Cooperate With the Holy Spirit

Acts 1:8  "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth."

Ephesians 5:18  "And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filed with the Spirit."

The only power that ca quicken the heart into activity is the power which will give life to the dead--the Holy Spirit of God.....hang your helpless soul upon your Mediator.  In and through Him, and Him alone, you can com to God...

The Spirit was to be given as a regenerating agent, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail.  The power of evil has been strengthening for centuries, and the submission of men to this satanic captivity  was amazing.  Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the third person of the Godhead, who would come with no modified energy, but in the fullness of divine power.  It is the Spirit that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the world's Redeemer.  It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure.  Through the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature.

Transformation of character is wrought through the operation of the Holy Spirit, which works upon the human agent, implanting in him according to his desire and consent to have it done, a new nature.  The image of God is restored to the soul, and day by day he is strengthened and renewed by grace, and is enabled more and more perfectly to reflect the character of Christ in righteousness and true holiness.

Christ has promised the gift of the Holy Spirit to His church....but like every other promise, it is given on conditions. There are many who believe and profess to claim the Lord's promise; they talk about Christ and about the Holy Spirit, yet receive no benefit.  They do not surrender the soul to be guided and controlled by the divine agencies.   We cannot use the Holy Spirit.  The Spirit is to us us....But many will not submit to this.  They want to manage themselves.  This is why they do not receive the heavenly gift.  Only to those who wait humbly upon God, who wait for His guidance and grace, is the Spirit given....This promised blessing, claimed by faith, brings all other blessings in its train.

You will know the Holy Spirit is in you when He reminds you of something in your life that doesn't belong there.  If you confess it and repent of it, you will  receive more of His directions.  It is an amazing thing but a true thing.  Grandma Joan