Gal 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer
I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me
NKJV
In a Nigerian movie I watched many years ago, there was this
young man who lived a ruthless and debouched lifestyle; he never really had an
opportunity to give his life to Jesus Christ until One day after he was
involved in a ghastly motor accident and was about to die on the hospital bed;
He was led to Christ by a reverend and he decided on his death bed to accept
Jesus Christ as his lord and savior. Hours later he died…the movie allegorized
a court in heaven where after the man died and was to be judged, the devil was
the prosecuting attorney against the young man, Jesus was the defending lawyer
for the young man, the Holy Spirit was the witness in support of the young man
while satan’s demons were the witnesses against him. God was the supreme judge.
Satan argued that the young man didn’t deserve to go to paradise (even though
he accepted Christ before he died) because he lived most of his life in sin and
under his dominion. Jesus on the other hand said the young man was to go to
paradise because he accepted salvation in His name before he died…when
witnesses were brought, the Holy Spirit witnessed in support of the man; that
he had accepted Christ. When satan brought in his witnesses, he brought the
demon of lust who witnessed against the man; that he was a customer of his
merchandise. Satan brought in several other demons who witnessed against the
young man; they all testified that they knew him very well because they used to
live in him when he was in the world. Finally, satan said ‘my lord, I want to bring
in the spirit of lying and let me prove that this man should not enter
paradise, you said all liars shall have their part in the lake of fire…’ When
the spirit of lying came into the witness box, satan asked him if he knew the
man, the spirit of lying looked very keenly on the man, took his time to
observe and then said looking very sincerely “ I don’t know him, I have never
seen him or lived in him even for one minute” satan was infuriated at the
spirit of lying because he expected him to say that he used to live in the
man-which would have been the truth, but, the spirit of lying just had to lie,
that is it’s nature. Off course satan lost the case.
So it is with a man that is possessed by such a spirit.
When a man is possessed with an unclean spirit, that man
cannot but express the nature of that spirit. There are some people that must
just steal even for no good reason, some others must tell lies, others must
lust etc. A man usually behaves in the nature of the spirit that lives in him.
When the spirit of Jesus Christ (who is the Holy Ghost),
lives in you, you cannot but live out and express the nature of Jesus-These are
what is called the fruit of the Spirit.
You need to pray to God every day to fill you afresh with the
Holy Spirit. The concept of being filled exists only because there is the
possibility of not being filled. You need to walk every day with a
consciousness of the Holy Spirit’s presence within you-this is how to walk in
the spirit.
1 comment:
I wil appreciate counsellin frm u.thank u n God bless
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