Back to Basics III

Tuesday 12 September
READ: Acts 1:4-8  
MORE LESSON:  Jn.16:7-15

Another basic essential for you to be among the shining ones for God is the infilling with, immersion in and guiding influence of the Holy Spirit. Simply put, the baptism of the Holy Spirit is all important if a man will experience power positively without bowing to satanic agents. In our text Jesus spoke very clearly to His disciples, that power comes only at the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Today, some erroneously say that the Holy Ghost baptism was for the era of the apostles. But the Holy Ghost baptism is for the era of the Church. If you are saved and Jesus dwells in your heart by faith then you are part of the Church and you cannot experience power without the Holy Ghost baptism.

We were told in the past by those who followed us up that after salvation experience the next thing to go for is Holy Ghost baptism with or without water baptism. We were told that we needed power to live the Christian life and that power comes only when we are baptised in the Holy Spirit.

Even the disciples could not proceed further in what Jesus sent them to do until they were endued with power from above. It's a basic requirement for being true witnesses for God. The Lord Jesus Himself did not preach without the power, And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee.... Luke 4:14.

A man of God once said that Christianity is a burden without the Holy Spirit, colourless, without form and void (Gen.1:2). The Holy Spirit makes comfort a reality; He is called the Comforter because He shows and leads to the truth that sets free. It is when men are set free that they are truly comfortable. There is no manifestation of the gifts without the Holy Spirit, that's why they are called the gifts of the Spirit (I Cor.12). These gifts are not meant for some but all, But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal: I Cor.12:7. One will stay forever at the realm of envying those who are manifesting the gifts until one gets baptised and be available and willing for the Holy Spirit to use for the works of God.

The Holy Spirit is the Communicator of the secrets of God (I Cor.2:10) and He connects to the wisdom of Heaven. He helps us kill the deeds of the flesh by destroying the chaff of sin and purify us as gold (Matt.3:10; 12). This is also why living in sin must be totally avoided to be baptised and used by the Spirit of God. The holiness is not just a title; it's the very nature of God. When you keep indulging in any sin, the Spirit of God will avoid you and will not work through you.
Is this basic in place in your life? Are you full of power by the Spirit of God? If not you'll likely be mesmerised by the false prophets and deceivers of the end time. Get filled with the Spirit, the world waits for your manifestation in righteous acts of greatness for God's glory.

Prayer/Action
*  Ask God for fresh fire of the Holy Spirit for signs and wonders in your generation.
* Ask for the refilling of the Holy Spirit for effective witnessing of the gospel.
* Ask that you will walk daily by the Spirit of God, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
What I stretch and struggle for will come to my hand today without stress, in the name of Jesus.