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God's Will - Be In Tune With The Holy Spirit

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Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. John 16:7 (KJV)

 

"When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. John 15:26

 

He is our comforter, our counselor, and the very Spirit of Truth! Marvel of marvels, He lives within each of us! The actual term for the Holy Spirit is Paraclete, meaning an advocate or intercessor! He is our direct line to God! In fact, the Bible says that when we do not know what to say or pray to God, the Holy Spirit will intercede for us:

 

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. Romans 8: 26-27

 

In accordance with what beloved? God's will! Here we have this indispensable bastion of truth and direction; counsel and comfort, wisdom and insight and what do we do with Him? It is clear that it is God's will for you to not put out the fire of the Spirit. In other words, we are not to diminish the relationship we are to have with Him. How can we put out the Spirit's fire?

 

Throughout the Bible, fire is used as a representation of the presence of God amongst His people. When Moses encountered God is was in a burning bush. When God led the Israelites through the desert by night He was a pillar of fire. When the presence of God was delivered at Pentecost through the Holy Spirit there appeared tongues of fire. This fire burns inside all of us and will continue to do so unless we actively quench the fire. How? Through disobedience to God. Naturally any sin is disobedience but this is referring to a repeated pattern of disobedience. If you are saved but living a lifestyle of sin, then you are actively quenching the Holy Spirit. If you have a calling on your life from God but continue to ignore it, then you are actively quenching the Holy Spirit. You are actively saying "no" to God. There is a story in the Book of Acts that highlights when someone harbors deceit in their hearts which quenches the Holy Spirit. Acts tells of a couple named Ananias and Sapphira who sold a piece of property of theirs and pretended to give all the proceeds to the work of the Apostles but secretly they held back a portion of the profit. They were allowed to of course but they lied to the Apostles to make themselves look better. This was the response of Peter:

 

Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God." Acts 5: 3-4

 

When we behave one way in front of man and another in front of God we are indeed also lying to the Holy Spirit. We have heard about church masks and had sermons preached about integrity meaning how we behave when no one else is watching. It is at those moments that we can help stoke the fire of the Holy Spirit or help to quench it. Note that Ananias lied to God and the Holy Spirit, not to man. He thought he was lying to Peter and the Apostles but in reality he was lying to God himself. Let us not fall into such traps brethren. Here are just some of the biblical references made to the Holy Spirit:

 

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