Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Sword and Supply of the Spirit

Php 1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,


The supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Supply of the Spirit. We all need a supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. How wonderful it is to think about having a supply of the Spirit. 'For I know that this shall turn to my salvation.... through your prayer...' Through prayer AND the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. It is the Spirit of Jesus Christ that dwells in us, Christ's righteousness in us. Without the Spirit of Jesus Christ in us we have no hope at all for salvation.


Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit...


Praying always in the Spirit.


Eph 6:17 ...the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God


The Spirit has a sword. A sword is used for protection and the word of God is that protection. A sword is used for fighting battles, the Word of God is our sword, life is our battle.


Eph 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit


Filled with the Spirit we don't need to be drunk. May this be all our experience filled with the Spirit. Being drunk gives people a sense of euphoria (at least to start with). Being drunk makes people feel good, that's why they do it, right? Yet drinking to excess, getting drunk to the point we become obnoxious to others and to ourselves, getting into fights, or getting depressed and weepy because of drinking to excess this is wrong and it's the drinking the give us the feelings magnifying them, changing them. People do a lot of things under the influence of alcohol they would never do if they weren't lost in the bottle. Instead of finding the euphoria of alcohol we need to find out euphoria in the Spirit, being filled with the Spirit of God. By the grace and mercy of our Lord we can be filled with the Holy Spirit.


In His amazing love.


Amen.

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