“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24
OUR OWN INTERESTS AND ATTITUDES FALL WAY SHORT:
—Jeremiah 10:23 “O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”
—Proverbs 16:25 “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”
—Romans 3:10-12 “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
—Romans 7:18 “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”
We know what this means for an unsaved person. They must become convicted of their sin condition unto the point of repentance = having a complete change of mind about themselves before God, unto turning from what they are unto God, to be saved by the power of His grace.
But also after we are saved, we still must have the conviction of our personal sin condition to override everything about ourselves, as Paul said in Romans 7:18 “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.”
WE NEED THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DO GOD’S WORK:
—Acts 1:8 “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
—John 16:13 “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”
—Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”
—Acts 4:31,33 “And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.”
“Seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you.”
SHARING
