Luke 11:13 that “If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"
The clearest indicator that one is filled with the Holy Spirit is an internal love for Jesus Christ
--> that manifests itself in a bold proclamation and powerful demonstration of the Gospel so that people far from God will come to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit; speak to one another with psalms & songs from the Spirit. Sing & make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The Holy Spirit is God! The Holy Spirit is a person! When we open our hearts to God through faith in Jesus Christ, we are entering into relationship with a relatable loving GOD
#HolySpiritFire
Romans 10
Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in Him are made right with God.
Titus 3:4-5 says, "But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit."
fasting turns its attention to Jesus! Christian fasting seeks to take the pains of hunger and transpose them into the key of some eternal anthem, whether it’s fighting against some sin, or pleading for someone’s salvation... https://t.co/gRPoqrlqGs
Romans 6:
19 Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.
[Romans chapter 6]
Romans 7
But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.