was to preach the Gospel and unveil the power of righteousness, and the Holy Spirit went into action, vitalizing the man’s body. If you’re born again and have received the Holy Spirit, you don’t need prayer to be healed of any infirmity. The realization that the Greater One lives in you, and that you no longer live by blood, but by the power of the Spirit that raised Christ from the dead, is what you need! That power is at work in you even now, to revive, vitalize your physical body and produce life in every area where you may have hitherto experienced dryness, barrenness, stagnation or death.

Further Study:
Romans 8:10-11

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WITH YOU FOREVER

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever” (John 14:16).

Jesus said, “…and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen” (Matthew 28:20). He didn’t say, “I’m with you only when you can “feel” that I am.”

But you might want to ask, “What if someone, having received the Holy Spirit at the New Birth, backslides and feels that the Holy Spirit has left him or her, is this just a feeling or was the Holy Spirit actually frustrated with all the sin in such a person?” Well, God is not a man (Numbers 23:19), and He doesn’t act like some earthly parents who wouldn’t relate with their kids for doing something wrong. Sadly, this is the poor perception of God that some folks have.

That you did something wrong won’t make the Holy Spirit leave you. Remember, you weren’t made right with God because of your own righteousness; it came because God gave you His righteousness. Thus, His presence with you isn’t dependent on what you did right or wrong, or the way you feel. His presence is dependent on His infallible Word; because of His love! That’s the reason He’ll never leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5).

God the Father, through the Holy Spirit abides with you forever, not sometimes. Don’t consider what your feelings tell you. As long as you haven’t willfully rejected Christ and His sacrifice of salvation for you on the Cross, the Holy Spirit cannot and will not leave you!

Even when you err and start feeling as though the Holy Spirit has left you, it’s still the Holy Spirit who guides you unto repentance, proving His presence with you even at such times. If He leaves you, you could never return to Him. But He wouldn’t, for He’s with you to fulfill His ministry in your life, till Jesus comes. Hallelujah!

Further Study:
Hebrews 13:5;
2 Corinthians 13:14

GET YOUR SPIRIT CHARGED AT ALL TIMES;

“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly” (Matthew 6:6).

Some people engage in prayers only when they’re in some form of trouble or predicament, but that’s not the way it ought to be. You ought to get your spirit charged at all times by spending time in fellowship with the Lord through prayer. God wants you fired up by the anointing ever before you hit the streets, so that when you come out, you’re already dressed with the power of the Holy Ghost; drenched in the unction.

If you make this a consistent practice, nothing and no one will ever be able to successfully withstand or defeat you, for the anointing makes you invincible. When the anointing in you is stirred having spent quality time in your closet charging up your spirit, people might not immediately recognize it on you when you come out; because you’re calm, well dressed and got a smile on. But the opportunity to manifest the anointing presents itself when you find yourself in a tight situation. No matter what kind of situation it is, you’ll know it’s a done deal because you already settled it in your closet.

The Bible tells us how a deadly viper fastened itself on Paul’s hand one time and all he did was shake the venomous beast off into the fire and continued doing his thing (Acts 28:4-5). He was already full of the anointing before the incident! Paul shares the secret of how he was able to do this and many other supernatural feats when he said in 1 Corinthians 14:18 “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all.”

Speaking in tongues is one sure way to get your spirit charged at all times and stir up the anointing in you. Consciously practice this every day; having stirred up the anointing in your closet, when you step out, the challenges you face will be bread for you.

Further Study:
James 5:17-18;
Micah 3:8

AN INSEPARABLE ONENESS;

“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me” (John 17:21).

This prayer of the Lord Jesus above is fulfilled in us today —the new creation in Christ—we’ve become one with divinity. 1 Corinthians 6:17 tells us that “he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” We’ve been brought into oneness with divinity; it’s an inseparable union. We’re in Him, and He is in us. This is the reason we can enjoy rich fellowship with Him.

The Bible says, “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:13). You’ve been made to drink into one Spirit; you’ve become intermingled with the Spirit of God as one divine creation.

2 Corinthians 13:14 says, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. …” The Spirit of God has brought us into fellowship—a communion, a drinking together, a union with Him. We’ve come into a place of relationship; a oneness of spirit! And you ought to enjoy that fellowship everyday; it’s not something you go into and come out of, for you’re in Him, and He’s in you.

The Bible says “if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation” (2 Corinthians 5:17); we came into Christ by the new birth. So we’re in Christ now. Then also Colossians 1:27 says “…Christ in you, the hope of glory.” So just like Jesus, when He said I am in the Father, and the Father is in me (John 14:11), now you’re in Him, and He is in you. No wonder He says greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)! The consciousness of this truth in your spirit will wipe away all fears, failure and the defeat mentality from your life.

Further Study:
1 John 1:3;
1 Corinthians 1:9