How well do we know the Holy Spirit? Do we commune with this person of our glorious and loving God? In this sermon, David Wilkerson preaches on the Holy Ghost as a precious gift given to us by Christ's sacrifice. The Spirit leads us to all truth about who Christ is, and he also produces the fruits of righteousness in the lives of believers. He transforms God's children into the image of their Savior; there is no other way to grow into spiritual maturity.
Jesus is looking for an honest heart that desires to know Him and love Him. Jesus knocks at the door of every heart and if you choose to open up to Him, He will come in and begin to cause you to hope in a brand new life. God desires to take you deeper than just feeling good about the bad situations in life. He desires to bring you into His church and connect you to His body so that you will experience the complete revelation of Jesus Christ. You will find Him to be a very special friend who desires to fellowship with us. This is the good news that will lead you into a continual praise!
Have you ever found yourself in such a dark place that you don't see anything of God and it seems like there is no purpose for it? These awful places are where we meet God . It's where He works something very deep in us; something we can't learn from a text book. All of God's future deliverers are prepared in these awful places. These are a people who will emerge out of these vallies of suffering with a testimony of the glory of God. The word of God declares that those who suffer with Christ will also reign with Him. Do you trust God to work all things for the good and bring about a glorious victory?
We are living in a generation where the church at large has lost sight of the true purposes and power of God. Many are seeking God for personal gain as opposed to the feeding the hungry. God is calling His church to reach out and touch His heart so that we might be an extension of His heart and hands to a lost generation. He's calling us to be hope for the hopeless and freedom to the captives and food for every hungry heart. This power of God is extended to us through His crucified hands.
It's one thing to tell people about God; it's another thing to be a living witness of His truth. Truth is an effective witness when our speech and actions are one. Truth has a confidence in God that believes He is in control and He works all circumstances for our good. When Truth stands before the unsaved and God begins to reveal Himself through our lives, the truth that is in us will force a man to search his heart. The man or woman that is a witness to truth shows a dying world that there is a Living God that bears witness to Himself through our lives.
The moment we do not do the very things that the Lord speaks to us, something apart from the spirit of God will begin to form in our heart and cause us to stray from the word of God. Partial repentance says we are sorry for our sins but we will not experience change or conversion. God will be faithful to send a spirit filled person to lead us back in the right direction. Will you resist this person or will you allow the Light of God's Word to expose your darkness? True repentance brings us to a place of powerlessness so that the Holy Spirit can come and supernaturally move us forward.
What is the lesson we can learn from Ananias and Saphira? How could they think they could get the Holy Spirit to be a partaker of their lie? The enemy will bring a deception into our heart that says we can live in sin and hypocrisy because God does not mean what He says. We will stand before a Holy God and everything that is dark will be brought into the light of Christ. Jesus Christ has made every provision for us to live a life of purity. God wants to bury our sin and old nature so that we may live in the fear of God. We can choose to bury our sins today or our sins will bury us tomorrow. It is time to get real with God!
In the spirit, there are gravitational pulls with increased troubles that can cause our life to spin out of control. Just as the tides of life are high one day and low the next we can be sure that God is in complete control. In the seasons of low tides we can cry out to God and the life force of the Holy Spirit will cause us to be drawn to Jesus and ground us in His love and faithfulness. Jesus Christ is more powerful that any force of darkness or evil that works against our heart and mind. It is the power of Jesus that will keep us from spinning out of control!