H.S. COMMAND

By Rick Mathes

Galatians 3:14 (NASB77) ¹⁴  in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Just a hint from God is a command. When God commands, He demands. Our Triune God includes equal to the Father and the Son the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a person not a power as so many seem to understand Him. He has all the attributes of the Father and Son equally, without reservation which includes the right to command us to obey Him.

It begins by walking with the Holy Spirit. Jesus did have Him remain in our lives as our teacher and interceder when He ascended into heaven. We are reminded to walk hand-in-hand with the H.S. and the closer the walk is the closer to our Lord’s will we will be. There shouldn’t be any daylight between us. He will bring to memory all those teachings of our God so we won’t force them.

How, I ask, can anyone grieve the H.S. on purpose and not repent of it? I know the unforgiveable sin is only unbelief but it seems to me that when you disobey the H.S. you are displaying unbelief that the H.S. is God. If you believe the H.S. is God you have no choice but to obey Him. God so loved the world that He didn’t send a committee! He sent Jesus and Jesus sent the Holy Spirit. A command from the H.S. is a demand from Jesus.

How much Holy Spirit is there, how much room do you have to be filled and how much of Him will you allow of Him to fill you? I just know that you were not afraid of how much sin filled you to send you to hell So I ask, why are you so afraid of being filled to the brim with Him and live? If you weren’tafraid to die in hell, why are you afraid to live in Him in heaven? I’ll tell you why; you don’t want to give up all of your sins. You have one or more sins you deceided that He would overlook. You are dead wrong!

You quench or hold back the fullness of His commands because you do not pray to Jesus with a clear conscience. The sins that you allow to run rampant in your soul sour your prayers and make them unacceptable to God. The darkness has no place in the light. You are not obeying the commands of God to be holy as He is holy. Not good!