The church is receiving the wonder for beginning to begin to believe the Holy Spirit is active among us. For congregations that don't, we try to live as trees which bear no fruit. In such times we may carry the Church of Christ banner just as properly named trees; apple trees, yet there simply are no apples.
What enthuses me about the truth of the Holy Spirit is that we are able to gain proper understanding from the Word; from the Word He inspired. The Bible teaches us of God's Holy Spirit poured out for all. We are to receive Him at baptism.
Acts 2:38--one of Churches of Christ's most fundamental passages--clearly says we are to each receive the Holy Spirit when sins are washed. This is not to be taken lightly.
The Spirit gives life (II Cor. 3:4-5). The rules cause death.
The church has tried to build itself rather than being built by Jesus in Spirit form. When we break from our own self-imposed church standards and begin to venture into the uncharted waters of the Spirit, new life happens. It is supposed to.
So why does the Spirit not get a better shot among us? One word. Fear.
Some members are so infected with fear that the error to not move seems better than to move about in risk to find at times we got it wrong. When we learn to relax in Jesus, we can begin to roam about in the Kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit is active among us. To what extent, who would fully ever realize? The same question is posed when trying to learn of the size of God. The more we learn of Him the more clueless we become. If we learn one thing about God we have three new unanswered questions.
Therefore, don't avoid the Holy Spirit and His workings. He is God within us. Be overwhelmed...in all the right ways.
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