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The
Holy Spirit, What A Person!
by
Charlie Rogers
Many people at times wonder, "How do
I know that I am born again? How do I keep this
confidence once I am saved?" This is the job and
work of the Holy Spirit.
Rom 8:15-17 For you did not receive the spirit
of bondage again to fear, but you received the
Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out,"Abba,
Father." 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with
our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if
children, then heirs — heirs of God and joint heirs
with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we
may also be glorified together. NKJV
When we accept Christ as our Lord and
Savior we receive the spirit of adoption. We no
longer have to fear what is going to happen when we
die. Because we know that we have been accepted into
the body of Christ. We know that we are born again,
because the Holy Spirit bears witness with our human
spirit that we have become a child of God. We just
know that it has happened because of what we feel
inside, deep down knowing that we are born again.
The Spirit of Adoption has come witnessing with our
spirit that a change has taken place, that now we
have a knowing, that we are in touch with God and
can receive from God. Since the Word says that at
this point we have become heirs, joint heirs with
Christ, meaning everything God has is now ours to
receive.
At times Satan will come to try and
cause doubt in our minds that we are born again,
that’s what he does.
John 10:10 The thief does not come except to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that
they may have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly. NKJV
Satan is that thief who comes to
steal, kill and destroy. He likes nothing more than
to steal the confidence from us that we our born
again. But once again the Holy Spirit comes with the
Word of God to the rescue to stop the work that
Satan tries to do in making us think that he has
stolen our salvation. But with the Holy Spirit on
the scene we have that witness on the inside that
tells us differently. The Word is our defense, it
stops Satan in his tracks through the power of the
Holy Spirit. That’s why it is so important to spend
time in the Word of God and be one who prays in
other tongues a lot. Its so that you have something
to stop the enemy in your life! Jesus said that He
comes that we might not only have life but that we
might have it abundantly.
Rom 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God. NKJV
You can’t have faith that you’re born
again without the Word of God on the inside of you.
When Satan comes to try and talk you out of your
salvation, it’s the Word of God that is your
defense, your weapon that will stop him. One cannot
be born again unless the Word of God is preached.
Then that vessel (ourselves) must be continually
filled with the Word of God that there might be no
room for the enemy to do damage to us.
Jude 20-21 But you, beloved, building yourselves
up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy
Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto
eternal life. NKJV
We must continually pray in other
tongues that we might continually be built up in the
spirit on our holy faith, once again stopping the
enemy from stealing from us by keeping ourselves in
His love and His mercy. Therefore, making sure there
is no room for Satan to beat us down and making us
feel that we are down and no longer saved.
What a wonderful job the Holy Spirit
has, He not only empowers us with the Word to stop
the devil in his tracks, but look what it says about
the Holy Spirit in John 14.
John 14:16-18 And I will pray the Father, and
He will give you another Helper, that He may abide
with you forever — 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the
world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him
nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with
you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you
orphans; I will come to you. NKJV
It says He won’t leave us helpless,
He will be in us, and He won’t leave us orphans,
that’s you and I. He will keep us in all truth; we
won’t be in this world alone. He will always be with
us. He
is not an IT but He is a person! And
this is not all of His job.
Rom 8:12-14 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors —
not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13
For if you live according to the flesh you will die;
but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of
the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led
by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. NKJV
It’s His job through the work in our
born again spirit, and our walk with God, walking
after that born again spirit, that He will lead us
and make us a mature one in Christ. From
our new birth to our maturity in Christ, He is there
taking us all the way! What a Person!
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