The Holy Spirit

Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Heb 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Heb 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Heb 12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Heb 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: A child of God is corrected when we do something wrong. There are a lot of people who say they are Christians and it never seems like they get corrected for doing something wrong. I have seen a lot of them in my family. Not to cast a snare on them. It just gets me worried for them when I see stuff that is so wrong but they feel it is okay to do. Not that I judge them but I worry for there soul. Some say well he is doing it I will be all right to do it! Being a bastards, and not sons is not a Good thing! Being a Christian and not being chastised by God is not a good thing. How can you be a son of God?(Christian) without being chastised. Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If he has not receiveth you then you are non of his. It is scary thing to me to believe you are a Christian and are not being chastised by the spirit of a all wise and living God. I would be on my knees!

 

Awesome! Both of you simply awesome! And I'll go further and say the Holy Spirit will manifest in us and great things will happen!The Holy Ghost is a river that will flow out of the believer performing great signs and wonders, and not lay dormant like a lake.:jesus:

 

Amen brother!!!

Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

 

I have largely found the dismissal of the work of the Holy Spirit to be a myth, constantly perpetrated.

In almost every Baptist church, and with almost every Baptist person to whom I have had a conversation on this topic wished to be somewhat quiet about the topic of the Holy Spirit, lest he or she (or they) be seen as "charismatic" in some sense by other Baptists who do not hold to the same doctrine. At the end of the day, we've been taught to be quiet about the work of the Holy Spirit in order to not offend some, but the question is, WHO? For virtually every one I talk to or hear of is working in the Spirit and admits such.

Perhaps a tactic of the enemy?

 

The issue sometimes comes down to how He leads us...

I've met people who say things like, "God told me to..." or "God said..." And, when I ask them how God said or told them to do or know something they can't really answer. In a lot of cases, I'm wondering if it were God at all...

Especially when some of the things they claim that God has told or said go directly against the written, revealed Word.

Case in point, a man once told me that "God told me that I should divorce my wife so that I can be like the Apostle Paul, "single" and available for the work of ministry." When I argued that God would not say something like that because He already "said" some rather important things about marriage, the man insisted, and became divorced. Of course, he also had no ministry either. Guess it was someone else that "said." :tear:

On the board, one person made a point in a post, claiming that he "knew" because God revealed it to him. I asked him to explain this, but he could not. If God can "say" to one, He can "say" to all, and I get suspicious when He only says to one... :thumbs:

 

Ann, what a blessing! My wife and I have had similar, but not as difficult, issues. She miscarried once and we lost our second son.

I also agree with you about the work of the Spirit. But I hear others saying that God has "instructed" them without study, etc., all of which seems to go against the Word, that tells us to study to show ourselves approved and so that we can have an answer to those who ask, not to mention all the OT scriptures that deal with hiding the Word in our heart, teaching the Word to our children, etc., all of which imply something in addition to osmosis.