Holy Spirit is the helper that Jesus sent for us. Anointing of
Holy Spirit is the God's presence in us. He “will teach you all things and will remind you of everything
I(Jesus) have said to you. John 14:26” . He crowns us with Spirit of Sonship, “ For you have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry,
Abba, Father. Romans 8:15”. He will remind us of our worth and value in Christ.
Holy Spirit is pictured
as pigeon in the Bible, as they don’t stand even slight disturbance. Our
mistakes leak the anointing from our life; refill is possible only via worship.
In the previous article we learned what we lose and don’t lose, when we miss
the anointing. Let us learn more about it.
Gifts
of Holy Spirit
Gift is something that
we get on our birthday, for free. Not that we don’t know what a gift is; when
it comes to gifts from God, we tend to think we have to earn it. We don’t lose
a gift just because we feel not worthy of having it or using it.
Last
month’s prayer request included my cousin’s marriage. The prayer was included
for the second time as she had not received the blessing by then. I prayed
harder as I began to think, my prayer wasn’t good enough to bring down the
stronghold.
One day in the prayer, Holy Spirit revealed me
about His Gifts. He asked if, "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not
of yourselves (not your efforts), it is the gift of God; not as a result of
works, that no one should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9), why would your prayers not be good enough?
1 Corinthians: 12 reveal us the Gifts of Holy
Spirit
1)
Word of Wisdom
2)
Word of Knowledge
3)
Faith
4)
Gifts of Healing
5)
Working of Miracles
6)
Prophecy
7)
Discerning of Spirits
8) Divers
(or different) kinds of Tongues
9)
Interpretation of (different) Tongues
It is on purpose I am not allowed to depend
on my worth, so that I can’t boast in myself. Rather I need to boast in the
love of God in Christ to receive the Gifts of Holy Spirit. “For if they which are of the
efforts be heirs, faith in Christ is made void, and the gifts made of
no effect.Romans 4:14”. It is named as, “Obedience through faith”, in the new
covenant
Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and
you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is
light.”
I took the spirit of Christ in me and learned humility. I left my
burdens at the foot of the cross and found rest.
Fruits
of Holy Spirit
On the other hand, tree
needs to be nourished to bear fruit. You may not know it, but when you accepted
Jesus, Fruits are planted inside you in seed form. "Do
you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in
you?" (1 Corinthians 3:16). "It is no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me" (Galatians 2:20).
Through Jesus Christ,
The Holy Spirit nourishes us to bear fruits. Which Jesus encloses in a single
verse, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in
me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” It is obvious, without the vine(Jesus) through whom the nourishment (Holy Spirit) flows
to the branches, fruits cannot be bore. Christ is the cornerstone.
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, endurance,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such
things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23"
What do branches do? How
do they bear fruits? - They receive the nourishment from the vine. The more
they receive it, the more fruits they bear.
“For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us
with him in the heavenly realms because we(branches) are united with Christ
Jesus(Vine). Ephesians 2:6”
We bear fruits by receiving Holy
spirit through Jesus Christ.
“Peace
He left with you; His peace He gave you. He did not give to you as the world
gives based on circumstances. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be
afraid. John 14:27. Through
the Spirit you can experience joy and peace in every circumstance, no matter
how difficult or painful.
Secret
of receiving a miracle.
Which is difficult ? Receiving a gift or bearing fruit ?
Looking at the list one might mistake that Fruits are easier to get, because we can show kindness to people or have joy in our life to some extent, but can hardly do any miracles.
But in reality, unlike fruits, gifts does not depend on our efforts, it’s given to us based on the
finished work of Christ. In other words, we don't have to put our effort for
healing, “by His stripes we are healed Isaiah 53:5.”
