Word of Grace Studies

We should pay attention to what is recorded concerning Adam and Eve and the action by Adam that brought sin and death into this world. It was by his disobedience. We see the misery that it has caused in contrast to what life was like before he disobeyed God. Today, in our dispensation of Grace, we should choose to obey God. Not misapplying Scripture but taking it for exactly what it says. Today all who are saved belong to the Church. We have a better covenant built upon better promises, so we are not to try to take Israel’s promises and apply them to ourselves. We live by grace out from faith; therefore, we are not to live by law. We are able to mature and properly discern the difference between good and evil by using the renewed mind we have in Christ. We are able to overcome our sin nature through the truth. We can walk in the light and fellowship with God. But we can only do this if we obey. Ask yourself, are you willing to obey God today, or do you prefer the calamity our disobedience brings?  

in Whom we have full redemption; the forgiveness of sins, Colossians 1:14

2 John 9 Everyone transgressing and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The one remaining in the doctrine, this one has also the Father and the Son.

Do you want to experience the Holy Spirit? Listen to the good desires you have. Listen and obey and you will experience God in every aspect of your life. We really do not need God to speak to us, show us miracles, do signs and wonders, or anything else He has done to show humans that He is God. Because we can see from history humans still did not follow Him even after experiencing Him in these ways. We abide in Christ and Christ abides in us; therefore, we experience God in a completely different way than from what we read of in the Old Testament. We now have a connection to God in our rational part. He now guides us through knowing the truth and teaching us how to discern each situation to do what is right. We are able to mature and not be garrisoned around by laws; rather, because of our relationship with God we are able to live a life of righteousness by using the renewed mind we have, through which we truly can understand what God’s desirous will is in any situation. This is experiencing the Holy Spirit.  

As we go throughout our day let's pay attention to the desires the Holy Spirit is giving us so that we are doing what is right; having the correct focus in our minds, putting on the armor of light so that we are seeking to do what is good. And if we keep stumbling in areas of our lives, we need to go back to the truth taught to us by good pastors and apply it to our lives so that the Holy Spirit, through the truth, can teach us how to begin to feel at ease with who we are in Christ resulting in a life that seeks righteousness and rejects all manner of wickedness. This is truly experiencing the Holy Spirit. 

in all inherent ability while being empowered according to the proper opinion of His might into all patience and longsuffering with joy, Colossians 1:11

Every transgressor and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The one remaining in the doctrine, this one has also the Father and the Son.

Walking is a term used to describe how we generally manage our lives. Prior to being saved we walked according to the age of this world, which is a malignantly evil period. We had a lifestyle that was controlled by the futility of the mind. Now we are God’s children and are to walk in the light. This is a lifestyle that rejects the works of the flesh and seeks to fulfil the desires of the Spirit so that we are fellowshipping with God.

The leading of the Holy Spirit comes by the desires He gives us to do the will of God in our lives. This is not done in ignorance, which means we need to use the new mind we have in Christ and decern what direction He is leading us through identifying His desires and following them. We do not use law to do this, for one who is living by law is acting like a child and will not understand the leading of the Holy Spirit. Don’t take those desires you have to do what is right lightly. It is the Holy Spirit expressing to you His desires for your life and how you are to live it out in a way that glorifies God. This type of leading has a far greater impact on our lives than words or anything we may see, because it directly impacts us at our very core. Let us use what God has given us, see things as they really are, know what God’s will is for us, and discern each situation in our lives so that we are led by the Holy Spirit.  

Understanding that the Holy Spirit impacts our desires is important because He has no need to speak to us or to show us signs and wonders. He influences us far greater than any of those could do. He indwells us and just like our flesh or our emotions, He gives us desires. We need to take the time to learn to recognize these desires and follow them. Therefore, experiencing the Holy Spirit is not an emotional thing. The hairs on the back of our neck do not stand up, we do not get goose bumps, we are not put in a trance, or made to laugh uncontrollably, or speak in gibberish (some try to pass this off as speaking in tongues); rather, it is by using the new mind we have in Christ and training our senses to discern the difference between the desires we get so that we determine what is proper and what is wrong, knowing that ultimately the desire to do what is right is coming from God and is a direct result of fellowshipping with Him. So the next time you have a desire to do what is right, that is the Holy Spirit communicating with you.