JOHN 6 : 63 says,
It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing : the words that I
speak unto you, they are spirit, and they
are life.
W
hat does the spirit do? The
spirit quickens. What is the meaning of
quickening? And what does the spirit
quicken? We all are aware of the Holy
Spirit. But when we use the word Holy
Spirit, the only thing that comes to our
mind is speaking in Tongues. Many
people ask for the Holy Spirit which
means they want to speak in tongues.
People limit their knowledge to only
tongues and some of them do not
want to speak in tongues.
When we are going from
truth and glory to more
truth and more glory,
then people who cannot
know more truth, will get
separated. This is the reason why there is a fall out
among the churches.
People often pray for
the 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit. Did the Holy Spirit give
us only 9 gifts? No! He can
give us more than 90 crore of gifts. We
should actually know how the Spirit operates. The Holy Spirit will come into a
person who believes Jesus irrespective
of whether he is baptized or not. Peter
is actually surprised at this. When Peter
was praying for the Gentiles, the Holy
Spirit came upon them. He is surprised
because he thinks that a person should
be Holy, be baptized and then the Holy
Spirit will come. But at the sight of the
Holy Spirit downpour, he immediately
baptises the whole lot of people. The
Holy Spirit quickens us and heals us.
Let us study about the Holy Spirit.
HEBREWS 2 : 3 - 4 says,
How shall we escape, if we neglect so
great salvation; which at the first began
to be spoken by the Lord, and was con-
firmed unto us by them that heard him;
God also bearing them witness, both
with signs and wonders, and with divers
miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Salvation is great. How did it start
first? By the words spoken by the Lord.
It is only the beginning. What are the
signs and wonders? That which cannot
be explained by nature or creation are
called signs and wonders. They are not
a natural, routine event. To show that it
is of the Lord, after the Word, a sign or
wonder is given. Every believer can do
great miracles or wonders which were
not done or seen by anybody. The Holy
Spirit is capable to do many wonders.
Miracles are related to faith. Law is
the greatest hinderance for faith. Some
people are stuck in unbelief because of
Law. Law makes the faith vain and the
promise null and void. When Law is
preached, miracles do not occur. The
Holy Spirit is capable to do signs, wonders and diverse miracles. There are diverse gifts of the Holy Spirit. But Paul
teaches for the beginners that there are
9 gifts.
The Supernatural is more real than
the natural. The creator’s place is more
real than the creation that He has created. The creator’s works are more real
than the works of the earth. And Jesus
said, “ You will also do the works that
I do”. The healing and prosperity are
real than the sickness and poverty. Everything in heaven is more true than
the earthly system. Resurrection is real
when compared to death because we
rise up.We can go to Heaven even without dying if we have faith like Enoch
and Elia. The Holy Spirit is ready to do
great miracles provided we spend time
with God. But Satan will keep us busy
by giving us wealth, studies etc. He will
divert our attention so that we will not
have time for the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is a quickening Spirit.
What kind of a gift is this? Can we call it
as a gift which gives life? Yes! If we have
a sickness in our body, we are scared of
it because it may result in death. If we
do not have money, we cannot survive
in this world. So the fear of the world’s
system is that we may die because of
sickness and poverty. The
whole world is in this grip
of ‘fear of death’. The Holy
Spirit will take away the
fear of sickness, death etc.
and “quicken us” that is
make us live! If we are in
a hopless situation of debts
and not capable of making a living, then the Holy
Spirit will give us the ability to earn. If we have committed a mistake and cannot come out of it, then the
Holy Spirit will not condemn us. But it
will work through Grace. Only Grace is
very important.
Law is more dangerous than witchcraft.
By Law we come to know what sin is and
the wages of sin is death. Law will remind us of our sins, make us feel guilty
and bring condemnation and death.
The devil is not a problem. He only uses
the Law to steal, kill and destroy. That is
the reason, God has put life and death
before us. We are supposed to choose
life, Grace and not Law. Grace makes
us live. The Holy Spirit works through
Grace and enables us to live an abundant life. The Holy Spirit quickens us to
a higher level. Even if a person is not
educated or well qualified, he need not
worry. The Holy Spirit can make the
person more able than an educated per
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