He Shall Be In You…

Jun15
by Michael King on June 15, 2014 at 9:32 pm
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shall be in you

God says,

 
 
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

John 14:16-18

The comforter is our Father. The Holy Spirit is simply the Spirit of God who is Holy…hence Holy Spirit. The character of His Spirit is truth. The world could not receive Christ because they would not receive the truth…i.e. God manifest in the flesh. Those of the world are natural minded and will not believe anything that they cannot “see”. However, Christ’s disciples knew Christ because they received Him by faith through their spirits.
 

This is why Peter says,

 
“And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.”

Matthew 16:16,17

The Holy Spirit dwelt with them in Christ, but soon, on the day of Pentecost, The comforter (The Holy Spirit of God) would dwell “in” them through the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
 

The Spirit of Christ shall be in you

 
Jesus said, “I am my Father are one.” Essentially there was no difference between the two,  because Jesus yielded perfectly to His Father. While Jesus will return physically  in the future, the Spirit of Christ did return through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Thus, Peter says, “Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.” Jesus is the express image of the Father expressed through Him to the world.  When the Holy Spirit infilled the disciples, that image now expresses Himself through us. 

The Spirit of Christ dwells in his body of believers

 
“Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:”

Colossians 1:26:27

If you want to be intimate with Jesus seek to connect with Him through the body of Christ. People often times look towards heaven hoping to find the presence of God when, in reality, He now dwells in each of us through the in filling of the Holy Spirit. The intimacy we seek is found by opening up to one another in love and sharing Christ with each other.  He shall be in you, therefore look for Him in the eyes of those He dwells in. 

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On The Rails

Jun15
by Michael King on June 15, 2014 at 2:08 pm
Posted In: testimonies
Rails

Disclaimer: I do not advocate doing this as a method to demonstrate faith!

Living dangerously

 
 
One day my wife and I were driving our little Geo Tracker as God was leading me by His Spirit. As usual, the Holy Spirit directed us as to what roads to take and which turns to make. Presently, we came upon a railroad track and the Holy Spirit said,

“Park on the tracks, get out, and pray.”

I drove up onto the tracks and, parking across them, got out of the Geo Tracker. Sitting down, backs against the vehicle, my wife and I began to pray in other tongues. My wife was not very comfortable doing this (we could only see the tracks in one direction) and, as time passed, became increasingly worried. We sat there and prayed for about a half an hour then the Holy Spirit said, “You can go.” So I got up, got back into the Tracker, and left with my wife.

Park the normal distance from the rails

The next day, being led by His Spirit, we drove again. Like before, I allowed His Spirit to tell us where to go, but this time through a different route we ended up at the same set of tracks.  However, unlike the previous time, the Holy Spirit told us to park the normal distance from the rails and wait. In about five minutes an Amtrak passenger train roared pass us at about 70 mph.  Wow, that locomotive was moving fast!

(Amtrak 345, an EMD F40PH pulls a passenger tr...

My wife and I just sat there for a while.  The previous day, our little truck sat parked across those same rails.  Barely 24 hours earlier, we sat praying on the opposite side the train just came from. As we sat watching the speeding train race by, the realization of just how critical ‘hear, listen, and obey on time’ truly can be!

Spirit lead me

When God leads by His Holy Spirit, even if it is dangerous, it doesn’t feel out of the ordinary.  I suppose this is why Jesus could sleep on a boat in the middle of a severe storm.  Though I remained calm, my wife, who did not receive the command or unction, became increasingly nervous.  Be that as it may, what I learned from that experience is that God knows everything and if we listen to Him and do what He says when He says to do it, He keeps us out of harms way.  The essence of Divine protection lays in hearing His still small voice.

Lastly, This is a pretty extreme example of being led by the Spirit. I am not suggesting that anyone go out and park a on rail road crossing just to see if God will speak to you. What I am encouraging everyone to do is learn how to listen the voice of God.  Even in dangerous situations, our Father can and will protect you.  There will come a time when, if we hear God’s voice, He will keep us out of harms way.

Spirit Lead Me by Hillsong

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