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NASB | Romans 8:5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:5 For those who are living according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh [which gratify the body], but those who are living according to the Spirit, [set their minds on] the things of the Spirit [His will and purpose]. |
Bible Question:
i am trying to learn more about the holy spirit i am a church going baptist but i guess i need more bible study really understanding some things is most of my problems how is the holy spirit in our lives? i believe every word of the bible but that does not mean i understand it all i am reading the whole ew testament again and the holy spirit is meantioned many times i want to learn more and strenghten my faith thank you janice haas |
Bible Answer: Dear Janice, It’s so wonderful and precious to your Lord that you have such a desire to know Him and strengthen your faith. Jesus gave us the wonderful Holy Spirit for just this purpose! After He ascended back to the Father, He sent the Holy Spirit to be our closest friend and helper, and it is His fervent desire that we come into a richness and depth of intimacy with Him that will excite and thrill our souls, and empower us to live out our days on earth for His glory. The Holy Spirit Himself inspired and guided the writers of Scripture, and without His active involvement in our lives it is absolutely impossible to understand the written word of God or to live victoriously through the challenges and testings of this life. Everything we receive from the Lord is a gift and comes by His grace. However, it is very important to realize that the depth of relationship we experience with Him is largely determined by the degree that we are willing to pursue Him. Yet I must emphasize that this pursuit cannot be done through our own human effort, rather we must be completely dependent on Him. I’ve found that one of the most important keys to experiencing and living moment-by-moment in the Presence of God, is to ask Him to teach us “REST” and “WAIT” on Him. Reading the Bible and communicating with Him out of the depths of one’s heart are of course essential to developing one’s relationship with Him. However, there are sadly many Christians who religiously do these things but have very little experiential knowledge of the Holy Spirit. I would suggest that you begin and end your times of coming apart with the Lord with periods of simply being still and quietening your soul, and learning to rest and wait for Him. Many who have done this for the first time have been very pleasantly surprised and delighted at how He began to reveal Himself to them. Being still and waiting is not easy for most of us. However, if we are persistent it will be much more than worth the effort. (Heb 11:6) “BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psa 46:10) The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside THE STILL AND RESTFUL WATERS. (Psa 23:1,2 AMP) "He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet THOSE WHO WAIT FOR THE LORD WILL GAIN NEW STRENGTH; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary." (Isa 40:29-31) May believers today are seeking for more of the Holy Spirit and power of God in their lives but fail to remember that when God first sent His Spirit to the church on the day of Pentecost, Jesus said that the prerequisite for His coming was that they must “WAIT FOR THE GIFT MY FATHER PROMISED.” (Acts 1:4) I have found that another important key to knowing and experiencing the Holy Spirit is that we ask Him to teach us to set and keep our DESIRE and FOCUS on the things of God and His Kingdom. Again, this is something that is done by faith. “…those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the DESIRES of the Spirit SET THEIR MINDS on and SEEK those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.” (Rom 8:5 AMP) “Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, LOOKING AWAY [FROM ALL THAT WILL DISTRACT] TO JESUS, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection].” (Heb 12:1,2 AMP) And of course there is no substitute for simple faith and loving obedience to the Word of God. “And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit is also, Whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.” (Acts 5:31-33) "The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.]" (Jn 14:21 AMP) more... |
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