The Holy Spirit and His Gifts | Page 44

God said He would put His law in our "inward parts" — in our hearts or spirits. It is by the Holy Spirit that God's laws are written in our hearts (2 Cor. 3:3). Also, because you are born again, you will know by the Holy Spirit living on the inside of you what to do in every situation in life, for He is our Guide into all truth (John 16:13). Just look on the inside; check to see what the Holy Spirit within your human spirit is leading you to do (Rom. 8:14). The trouble with many folks is that instead of looking to the Holy Ghost within them to guide and lead them, they are looking on the outside for their answer. They are running around looking for another person to give them the answer they need. Let me give you an example of someone who just needed to "look on the inside" to the Holy Spirit who dwells within. We were holding a Faith Seminar in Ohio, and after one of the morning services, a man came up to me and said, "Brother Hagin, I want you to pray for me." The man explained his prayer request. "For several years," he said, "I was a member of a church here in town. "I had a disagreement with the pastor," the man continued, "and ended up leaving the church. Since then we've gotten our disagreement all straightened out and we're good friends. But for seven years now I've been going to another church." The man said, "Recently there have been some developments at the church where I have been attending. The pastor has left and I have felt like leaving too. "So I don't know what to do," this man concluded. "I don't know whether I should stay at this church I've been attending, find a new church, or go back to the church I left seven years ago. I want you to pray that the Lord would guide me." I said, "All right, we'll just agree together that you will understand what God is saying to you because John 16:13 says the Holy Spirit is our Guide, and Romans 8:14 says that as many as are led by the Spirit, they are the sons of God." And so I laid my hand on his forehead, and began to pray. I had only prayed a few words when the Spirit of God on the inside of me said, "Ask him what he's got in his heart." You see, that is where the Holy Spirit is, in your heart or your spirit. That is where you are going to find the guidance you need. The Bible says, "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. . ." (Prow. 20:27). I stopped praying and I said to the man, "Open your eyes and look at me." He opened his eyes and I said, "Dear brother, look right down in your heart, your spirit. Don't look at me. Don't look up to your head. Look right down on the inside of you." You see, when the Bible talks about your heart, it is not talking about the physical organ that pumps blood through your body and keeps you alive. Romans 10:10 says, ". . . with the HEART man BELIEVETH unto righteousness. ..." Well, you couldn't believe with your physical heart any more than you could believe with your physical