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Living Life With The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Sep 3, 2001 (message contributor)
Summary: 1.RELATIONSHIP 2.REFINING 3.REST 4.REVELATION 5.REQUESTS 6.RESISTANCE 7.RELEASE
LIVING LIFE WITH THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
OUTLINE
1.RELATIONSHIP
2.REFINING
3.REST
4.REVELATION
5.REQUESTS
6.RESISTANCE
7.RELEASE
THE MESSAGE
LIVING LIFE WITH THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
1. RELATIONSHIP
The Lords wants to provide us a relationship with the Holy Spirit. When the disciples of Jesus were worried about Jesus going away from them, Jesus promised them that the Holy Spirit would come and abide with them.They would not be left alone to fend for themselves but the Holy Spirit would be their constant companion with whom they could have an intimate communion.
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May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
2. REFINING
The Lord wants to refine our character so that we display His qualities.The Holy Spirit works in our lives and produces fruit such as love,joy,peace,longsuffering,gentleness,meekness,faith,temperance, goodness.These qualities are the evidence of our spiritual growth and maturity. The Holy Spirit empowers us to crucify the desires of the flesh and live a spiritual and godly life.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,
in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
