2Cor.5:17(Amp) says, "Therefore, if any person is ingrafted in Christ Jesus (the Messiah), he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old previous moral and Spiritual condition has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
Many have settled for just being saved and remain carnal men/women, without seriously working to develop the new creation into the Super-natural person we've been created to be. Just prior to His Ascension, Jesus told the disciples this in Acts1:8(Amp), "But you shall receive power, ability, efficiency, and might, when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of (the very bounds of), the earth."
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the Super-natural Power of God, to do the work that Jesus did. Without the Holy Spirit, we would be just another religion. Jesus gave a mandate to His followers in Mark16:17-18(Amp) to "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel." In Verse 17, Jesus said that, "These Super-natural signs will accompany those who believe in the Gospel, saying, "And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe; in My Name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; They will pick up serpents, and even if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."
This mandate hasn't been rescinded and this power is for those who believe, are filled with or baptized with the Holy Spirit. The Super-natural manifestations are the Presence of the same Holy Spirit Jesus had in Him and is now in us. There are no signs and wonders for the world to witness a Living Savior, without the Holy Spirit. Jesus said in Luke11:15(Amp), "If you then being evil as you are [speaking to those who aren't born-again yet] know how to give good gifts (gifts that are to their advantage), to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask, and continue to ask Him."
Receiving the Holy Spirit in the power of Baptism, is the main requirement for us to walk in the Super-natural ability of God. Jesus Himself did no mighty works, until He received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Mark1:9-10(Amp), which says, "In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when He came up out of the water, at once he (John) saw the Heavens torn open and the Holy Spirit like a dove coming down to enter into Him (Jesus)."
If Jesus needed the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, in order to begin His Own ministry, then how much more do we need the Power of the Holy Spirit today? This Super-natural ability comes only by and through the Baptism of the Holy Spirit living within and upon us today. Jesus spoke to His disciples about the Holy Spirit's coming and how important the Holy Spirit would be to them, after Jesus went to the Father, in John16:13(Amp), saying, "But when He, the Holy Spirit the Spirit of Truth (the Truth Giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole Truth and full Truth). For He will not speak His Own Message on His Own authority, but He will tell whatever He hears from the Father; He will give the Message that has been given to Him, and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come (that will happen in the future)."
Many read the Word, without comprehending or receiving the Truth of it for their own lives. The Holy Spirit is the One Who brings Revelation into our lives. Jesus said in John16:7(Amp), "However, I Am telling you nothing but the Truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away, Because if I do not go away, the Comforter, Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby, will not come to you, into close fellowship with you; but if I go away I will send Him to you, to be in close fellowship with you."
Our Source of Super-natural ability and power, comes from the Same Source that worked in and through Jesus. It takes the Holy Spirit in us, in order to demonstrate the visible Presence of God to the world. Our Heavenly Father didn't say, "I was the Almighty God," but He said, "I Am Almighty God." We speak like the awesome things He did before, are no longer available today. He is the "same yesterday, today, and forever" and He does not change. These attesting signs and wonders still follow the Message of the Gospel today. The Church has been talked out of believing that the Power of the Holy Spirit is still available for us today.
When we believe in the Holy Spirit Who lives in us, then He will do what He came to do and perform the signs and wonders, so the world can see the True God. It's not us who does the works, we only need to read God's Word, ask to be filled with the Holy Spirit and believe what God says is True. We must listen and hear what He would have us do today. He has done all the work for us, but we must believe, receive and go into all the world, like Jesus said in Mark 16:20(Amp), saying, "And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the Message by the attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied it. Amen (so be it)."
Let's receiving the Holy Spirit today.
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