'Last
Sermon of Jesus'
John
14:16-17 "And I will pray the
Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you
forever- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither
sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in
you."
Mankind had always rebelled against God since the days of the Patriarchs. God resolved to dwelling in the physical body of man in order to assist him in overcoming the flesh and the devil's temptations.
God anointed the kings, priests, prophets, etc. to serve Him by sending the Spirit of God to dwell in them. This is equivalent to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit as a seal of redemption of a new Christian. So, whenever the Spirit of the Lord was upon any of the anointed, they could perform signs and wonders.
Today, when a Christian is filled with the Holy Spirit, he too can perform miracles in faith, healing, prophecy, speak in tongues, cast out demons...
Jer
23:11,13-14 "For both prophet
and priest are profane; Yes, in My house I have found their wickedness,"
says the Lord.... And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: They
prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to err. Also I have seen a horrible
thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; they
also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns back from his
wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, and her inhabitants like
Gomorrah."
Similarly, today many of these so-called "anointed" (supposedly having the Holy Spirit) but depraved Christian leaders will deceive ignorant Christians through false prophecies, deceptions and heresies for personal gains. These abominations lead no one to repentance but only to pride and self-glorification.
1 Sam
16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD
departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
Likewise, when the Holy Spirit can no longer bear a Christian's wickedness which is foul, nauseating and extremely revolting to God, the Holy Spirit will leave. As such, this Christian, had lost his salvation by quenching the Holy Spirit.
1 The 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit.
Brethren, when
we walk this narrow and difficult path to eternal life, we will make many
mistakes, sometimes through negligence for not seeking His approval nor
trusting in His guidance. We thank our Lord Jesus Christ that whenever we
repent of our sins, He is righteous and faithful and will forgive us of all our
sins and iniquities. With our sins cleansed, the Holy Spirit dwelling in
us will no longer be grieved, so that He can continue to do His wonderful and
beautiful work in us and through us.
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Mankind had always rebelled against God since the days of the Patriarchs. God resolved to dwelling in the physical body of man in order to assist him in overcoming the flesh and the devil's temptations.
God anointed the kings, priests, prophets, etc. to serve Him by sending the Spirit of God to dwell in them. This is equivalent to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit as a seal of redemption of a new Christian. So, whenever the Spirit of the Lord was upon any of the anointed, they could perform signs and wonders.
Today, when a Christian is filled with the Holy Spirit, he too can perform miracles in faith, healing, prophecy, speak in tongues, cast out demons...
Similarly, today many of these so-called "anointed" (supposedly having the Holy Spirit) but depraved Christian leaders will deceive ignorant Christians through false prophecies, deceptions and heresies for personal gains. These abominations lead no one to repentance but only to pride and self-glorification.
Likewise, when the Holy Spirit can no longer bear a Christian's wickedness which is foul, nauseating and extremely revolting to God, the Holy Spirit will leave. As such, this Christian, had lost his salvation by quenching the Holy Spirit.
1 The 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit.
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