When we become born again ,the first work of the Holy Spirit is our lives.There is power for holy living and service which the spirit grant us for been born again.
As believers it is our responsibility to understand how the Holy Spirit helps us each day and how we should live our lives.
To Bring Us To Salvation
He brings Conviction
An important aspect of the Holy spirit work is to convict ,reprove and convince unconverted people about sin ,righteousness and judgement. John 16 :8-11
Without the spirits work of conviction ,we would remain ignorant of our sinful and lost condition.
He makes us aware of the sinfulness of sin ,of how far short we come of Gods standard of righteousness, and of the awful judgement which awaits every sinner.
He Produces Conversion And Regeneration
Regeneration means spiritual rebirth,spiritual renovation and restoration.
An amazing quote from Titus 3 :5 clarify this "....he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit"
He Liberates Us From The Power Of Sin And Death ,So We can Be Holy
The Holy Spirit help us by leading us away from the power of sin and death.Sin has it own power that enslave leading to the power of death but the power of the Holy Spirit always overcome them if we accept our Lord Jesus Christ.(Roman 8 :2)
He Gives Us An Inward Assurance Of Salvation.
The spirit always bears witness with our spirit ,that we are children of God.The Holy Spirit always gives is that proving assurance that indeed we are saved.The daily guidance and communication which exist between the Holy Spirit and the believer clears this assurances.
"....And it is the spirit that beareth witness,because the spirit is truth."
To Give Us Power For Holy Living
He Guides Us Into Truth
Since the Holy Spirit is truth, He always guide us into knowing the truth, understanding the truth ,and leading us into the truth.The believer is lead to the truth by the Holy Spirit as each day there is a hamony between them.
The Holy Spirit Teaches Us All Things
There are teachers but the greatest among all is the Holy spirit ,He teachers all things.He always teach by uncovering the covered part of our understanding.
He Gives Life To Our Physical Bodies
Romans 8 :11 says ".......he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by his spirit that dwells in you"
The word mortal means bound to die and this refers to our physical bodies.The spirit impart life.Therefore the promise of this scripture is this : When the spirit dwells within us.He will impart life, strength, health ,and vigor to our bodies.
Living in the spirit is a health-promoting exercise.It will increase our physical strength and our life-span.
He Gives Us Power For Service
In Acts 1:8 the scriptures talks about Power.Jesus used the the Greek word dunamis which means power,from which we drive the Word dynamo.A dynamo is a machine that generate power consistent and continuing.
Thus the power of the Spirit within us generates power to enable us to be witnesses for Christ.Not only are we enable to bear witness of Jesus ,we actually become witnesses unto Him
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