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• 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: (not knowing truth, in darkness)

Jesus speaks to us through the Holy Spirit…

John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

1. The Bible or the Word– the author, is the Holy Spirit of God.
2. Through teaching and preaching of the Word
3. Through the circumstances of life, that line up with the Word.

Notice that I have emphasized the term- Word! We understand that the Word in this sense, means the Word of God- the scriptures. However, did you realize that Word, while used about 230 times in the New Testament, can mean two things. The Greek language uses two different, but related definitions for the term “Word”.

1. Logos– objective, it applies to all believers, the Bible.
2. Rhema– subjective, an utterance, a word spoken for a certain time or circumstance, supported by the Spirit of the scriptures.

Power of the Holy Spirit, even in our human weakness…

1 Corinthians 2:1… Paul’s testimony of his reliance upon the Holy Spirit to guide his words and actions.

“1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 

2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 

3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 

4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 

5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”

The Father has opened communication with His children.

1 Corinthians 2:9… God has given us the ability, through the Holy Spirit, to discern, understand, and act upon His Word! By Word, meaning that which is  read or heard from the Bible, and the Word as the Holy Spirit brings to remembrance or, speaks to us in our daily lives.

“9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” (Not by our physical senses of seeing, hearing or the mind, but by personal revelation.)

10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 

11 For what man knows the things of a man except the Spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the Spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 

16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.”

All of this means that when we are born-again, the Holy Spirit comes to live in us, we are the “temple of the Holy Spirit.” The Spirit is the evidence that we are born-again! Because our spirit-man has been made alive in Jesus Christ we are able to communicate, Spirit to Spirit, with God!

That is why Jesus could say in John 16:13, “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.”

Jesus loves you and has equipped you with mighty power, the power of the Holy Spirit! Learn to hear and be led by His Spirit!

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A Christian is one who has been “born-again” or “born from above”. This is very different from the natural birth through your mother. Listen to what Jesus said in John 3.

John 3:1 “There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Why is this born-again event so important? It opens the door to spiritual Communication with God. 

1 Corinthians 2:9 “But as it is written:

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,

Nor have entered into the heart of man

The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

10 “But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.”

13 “These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.”

The Holy Spirit reveals what Jesus said and is saying…

John 16:13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.”

How Jesus speaks to us through the Holy Spirit…

The Bible or the Word

Through teaching and preaching of the Word

Through circumstances of life

All of these ways have one thing in common, they all bring to memory the Word, and then we must act!

Fear and the ability to make the right choice.

Someone recently said to me that we are supposed to fear God. The scriptures do say that, but there are some important differences we need to be aware of. There is a big difference between reverential fear or awe of God’s majesty and glory and fear that produces terror! Those who don’t know God through Jesus Christ should be in terror for Hell awaits them. 

However, as Born-again believers in Jesus Christ, we are under the covering of God’s Grace, and we must be in a place of honoring Him. We are sons and daughters under the covenant of Grace, which was purchased by Jesus through His crucifixion, death, and resurrection.  

We should not be in terror of anyone or anything, for God is with us. I will admit that we may experience the emotion of fear, but fear should not dictate our actions. 

• An acronym for the word FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real.

We are new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) the old has passed away, and all things have become new. This means that we must begin to think differently and act differently. We change as we learn to be led by the Holy Spirit, who dwells in us.  

It all boils down to this- you must decide (make a choice) to follow Jesus. This means to do those things He wants us to do, and to avoid those things He doesn’t want us to do. It is all about the decisions you make in life. 

The issue of fear is genuine, but the problem is not with the emotion of fear, but how you respond to the fearful event! Do we act righteously or unrighteously?

It is important to decide before you face a crisis how you will act. The worst time to try and make a righteous decision is while you are in the crisis. So, you must decide before the temptation; I will not lie, I will not steal, I will not cheat, I will honor my parents, I will not covet, I will not commit murder. We must dwell on these things, for Satan wants to tempt you to do evil! In all ways and all circumstances, we must decide to honor the Lord God with our words and our actions!

What happens if you don’t make a decision because of fear?

1. If you don’t make a decision the devil will – Judas in the Gospels is an example.
2. If you don’t make a decision, others will – Golden calf and Aaron – Exodus 32
3. If you don’t make a decision situations and circumstances will – Nabal/Abigail – 1 Samuel 25

We were meant to have dominion.

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 

• We are not meant to be a “slave to the bondage of fear”; we can make a way out through the right decision. (Romans 8:14 above).

We are not called to be ruled by emotion but by our will!

• Billy Graham is probably the most well-known evangelist in this century, and his success is attributed to bringing people to the point of making the right decision!
• DL Moody had a 30-40% success rate; Charles Finney had a success rate of 60-70%… Finney would often say, “I don’t preach to their emotions; I preach to their will.
• We are called to exercise our will according to God’s Word, and if we do, we will find our way out of our unfavorable circumstances.

Decision is a choice. 

The Latin word for character is dokime,̄ and in the New Testament, it means to be tested. In English, it is the word habit. Therefore your character is the sum total of all your habits. You have been tested and the result is good or bad. 

• It is not about what you intend to do, but what you actually do. Every person is a Legend in their own minds, but it is in the fires of trial and tribulation that the truth becomes evident, coming through as gold or dross.
• Samuel Smiles (late 1800’s)… sow a thought reap an action, sow an action reap a habit, sow a habit reap a character, sow a character reap a destiny! 
• Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” This is what God says and to see the fruit of it you must do it God’s way.

Repeated decision form habits… you never make an unimportant decision because all decisions lead to forming habits. The absence of a decision is a decision not to act! Those habits either build up or tear down your character.

God’s Grace can break bondages, but God’s Grace cannot make decisions for you.

1. So many people are waiting for God to do what God has told them to do! It is usually fear that holds them back, fear of failure, fear of consequence,s or fear of loss. 
2. God’sGgrace makes it available, but it is our decision to bring it to pass.

We are to become more like Jesus every day…

“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:17-18.