“And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24:49.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
We are continuing considering the three things that you should know that address the very core and essence of your life. This revelation comes in a prayer from the Holy Spirit penned by My apostle Paul, and he prays that you who believe in My Son may know the hope of My calling, the riches of the glory of My inheritance in the holy ones, and what is the surpassing greatness of My power into you who believe. Ephesians 1:18-19. In these three revelations you find your purpose, the plan, the reward and the power to attain it. It reveals who you are, what you have, and how you achieve it.
And today we are going to address what we began in our last Life Lesson: what is the surpassing greatness of the power I have poured into and upon you who believe. Ephesians 1:19.
When Jesus arrived back at My throne, having purified you of sin and reconciled you to Me, He received the Holy Spirit from Me and poured Him out upon you. He put divinity into humanity and humanity into divinity. He worked in you and in Me for oneness between us.
But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17.
Jesus is the resurrection and the life and I promise that same Spirit that raised Him from the dead to raise you up on the last day.
In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of possession, to the praise of His glory. Ephesians 1:13-14.
Yesterday we talked about the Oneness with Me in Jesus by the fellowship of the Holy Spirit in you and on you. Jesus, by His blood, cleansed you of all sin and redeemed you from the law of sin and death, you are released from all that kept us apart. You are now ambassadors of My Kingdom with the ministry of reconciliation since Jesus has already reconciled you to Me. He is the propitiation of your sins and for everyone’s sins in the whole world. All you have to do is receive My gift to you of Jesus and you are right with Me having received My righteousness as your own by the substitutionary sacrificial work of Jesus on your behalf. So now that you have all that, what are you to do? The works Jesus did and greater. How? By the power of the Holy Spirit in you and on you. Just as He did. Oneness in purpose, plan, reward, and power.
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.” John 14:15-17.
This is amazing if you understand it. You have My power that empowered Jesus as one like you when He was on earth in you. And it is Jesus that gave Him to you by purifying you by His blood from your sins. And in Him I gave you My Word as one among you in action showing you how to use My Word to frame and transform your world. And transformed by the renewal of your mind in My Word you are ready to discern the Holy Spirit leading you in your spirit.
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son. The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. 1 John 5:5-12.
So what can you expect from having My Spirit dwelling in your spirit?
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
You can expect holiness but there is so much more.
I want you to utilize the greatest gift of all. I have given you My Spirit, My very essence, to be in you and with you always. I have made you a partaker of My divine nature. We can now communicate at a whole new level. And you can walk in confidence knowing exactly what to do at all times by the leadings, witness, promptings, directions, corrections, and teaching of My Holy Spirit in you and on you.
Very few walk in this level of life, even though you can all do so from the least to the greatest. And why is that? Ignorance of the presence of My Spirit is a huge factor, even in born again believers, but the primary reason is because, whether out of ignorance, worldliness, selfish ambition, lust, or rebellion, they will not yield to the promptings of the Spirit. Many grieve and quench Him. And many live in the outer court, so to speak, of the flesh following only the reasonings and analytic abilities of the human mind, and the ups and downs of the world, but that is not enough for you to walk in freedom from fear. They never enter the Holy of Holies through Jesus has opened the way, a new and living way.
The Holy Spirit. You see Him acting in union with Me from the beginning of the creation of the world. He was hovering over the dark waters, over the void, and I spoke the Word, “Light be” and light was. First came the Light of Life and the rest of My life-filled world followed. And you see Him rushing upon the saints of old—on prophets, judges, leaders of the people, kings, and priests. You see Him giving skill to craftsmen, builders, warriors, and people I called to ministry. It was not by human prowess and might that wonders happened, but by My Spirit. David knew that My Spirit was upon him from the day Samuel anointed him and his greatest fear when he sinned was that I would take My Holy Spirit from him. But not everyone was anointed and not everyone walked in that prophetic light. But Moses prayed that you would all prophesy. And Joel had a vision of it for the latter days, the early and the latter rain. When I would pour out My Spirit like liquid love upon all flesh who had opened their hearts to receive by being born again in My Son.
But My Son had to be glorified first in order that you would be able to join your spirits with Mine. For all who believe come to new life in Him. “Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” John 7:37-39.
And who is this Spirit? I tell you He is the LORD Spirit. He is One God with Me and My Son and you will see Him described as My Spirit and also as the Spirit of Jesus. He proceeds from our essence and is Light and Love as we are. I in Him, He in Me, Jesus in Me, the Spirit in Jesus, Jesus in the Spirit, and I am all in all. I fellowship with you in the Spirit and so does Jesus as you partner with us in the Spirit, He is the divine life that fills the branches attached to the vine of Jesus and produces fruit with your Spirit. And I am the vinedresser. The vine keeper. He is how I put My hand on you in power and impart healing and health into your mortal bodies. Remember? My servant Luke told you that when Jesus was present the power to heal was present. And when the woman touched the tassel on His garment, Jesus knew the power had issued forth from Him into that woman to heal her. And she took that healing by faith. And after I raised Jesus from the dead and He ascended to Me and poured out the Spirit on all believers, then even Peter’s shadow healed the sick with the power of the Spirit in him.
But My Son gave the greatest introduction to the Holy Spirit in His ministry to you on the night He was betrayed. And He amazed His disciples when He said, “I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (the Paraclete) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.” John 16:7. Better to be without His physical presence? Well, that was limited but the presence by the Spirit fills everywhere and every place at one and the same time. To have My counsel, help, and direction you need only look into the deepest recesses of your soul to your spirit for My indwelling presence by My Spirit.
And what did Jesus tell His apostles about what the Holy Spirit was going to do for them that it was so very advantageous He come back to Me to send Him? He told them there was much more He wanted to tell them about spiritual things and His mission and theirs but they were not ready for it yet. But He told them there was One He would send to them who would take up where He had left off, “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” John 16:12-13.
And what would this wondrous Paraclete, the one ever at your side as your helper, comforter, director, teacher and guide do? What is the Holy Spirit’s ministry to you? To empower you to witness and bring all into salvation, John 15:26; Acts 1:8, to reveal to you My deep thoughts, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, to reveal to you My Will for your life, John 16:13-15, to guide you to all truth, John 16:13, to enlighten and reveal to you the meanings of My Word, 1 Corinthians 2:10-11, tell you of the things to come, John 16:13, teach you all things, John 14:26, bring to your remembrance all I have said, John 14:26, give you words and a wisdom no one can take exception to or contradict, Luke 21:15, build you up, encourage you, exhort you, comfort you, inspire you, John 14:16; 1 Corinthians 14, testify to and witness with your spirit that you are My child, My heir and a joint heir with Christ and that your sins and offenses I remember NO MORE, Romans 8:16; Hebrews 10:15-17, testify to Jesus, John 15: 26-27, give you grace gifts that manifest My presence for the benefit of all, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, produce fruit in you with your spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, and lead you, Romans 8:14. And that is not the half of what He does. He is the anointing and He is the power in you that gives life to your mortal body and raises you to a glorified body on the Last Day. Romans 8:11. He is the anointing. He makes you One with Me and makes your body His temple and My house. “But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Titus 3:4-7. “And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:5. Living waters, liquid love, pure and refreshing, the fountain of life welling up within you so that you will never thirst again. On Pentecost, the crowd thought the believers were drunk with new wine. There is JOY in the Holy Spirit. If you want joy in your life, desire earnestly the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 14:1.
For My Son came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; for through Him you have your access in one Spirit to Me, the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of My household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in Jesus, in whom you also are being built together into My dwelling in the Spirit. Ephesians 2:17-22.
Jesus did not leave you orphans. “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper (paraklétos: a legal advocate, intercessor, a consoler, comforter, helper), that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:16-18.
Now if you have a helper, a comforter, an advocate, a guide, a leader, one who prays with and intercedes for you, Romans 8:26, one who tells you of the things to come, puts healing power in you, and gives you access to Me so you can converse with Me, and hear My Words and thoughts to give you direction and revelation and empower you to succeed, and gives you spiritual gifts such as a word of wisdom, a word of knowledge, supernatural faith, gifts of healings, effecting of miracles prophecy, distinguishing of spirits, various kinds of tongues, and the interpretation of tongues, why would you fear anything or anyone? In the Spirit, I pull back the curtain that veils you from seeing things as I see them, in Him I give you glimpses of the things in the spirit that are surrounding you. You can see as I see and say what I say for you will hear My Words to you that are just for that moment. Where My Spirit is there is freedom.
And you will sing with David, “I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4. For I did not give you a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of self-control (self-discipline with wisdom and prudence). 2 Timothy 1:7. My gift of the Holy Spirit fulfills My promise to never leave you or forsake you. And it is the fulfillment of “Do not fear, I am with you.”
I love you. The Holy Spirit is My promise and gift to you. Acts 2:33; Acts 1:4-5; John 4:10; Acts 38-39. Jesus came to earth and died for you to be reconciled to Me so that Jesus could return to Heaven and pour out the Holy Spirit into your heart, so you could become a House of God and a Gate of Heaven. Acts 2:33; 1 Corinthians 3:16, John 16:7. I want you up at a whole new level. And I have given you My Spirit to get there. And once He is in you, He gives you gifts, produces fruit with your spirit, and gives you new life to raise you up on the last day.