And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Ephesians 4:30
Another week has started. Now it is time for me to tell you what the preacher preached about. . .
If Christians who attended different churches were to talk to each other, I'm sure they would find out that their Pastors spoke very similar messages. Why is this? It is because that is how the spirit works. The Holy Spirit pours into teachers so that they could speak the message that God wants his people to hear. . .
My Pastor spoke on grieving the Holy Spirit. In other words: rejecting the direction of the Holy Spirit and just not listening. This is something that we shouldn't do. He posed this question:
"What happens to the Christian when he becomes complacent and will not listen to the Holy Spirit?"
We are all called to do a work for God. But many of us just take a seat back once we know that we are saved by the blood of Jesus. But is that fair to God? Is that fair to Jesus when we know we were called with a holy calling? We shouldn't be taking a seat back nor should we be taking the back seat! We are responsible for the decisions we make in this life and we are the reason why we are where we are.
You are responsible for you. God gave us free will so that we can choose to give our life to the instruction of the power of the word. Often times we chose not to listen to the Holy Spirit. This is why we have trouble in our lives We should allow the direction of the Holy Spirit to drive us to our purpose. HOWEVER, we still have to hold on to the wheel! We have a responsibility to steer, always listening to the voice of God.
Why weren't we taught this in the past?
We are taught this. There are a lot of things that we are taught over and over. Somethings we chose to forget subconsciously because we only want to do what we want to do. In this sense, we have a selective learning experience! But the right thing is to know that we have to acknowledge God for everything that he gives us. We learn step by step and precept upon precept.
We take God for granted and we don't praise him for the many blessings that we do have. We must not think that we can do it by ourselves. We must listen and be obedient to the Holy Spirit. Be obedient to the word of God and take action to the direction given.
This is how good God is . . . he wants his people to understand this message and that is why I know that more than one pastor was preaching this very message this morning!
The preacher made some very good points coming from Ephesians 4:17-32
#1 We should not walk in the vanity of our own minds.
We are not all that by ourselves. We don't have the wisdom of God nor the understanding. We cannot even fulfill our destiny until we totally surrender our "self" to God. Hence, we should not fool ourselves into thinking that we know more than what we do know. The whole condition of our salvation was to understand and admit that we cannot save ourselves. We need a savior. So, why do we keep forgetting this important fact?
We are not following Jesus like we said we would. Jesus even asks us: Why do you call me Lord if you do not what I say?
#2 We should have a new life in Christ.
When we accept Jesus in our lives. We are accepting a new life and a new way of life. We have to remember this and then examine ourselves: "Am I living my life to the will of the father, or am I doing what I want to do?"
#3 Romans 8:5-17 If you are in the flesh you cannot please God.
A new life in Christ means a life not lived to the lust of men. Instead we ought to be living to the will of God. When we live to the will of God, then God can use us to complete his plan. When God's plan is completed we will find what our spirit craves: Security, Safety,Wisdom, Understanding, Fulfillment, Love, Joy, Peace, etc. . . But without God and with out knowing the way to these rewards; we would fail because we miss the target. Any way you travel without God (him, his word, and spirit) will miss the target goal.
I want to encourage you to surrender to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Walk in the Spirit! It will always direct you correctly. Then your life will start to exude a life of blessings. Remember to be thankful and praise the Lord our God. For his mercy allows us to try again each and everyday. Thank you God!
Until Next Time
-Tamorra
I encourage you to read and study for yourself.
Additional Scriptures:
Additional Scriptures:
Galatians 5:16
Matthew 23:37
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