Walk in the Spirit pt.2

This week’s blog will be a continuance of last week’s blog. We will further reflect about what it means to receive and walk in the spirit after we are saved. 

For as it is written in the 1^st chapter of Acts verse 5, “for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now ”.

 

As believers it is vital for us to receive and be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Galatians 6:8 states, “For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.”

This is because it is the Spirit that gives us life as well as power to live for Christ and overcome this world (John 6:63). He also is the one who searches all things (including man’s heart) and knows the deep things of God, as explained in 1 Corinthians 2:10-12.

 

This is why Jesus (Yeshua) said, “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. (John 16:7)”

 

In correlation He urged his disciples to wait for Pentecost (the outpouring) of His Spirit upon them before they went out to be fishers of men. In Acts 2:15-21 we see the explanation and necessity of this event taking place.

 

6 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,

That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;

Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

Your young men shall see visions,

Your old men shall dream dreams.

18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days;

And they shall prophesy.

19 I will show wonders in heaven above

And signs in the earth beneath:

Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

And the moon into blood,

Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.

21 And it shall come to pass

That whoever calls on the name of the LORD

Shall be saved.’

 

Saints call upon the name of Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha-Mashiach) and allow him to pour His Holy Spirit over you. Declare and Believe the words of Luke 11:9-10,13 “9 So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened… 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will yourheavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

 

Paul prayed continually for believers to receive the Holy Spirit throughout his epistles. I stand in agreement with Paul and I pray that you do the same too.

 

This Weeks Prayer: Ephesians 3:14-21

“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen”

Walk in the Spirit

To my fellow believers in Jesus Christ (Yeshua Ha-Mashiach), now that you have believed on His name (Romans 10:8-13) I petition you to receive his Holy Spirit in all spiritual truth and understanding; that you may grow thereby. 

Jesus said in (John 6:63) It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are life.

To believe in Christ (Ha-Mashiach) is to walk in the Spirit. In Jesus (Yeshua) we have Salvation, because He is our Messiah (The Anointed One).

As our Messiah Jesus has promised us his Holy Spirit. John 14: 16-18, 26

16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 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. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you… 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

However, it is our responsibility to receive each and every one of His promises, including His Holy Spirit. 

As explained during the commissioning of his disciples in John 20:21-22

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

So I urge those of you who have not yet done so to receive the Holy Spirit so you may grow spiritually. When we are born again (Romans 10:8-13) we are born spiritually because we have received the Spirit of Christ. Romans 8:1 says There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. .

Therefore we must take heed to walk in the Spirit, which is life. To receive life spiritually we must learn how to feed our spirit man, for to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace (Romans 8:6).

This is why it is paramount for us to feed ourselves spiritually. Spiritual wisdom is necessary for the believer’s growth in Christ Jesus. Spiritual wisdom allows us to understand the nature of God, His redemptive plan for our lives and to have victory over the flesh (our carnal nature). 

During this week I exhort you to mediate on the words of 1 Corinthians 2:6- 16 

Spiritual Wisdom

6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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.

May these words minister to your heart so you can be filled abundantly as walk in the Faith.

This Weeks Prayer:

            Lord (Adonai) your way is perfect; Your word O Lord is proven; You are shield for all who trust in You (ps.18:30).             

            Lord it is your will for us who are true worshippers to worship You (Adonai) in spirit and truth; for You are seeking such to worship You (Jn 4:23). 

            Adonai our prayer is for You to teach us to do Your will, for You are our God, and Your Spirit is good. Lead us in the land of uprightness. (ps. 143:10) For where can we go from your Spirit; where can we flee from your presence (ps. 139:7)?

            We are ever grateful that You are He who blots out our transgressions for Your own sake, that you will remember our sins no more (Is 43:25). We too pray for a forgiving Spirit.

            Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from all sin and evil.    

            With thanksgiving for your Holy Spirit we bless You O Lord. All Your works, in all places of Your dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul! (ps. 103:22)

            In the name of Jesus (Yeshua) Amen. 

scriptures are from NKJV