Workings of the Holy
Spirit
The Holy Spirit appeared as tongues of fire upon the few
frightened believers hiding in an upper room. Afterward, they poured out into
the streets—full of courage and joy—and preached the gospel for the first time
since Jesus’ death and resurrection (Acts 2).
Thus begins the spiritual journey of three types of
born-again, spirit-filled Christians:
The first type seems to have lost
all ability to think reasonably. These bark up trees, crawl on all fours in the
church aisle, or slap other Christians—while claiming these behaviors are from
God. Please…
The second type are barren
Christians eager to manifest all of the power gifts of the Spirit, yet, bring
none of the Spirit’s fruit to the family of man, the family of God, or even
their own families. Tsk…
The third type loves God and others
from the heart—with tough love. God anoints their heart since that is where all
actions originate. Thus, they manifest the anointing through 1) what they say;
2) what they do; 3) what they see; 4) what they smell; and/or 5) what they
hear. Until they familiarize themselves with their consecration, they too will
offend. It’s just part of our walk of ignorance. Sigh…
The bottom line is to keep love, keep faith, and keep going.
Until we “get it”, maybe those who we’ve offended along the way, will forgive
us and—dare we hope?—befriend us again.
After all, if even for one season, we’re all destined to
walk alone.
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Scriptures are taken from the Holy Bible, King James Version, Cambridge 1769. Used by permission. All
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