A call to Spirit listeners (Part 2)

So what Spirit are we listening to?  Who is He?  And how do we know Him?

Before we look at who He is, let's first look at who He is not:

He is not the Universe, or you, or me, or creation, or everything, or nothing, or the all, or whatever we think He is.

He is God, The One Who is Who He is, The Creator of everything and everyone.  The Spirit of God the Father, The Spirit of God the Son, the Spirit of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel.

This is the Spirit I am listening to, and I am seeking to listen with you, if you are listening to the Spirit of the Only True God.

How do I know?  And how can we know together?

1. The Spirit always acknowledges and honors the Lord Jesus:  honoring who He is--the Son of the Living God, and what He did--Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven.

2. The Spirit gives Jesus' followers power to bear witness to who Jesus is--convicting unbelievers and carnal believers of sin, and encouraging spiritual believers in the knowledge and likeness of Christ, uniting them in this pursuit.

3.  The Spirit always brings about love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  Key words--love, peace, and self-control.  God is love, therefore His motive is always love.  God is peace, therefore He never authors confusion or chaos.  And as it is written, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." The Spirit will never render you passive in mind or will.  Satan and demons will.  The Spirit will not.  Ever.

So what Spirit are we listening to?  Who is He?  And how do we know?

We are listening to the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the only true God, and we know Him by the testimony of Jesus, by power as Jesus' witnesses, and the fruit of the Spirit that comes from yielding to Him.

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