The Spirit of God is invisible and in fact, so is
the spirit of humans. When people say there is no God they are actually rejecting
their own reality. The Creator tells us that he is the “I AM” and when he made
us in his image we must have become small letter “i am’s”. The Scripture says: The LORD God formed the man from the dust of
the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man
became a living person. Genesis 2:7
(NLT). Most
folks know that every human will live forever but the question is “where”.
Spiritually blind people cannot see God or His plan but people of faith are
given supernatural sight.
We should be able to understand the absolute need we
have for the Holy Spirit in our life. He is the only one that can restore any
fallen man into the image of God. Paul tells us there is a veil over the
natural mans eyes: So all of us who have
had that veil removed can see and
reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into
his glorious image. 2 Corinthians 3:18.
This is the only way a person can be
transformed into a new being who wants to serve God in truth and righteousness.
Christians have the privilege of telling the unsaved
the Good News which is our potential new birth. Telling others the News is our
primary work while on earth. The Lord gave us an example: Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter
the Kingdom of God without being born of water (naturally) and the
Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit
gives birth to spiritual life. John
3:5-6 . There are many believers that try to “save” the lost with
their own efforts and wisdom. This is certainly not possible when they can’t
even save themselves.
After a person has been transformed by God they will
receive many gifts from the Holy Spirit. We are not talking about worldly
things but spiritual gifts. One Old Testament prophet said that even Jesus
would receive spiritual gifts from the Spirit. Of course this also applies to
us: And the Spirit of the LORD
will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel
and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2. All
these gifts are available to born-again people who have complete faith in Jesus
Christ.
All spiritual powers are intended to be used for others. This is totally
different from “the world” of course, and causes many problems among believers.
In another prophetic verse we read the purpose of spiritual gifts: The
Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is
upon me, for the LORD has anointed
me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. Isaiah 61:1. There is
a great freedom that comes to us when we are released from our prison of the
sin nature.
There is only one Spirit of God although the Spirit does have many
different jobs and brings many different gifts to earth for our benefit. Paul
says it this way: There
are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of
them all. 1 Corinthians 12:4. For example our Christian fellowship is only
possible, in the true sense, when we are together in the Spirit. Another proof a
believer has is Galatians five where we read about the fruit we can produce but
it is only possible in our fellowship with others when the Spirit helps us.
The Spirit of Life is the
only way that that we can ever live with God. He brings righteousness into what
started out as our doomed sinful life. The Bible says that the power of
righteousness can end the sentence of death that we were born with. Look what
is working inside of us: But
if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature,
you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. Romans 8:13-14. There is nothing more wonderful than God’s offer for
us to become a part of his family. We must earnestly seek the help of the
Spirit if we want to live with God.
God’s, rug of hope, will
never be pulled out from under us. His promises are good forever. Here is a
verse of great comfort to Christians: And
when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the
Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he
will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his
own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him. Ephesians 1:13-14. Not only
is the Spirit “life” to us but he guarantees us we will join the actual family
of God. The Lord is certainly worthy of our praise and glory.
