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GOD IS SPIRIT: Day 5 of 5

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“Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.” (1 Corinthians 12:7 NIV)

Have you ever thought about the idea that the manifest presence of God is working through us as we display the miraculous gifts of the Spirit? God, the Creator, is present and demonstrating His power and authority, as we speak in tongues, perform miraculous gifts of healing, bring a prophetic word or word of knowledge, discern between spirits, and more. If you have experienced that power and presence of God, you have no doubt that He is real. Even if the rest of the world doesn’t believe you, you have no other explanation for that power except that God is absolutely present. You can feel Him take over when you yield yourself to Him.

Let’s look at the Scripture passage about the manifestation of the Spirit in the miraculous gifts (which differs from the service gifts).

“Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, ‘Jesus be cursed,’ and no one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit. There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.” (1 Corinthians 12:1-11 NIV)

That passage has much to unpack. “The same Spirit distributes them”; “the same Lord”; “The same God”; “by means of the same Spirit”; and “All these are the work of one and the same Spirit … just as he determines”. Is there ANY mention of more than one Spirit?

Do you believe, with the evidence and proof texts that I provided this week, that God is Spirit and that there is only one Spirit of God? What questions do you have about this topic? Are you willing to study this to please God?

God is Spirit: Study: John 4:23-24; Genesis 1:2; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 61:1; 1 Colossians 1:15; Acts 7:48-49; Acts 17:24-28; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11, 6:11; 1 Timothy 1:17.

GOD IS SPIRIT: Day 4 of 5

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Often I hear the Holy Spirit referred to as “It” rather than “He”. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. He is always referred to in the Scriptures as “He”. He is God!

Where you stand with the Holy Spirit is important. In tomorrow’s post, we will study the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, but today let’s talk about hearing the Spirit speak and letting the Spirit speak through us.

Revelation 2:17 (NIV): “Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.”

The phrase “whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says” is used in several places throughout Scripture but most often in the book of Revelation. It appears in all seven letters to the churches. Do you have ears? What is the Spirit saying?

Have you ever knowingly allowed the Spirit to speak through you? Let’s look at a few verses that describe God giving us the words to say.

Matthew 10:19-20 (NIV): “But when you are handed over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say. For at that time you will be given what to say, for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you”.

Mark 13:11 (NIV): “Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit”.

Luke 12:11-12 (NIV): “When you are brought before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say”.

The Holy Spirit can speak to us, through us, and against us. We should be constantly aware that He hears our thoughts and words. He is aware of the pureness or darkness in each heart. He knows if you are for Him or against Him.

Isaiah 63:10 (NIV): “Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.”

GOD IS SPIRIT: Day 2 of 5

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Reminder: Son=Flesh and Father=Spirit

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him. Philip said, ‘Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.’ Jesus answered: ‘Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.” (John 14:6-10 NIV)

“Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” Why would Jesus say those words? It can only be that He was telling them that He is the Father. He is the Spirit of the Father who was at that time wearing Son flesh. Jesus is not a separate God. He is the one and only Spirit of God. We need to look beyond the flesh to see Him.

Let’s look at another Scripture passage that is often misinterpreted to suggest that Jesus is not the same God as the Father. It is intentionally worded so let’s look closely.

Red letter words: “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matthew 24:36 NIV) (Also in Mark 13:32)

The Son (flesh) doesn’t know, but only the (Spirit) Father knows. So let me ask you a question” Does your flesh know the things that your spirit knows? Obviously NOT. Our physical being has a brain that operates our physical body. But our mind is part of our spirit that operates our spiritual body. Again, the flesh is temporary but the spirit is eternal. Our flesh gets buried in the ground and our spirit is transported to Heaven. We need to look beyond our flesh to see our spirit.

If you did not carefully read that passage, you might misinterpret it to say that the Spirit wearing flesh doesn’t know what the Spirit without flesh knows. Jesus is the Father (Spirit) who chose to wear Son flesh. Notice that it DOES NOT say that Jesus doesn’t know the day.

“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, for, ‘Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?’ But we have the mind of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 2:14-16 NIV)

Trinity Doctrine Arguments

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They all say that they want revival to happen. But do you believe them?

Why would God deliver revival to a nation that ignores Him? Why would God use pastors who teach Trinitarian bogus theology to lead a Christian revival movement? Why would He anoint pastors who reject the anointing that God puts on women to unite His people?

All these pastors need to do is learn to hear God’s voice in prayer and hear His true doctrines directly from Him … and of course obey Him to teach those truths correctly. Listen, I have tried countless times to connect with a few of the pastors that God has named to help them learn to hear God’s voice in prayer. They don’t want to learn. They want their own seats of honor AND they do not want God to send a woman to teach them. So, that’s where I’m at!

I don’t know how to convince them that God is a “He” not a “They”. I hear them say it wrong all the time.

One God, God is Spirit, One Name, One Savior, One First & Last. It seems clear to me, but for whatever reason, those pastors cannot be convinced. If only they would hear God tell them … maybe then they would understand.