SURE STANDING WITH GOD
OBSERVATION: THREE REALITIES OF GOD’S CHILDREN.
INTERPRETATION: ROMANS 8:16 (NKJV) THE SPIRIT HIMSELF BEARS WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD. ROMANS 8:16 (THE BOOK-PARAPHRASE) FOR HIS HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS TO US DEEP IN OUR HEARTS AND TELLS US THAT WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN.
POINTS TO PONDER:
THREE REALITIES GIVE A BELIEVER CLEAR, SURE GUIDANCE.
REALITY NUMBER ONE: THE HOLY SPIRIT ALWAYS POINTS YOU TO AN
UPWARD, SPIRITUAL PATH TO GOD THE FATHER.
REALITY NUMBER TWO: A SINCERE BELIEVER ACCEPTS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
REALITY NUMBER THREE: A SON OF GOD FOLLOWS HIS LEADERSHIP INTENTLY.
THE ASSURANCE OF THE HELPER, THE HOLY SPIRIT, GIVES CONFIDENCE TO A BELIEVER. WITHOUT THIS CONFIDENCE, YOU COULD BE ON A SLIPPERY SLOP. THE HOLY SPIRIT KNOWS THE DIRECTION YOU SHOULD PURSUE. HE KNOWS WHAT SPEED YOU NEED TO TAKE IN YOUR WALK. THE HOLY SPIRIT KNOWS YOUR IMPULSES AND CAN SAVE YOU MANY PAINFUL DETOURS. AS YOU FOLLOW THE COMFORTER’S LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD.
1 JOHN 5: 20-21 (THE BOOK-PARAPHRASE) AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD HAS COME, AND HE HAS GIVEN US UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE CAN KNOW THE TRUTH OF GOD, AND HE IS ETERNAL LIFE. DEAR CHILDREN, KEEP AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT MIGHT TAKE GOD’S PLACE IN YOUR HEARTS.
APPLICATION: SURE STANDING WITH GOD GUARANTEES YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD.
