August 29, 2012
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Saved. So Now What?
"I'm saved; so now what should I do?" I'm hearing this question often. So, I'm re posting the answers:
Follow the Inward Witness of the Spirit of God Speaking Directly to your spirit.
Romans 8: 14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.... 16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
Notice that Christians should receive direction and correction from Him, directly. Receiving direction and correction only from other people is the inferior way! There are many ways to fail doing it this inferior way.
Before Jesus even revealed the coming of the Holy Spirit to replace Himself in the world of men, He taught that "God is Spirit!" John 4: 24God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
If you are born again, spiritually born from above, the Holy Spirit of God – the Helper, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth -- God Himself is living in your own spirit.
Believers have God's Promises that He will guide us directly!
Jeremiah 33: 3‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
John 10: 4And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6Jesus used this illustration, but they did not yet understand the things which He spoke to them.
...14I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 15As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
John 16:13However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; ... and He will tell you things to come.
Understand, and always remember, God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit are the One and Only True God! And today it is with God the Spirit we deal directly, One Spirit to one spirit!
Usually God simply speaks the truth into our spirits; and we then “perceive” the truth as a known fact, seemingly from out of nowhere! And we ask ourselves, and finally make a decision: “This is God Himself speaking to me! I recognize His voice!”
Comments (9)
Another excellent entry
ALL GOOD ALL GOD
Our pastor recently preached about this. While God does use other people to teach/instruct us, it is not usually His primary way of dealing with us. We should always seek direct communication with Him.
I like the way you put it.
Nice, and here's another one that's been on my mind recently (and honestly was surprised by):
Heb 2:10 (ESV) "For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect [ie, mature] through suffering."
"Notice that Christians should receive direction and correction from Him, directly. Receiving direction and correction only from other people is the inferior way! There are many ways to fail doing it this inferior way."
I agree with this, except that Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers are here to point the Way for us too. We check the Word to see if they are preaching or teaching things that do not contradict it. We test all spirits using the Word. We read the Word in spirit. We invite the Holy Spirit into our lives.
@nowayout001 - I call all that you have named as pointing out the way for us (and I count myself as among their number by-the-way, well-intended helpers and ministers) as inferior to God's Personal Spirit for guiding the individual seeker of God into "all truth." As a minister of God, my hope is to always build up others in their faith in Jesus Christ and in personal relationship with God, and to deflect their attention from any and all distractions from that relationship.
As proof I offer the recorded words of Jesus Himself. I offer the bewildering and confusing numbers of interpretations of the written scriptures among us who are called as ministers. I offer the diversity among denominations with their conflicting priorities.
And when we do "test all spirits using the Word," The Word we use should be Jesus Christ Himself now manifest among us through The Holy Spirit. Here again, the scriptures such as we have them are helpful but inferior for receiving direction and correction.
The very point I'm making is the need to earnestly seek the Author and Finisher of Our Faith in Person, directly, Spirit-to-spirit, and beyond mere intellectual study of the scriptures. "For the letter of the law kills, but the Spirit gives life!" And "he who has not the Spirit has not Christ."
Thank you for your comments, which are always welcome.
@god_stories - Can hardly wait to read your blog post about Hebrews 2: 10.
Thank you for reading mine.
@KnightInCROATIANarmor - Thanks for the encouragement, Boris.
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