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Falling Down

  • Posted on May 5, 2011 at 2:10 am

WHAT About FALLING DOWN??
-by Andrew Strom.

After reading what we have published regarding the dangers of Kundalini, etc, a lot of people may be wondering what is “OK” – what is really from the Holy Spirit?

Does the Holy Spirit sometimes cause people to “fall down” under the power of God? Yes – sometimes He does. But He does not need to make some big “show” about it. And neither does He need men to “push” people over, either. There are counterfeits for everything.

What about the gifts of the Holy Spirit – like tongues, prophecy, healings, discernment and the casting out of demons, etc? Yes – I believe very strongly in ALL the gifts of the Holy Spirit. They are right the way through the New Testament. But the key is this word “Holy.” The real gifts of God have a holiness and purity about them. You can sense this. Counterfeits tends to have a “weirdness” or ugliness about them.

Let me give you an example. I received the following account from a preacher in England several years ago: “There were about 20 fellow ministers all gathered together in one large room at a local minister’s house. We were introduced to the special guest… The next 3 hours were the weirdest three hours I have ever had to endure. We started listening to [her] testimony which seemed very powerful, next she spoke of the times that she meets with the Angel Gabriel and other spiritual beings, next we moved on to portals between this world and the next and then finally to how she was going to open up a portal to Heaven in the room that we were all in. Now things started to happen, really crazy things and strange noises… As [she] moved around the room ministering to individual people they were crashing to the ground, bouncing up and down, running around as if on fire and making all sorts of sounds. When she came to me she had no prophetic words for me and nothing happened to me so she just moved on. My Vineyard friend was the first to crash to the floor. Since that day his church has taken on a different guise, it is not the same church any more.”

Please notice that the PREACHING was different from true Biblical preaching – and the SPIRIT that the lady was ministering in did not seem like the pure Holy Spirit. Can you tell the difference?

We need to watch out for preachers who bring unbiblical or “New Age”-sounding terms into their preaching – or who talk about “angels” all the time. Can people have true encounters with real angels? Yes – but always these beings that come from the presence of a Holy God carry His “holiness” with them. Angels in the Bible always carried this weighty presence of a Holy God. There is too much weirdness, ugliness and silliness in a lot of Christian meetings today. And I believe a lot of these encounters are not real angels at all.

So should we go forward with prayer needs for healing, etc? Absolutely! -If the preaching is sound and biblical and they are not putting on some big “show.” As long as the preacher has not gotten some weird “impartation” from one of these strange “revival” meetings then they are probably fine. In fact, I am all for the real power of God being demonstrated in the earth! I wish we were seeing a lot MORE true healings and deliverances and miracles – not less! Jesus said, “These things will you do – and greater things than these”! (Jn 14:12).

Just think about the Book of Acts for a moment. Not only are there healings and miracles and demons being cast out right through the whole book, but there are also occasionally angels appearing with instructions from the Lord, and an abundance of dreams, visions and prophecies, etc. So we see that God is definitely a SUPERNATURAL GOD. He does do “unusual” things. Angelic visitations DO HAPPEN. Prophetic signs DO OCCUR. But please notice that all of these things have a certain holy “character” about them. And that is the key right there. They have a holy character, because they come from a holy God.

I believe in a true Revival that has the piercing “word” of a John the Baptist or a Jonathan Edwards or a Charles Finney – accompanied by the most powerful MIRACLES that anyone has ever seen. I believe in a Revival like that – the “word and Spirit joined.” True, piercing ‘holiness’ preaching with real signs and miracles following. There is nothing wrong with that. In fact, it is what the Book of Acts shows us again and again. Bring it on, Lord!

So please be discerning – but don’t be afraid of the real super-natural power of God. Without it, we simply cannot reach this lost and dying world in the way that God has called us to. The devil wants us to be so afraid of the “counterfeit” that we run right over to the other extreme – where we don’t want God’s power or anything “unusual” at all. This is just as big a trap as the “Charismania” excesses on the other side. The devil loves to push us to extremes – either hyper-Charismania or dead orthodoxy. I believe in a powerful balance right in the middle – the “word and the Spirit” joined. That is where real Revival is to be found. Don’t let the devil rob you by pushing you to either extreme, my friends.

God bless you all!

Andrew Strom.

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Kundalini Warning

  • Posted on April 30, 2011 at 12:11 am

KUNDALINI WARNING – Urgent
-by Andrew Strom
01/14/2010

I just saw the video of Rick Joyner announcing that Todd Bentley is back ministering every night at Morningstar in North Carolina and now they have so-called “revival” manifestations eerily similar to Lakeland. They also announced that they are streaming these big meetings every night on their new TV channel – and they are greatly promoting the whole thing.

Now I am a tongues-speaking Pentecostal myself – but can I ask a simple question here please? What kind of “spirit” was it operating in the Lakeland revival – when the leader and main focal-point of the meetings (Todd Bentley) was having an adulterous affair behind the scenes? Was it truly the “Holy” Spirit that was anointing something so sensual and unholy? And now that Todd divorced his wife and married his mistress – are we supposed to welcome him back and this “anointing” with him? What is going on here? Rick Joyner has been warned very specifically by high-level ministries not to do what he is doing now – bringing Todd Bentley back into the limelight. And yet it seems he does not care. Apparently the “manifestations” are all that matter.

So what exactly are these ‘manifestations’ if they are seemingly at home in such an unholy environment? Are they from God at all? (I am talking here about the violent “jerking”, uncontrollable laughter, bodily contortions, drunkenness, ‘portals’, strange “angel” encounters, etc.) Why do we not see such an ‘anointing’ in the Bible? Why aren’t Jesus or the apostles promoting these manifestations if they really are true Revival? Why instead do we see these things all the way through the New Age and Hinduism, etc? Do we not realize that many false religions have their own version of “laying on of hands” that results in these very types of manifestations? This ‘spirit’ is not in the Bible – but it is all the way through Kundalini-type Hinduism! Don’t you think this should alarm us?

WHAT is KUNDALINI?

If you search for Kundalini and Shakti on the Internet, you will find that multitudes of people in the New Age and Eastern religions still experience these powerful manifestations. Often this is with the help of a Guru, who touches them on the forehead so that they can experience a “Kundalini Awakening”.

As researcher Robert Walker wrote in 1995: “The meetings which mystic Hindu gurus hold are called ‘Darshan’. At these meetings devotees go forward to receive spiritual experience from a touch by the open palm of the hand, often to the forehead, by the guru in what is known as the Shakti Pat or divine touch.

The raising of the spiritual experience is called raising Kundalini… After a period when the devotee has reached a certain spiritual elevation they begin to shake, jerk, or hop or squirm uncontrollably, sometimes breaking into uncontrolled animal noises or laughter as they reach an ecstatic high. These manifestations are called ‘Kriyas’. Devotees sometimes roar like lions and show all kinds of physical signs during this period. Often devotees move on to higher states of spiritual consciousness and become inert physically and appear to slip into an unconsciousness…

And as the guru Shri Yogãnandji Mahãrãja wrote:  “When Your body begins trembling, hair stands on roots, you laugh or begin to weep without your wishing, your tongue begins to utter deformed sounds, you are filled with fear or see frightening visions… the Kundalini Shakti has become active.”

In China there is a popular Kundalini-type movement called ‘Qigong’. When a Chinese Qigong spiritual master spoke in the USA in 1991, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that many in the crowd began to experience “spontaneous movements”. The master told his audience, “Those who are sensitive might start having some strong physical sensations – or start laughing or crying. Don’t worry. This is quite normal.”

When you see videos of these “kriyas” or other Kundalini-type manifestations, you would often swear that you are watching a modern “Impartation”-type church meeting. (And I say this as someone who believes strongly in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I just don’t believe in “alien” anointings infiltrating the Body of Christ!

There is a big difference between Kundalini and the real Holy Spirit).

Since 1993-4, I believe a foreign spirit has been allowed to invade the church – first through Rodney Howard-Browne’s ministry – then Toronto, then the Prophetic movement (which I was part of at the time) and on into Lakeland and many other ministries and movements. I urge people now to “test the spirits” just as we are commanded to in Scripture. Do not let just anyone lay hands on you. This is a powerful spirit and it has the backing of a lot of big-name ministries. In fact, these men and women are the very ones responsible for allowing it to spread right through the body of Christ. And one day they will be answerable to God for doing so.

We are specifically warned in the Bible that the Last Days will be a time of “seducing spirits,” false prophets, ‘lying signs and wonders,’ and that we always need to watch for “angels of light” masquerading as the real thing. Why does the modern church not take these warnings seriously? Aren’t we living in the very days that the Bible warns about?

Right now I need to do something that I have never done in such a way before. I have never before published a list of ministries or movements to watch out for. But this time I have to. This sickness has gone on long enough. I urge you to cut yourself off from the following ministries and their tainted “anointings” my friends. Even though some of these people say “good things” at times, it is simply not worth having any involvement with them due to the tainted anointing that they endorse or minister in themselves. Here is the list-

(1) Todd Bentley.

(2) Rodney Howard Browne – the so-called “Holy Ghost Bartender.”

(3) Rick Joyner or anyone connected with Morningstar Ministries.

(4) John Arnott & any connected with TACF (The “Toronto Blessing”).

(5) Peter Wagner of the ‘New Apostolic Reformation’ who claims to be head of a worldwide network of ‘apostles’ – who publicly endorsed Lakeland and will soon preach at Toronto TACF alongside other “false anointing” advocates.

(6) Mike Bickle and IHOP Kansas City (-I lived nearby for over two years – and know how much they are into all this stuff. Mike Bickle promotes it in his book).

(7) Bob Jones – the Kansas City prophet whose ministry is utterly tainted by it all.

(8) Patricia King and anyone else from ‘Extreme Prophetic.’

(9) John Crowder & anyone connected with “Sloshfest.”

(10) Bill Johnson of Bethel church, Redding – who says some good things but publicly endorsed Lakeland and promotes the “false anointing” very strongly behind the scenes.

(11) Heidi & Rolland Baker of IRIS Ministries – who do good work amongst the poor in Mozambique – but who have also carried and promoted this tainted anointing for years.

(12) Randy Clark, Wes & Stacey Campbell, and other key figures from the “Toronto blessing.”

(13) The Elijah List – and almost anyone featured on it.

Of course there are a huge number of lesser-known preachers and ministries who carry or endorse this Kundalini-type “anointing” around the world. But I have concentrated here on the most influential that I know of. It really is an enormous issue in the church. I urge anyone who is a supporter of any of the above ministries to really check them out thoroughly. If you find (as I have) that they carry or endorse this false Kundalini spirit in the church, then please stop supporting them in any way – and whatever you do, don’t let them “lay hands” on you!

I am putting everything on the line to be “naming names” like this. But I believe it is that serious. How on earth did we get to the point where “kriyas” just like Hinduism are spreading through the church?

Please forward this email to everyone you know, blogs and boards, etc. These people are trying to “relaunch” this whole thing right now. Help us get this warning out. To see a video showing “kriyas” and other Kundalini-type manifestations, please click on the Youtube links below-

Part 2:  http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=QyW1UFzS2LY

Part 3:  http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=eaNiuRWHZrY

Please send feedback on this article to- prophetic@revivalschool.com

God bless you all!

Andrew Strom.

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REPLIES to “KUNDALINI WARNING”  01/20/2010

5 replies/ comments are below:

“D” writes:

I went to Lakeland 3 times. I was so drawn to go there. I really thought it was of God… I had so many supernatural experiences – to seeing a mystical Jesus with a third eye, angels talking to me, visions, being transported. I had one experience with my daughter being in the room and her experiencing it too. I was roaring like a lion, had gold dust and many other experiences. The worst thing that happened to me is that it got sexual. This false Jesus was approaching me sexually and I fell into it.  I still to this day do not understand how I could have been so deceived. I have been a Christian since the age of 16. I am 49 now… I fell right in… hook, line and sinker. When I came home that last visit I became aware it was demonic, and I was surrounded and covered with demons literally, it was so horrible, all that I went through, you cannot imagine… I was seeing demons and being touched sexually and tormented constantly.. it has been 1 1/2 years and I am still battling these demonic spirits. I cry out to the Lord everyday for total deliverance.  It has been horrible. I have renounced and repented, but still fighting.  How do we get free of this?

SHERIE writes:

I can testify that I was infested with this foul eastern spirit, the kundalini. I was in a movement from 1992 – 2000 which had close links with the Toronto movement. From 2000 – 2006 I joined a church with links to Bill Johnson.  I was desperate for God to move in my life and change situations and heal hurts and was very open to ministry – I had many in this movement touch my forehead and experienced the manifestations you describe – drunkenness, laughing and crying, shaking. I got dreams and visions and just before I left the structure (church) I had a vivid dream of a huge python that came through the back door and attached itself to my car, and also to rooms in my home.  I was very disturbed and sought the Lord for an answer.

It took about 6 months before I was delivered, but God brought a couple over my path who God had trained and had victory over spiritual entities. Every time I was in their presence, I would get very anxious, and they would calmly pray for me and I could feel darkness leaving and my sanity restored. It was only after 6 months of these episodes, I was again in their presence and sensed a fight ensue in the Spirit. I was very anxious and fearful and could feel a huge snake in my spine – I was rigid and very uncomfortable – It felt as if this thing wanted to throttle me and rob me of my life. I called out to God and they quietly prayed – then I asked the Lady to pull this serpent out of my head – it felt as if it could exit near the top of my crown. She continued to pray and I got the word “kundalini ” in my spirit and just commanded this thing by its name to go in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. I pled the blood as it was very frightening, and it left. I felt like a washed out rag, but I was free!

That was the last lime I had deliverance and my spiritual eyes have since opened and God has done a mighty work in me outside of the structure… Afterwards they were amazed and asked me what strange term I had used and where it came from – I had no idea except that it was God who gave me knowledge in that situation. Thank you for the info that has made everything clear to me! I Now have confirmation from where I was infected! May many of your readers heed the call of God to “come out and sever yourselves” from Babylon and its lies and deception  and foul spirits, while there is time…

LUCY writes:

David Wilkerson also mentioned the kundalini spirit, and I researched it in late October, after having attended the Fredericks- burg (Virginia) Prayer Furnace at which Che Ahn ministered.  There, I saw many of the manifestations you mention: hopping and jumping during “worship”, falling backward at Che Ahn’s touch, extreme jerkiness in several cases. Very uncomfortable with this, I came home and watched (my first time ever) videos of Todd Bentley. Needless to say, I was appalled…

SARAH writes

I’m just about in tears over all of this… May and I watched the very first nights of the recent “outpouring of the Holy Spirit” on the IHOP web stream and boy, did that turn sour fast. Aside from the singing on the first night, everything was just messed up. AHH! It’s breaking my heart! How many people do we know and love in KC?!  I’ve watched my beloved siblings laugh uncontrollably, jerk as though sick, stumble and speak as though drunk, and “sing in tongues” in complete chaos and without interpretation. I’ve raised the issue among friends of being “drunk in the Spirit” and even though I prove over and over that God is for self-control, which they agree with, they continue to act like drunken fools! (See Titus 1:8 and 2:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 which compared in the NKJV and NIV relates self-control with being sober, pointing to the fact that the Holy Spirit is not one who takes delight in being drunk at all, but in being sober-minded – fruit of the Spirit, what? Drunkenness is the complete opposite of being filled with the Holy Spirit! For sober-mindedness is a filling of Him!; 1 Peter 1:13, 4:7, and 5:8 …

BRENDA writes:

A very dear friend of mine who has been my prayer partner for years were lured into the enemy’s web of deception about many of the ministries and manifestations that you spoke about. After reading and listening to your web broadcasts we had a powerful prayer session repenting, renouncing, and commanding any spirit that we had picked up from these false prophets/doctrines of demons, etc. to go from us in Jesus’ name. We broke all kinds of things off of us. Most of it was deep repentance and renouncing – thank you for exposing the enemy and his tactics and all the deception that the church body has fallen deeply into…

ANDREW STROM: Yes – if you have had “hands laid” or done “soaking prayer” under any of these kinds of ministries, it is very important to RENOUNCE (from the very depths of your being in Jesus’ name) and also COMMAND OUT these ‘kundalini’ spirits or any other “anointing” that you have received. Remember, you must VIOLENTLY EXPEL these things in the name of JESUS.  Be FREE in His mighty name!

I truly wonder what God is going to do to those ministries who have been spreading this alien spirit right through the Body of Christ. Truly, Judgment must begin “at the house of God.”

Blessings to all,

Andrew Strom.

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Kundalini Warning Videos by Andrew Strom

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Who Is The Holy Spirit?

  • Posted on April 26, 2011 at 8:43 pm

(King James Version of Bible) – Words in parenthesis are added for clarity. Used this online resource for Scripture lookup… http://www.biblegateway.com/

Is the Holy Spirit Really God?

  • Acts 5:3-4 – 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?  4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
  • Genesis 1:2 – 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  • Romans 8:9 – 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
  • Ephesians 1:13 -13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,
  • Hebrews 9:14 – 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal (always existed) Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Is the Holy Spirit Really the Third Member of the Trinity? (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)

  • Genesis 1:1 – 1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heaven and the earth.  (Elohim
    is the name for God used in the Hebrew.  Anything in Hebrew with the ‘im’ on the end means plurality or more than one.  Therefore all of the Trinity existed or was there at creation.)
  • Proverbs 30:4 – 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in His fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is His name, and what is His son’s name, if thou canst tell?
  • Job 26:13 – 13 By His Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent.  (Garnished means to have decorated or embellished)
  • Colossians 3:1 – 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
  • John 1:3 – 3 All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.
  • John 1:10 – 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
  • Colossians 1:16 – 16 For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:
  • Revelation 4:10-11 – 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on the throne, and worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
  • Hebrews 4:12 – 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
  • Matthew 28:19 – 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
  • II Corinthians 13:14 – 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
  • I John 5:7 – 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
  • Exodus 20:3 – 3 Thou shalt have no other gods (Elohim) before Me.
  • Psalm 110:1 – 1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (Two Lords, Father & Son)
  • Zechariah 2:10-11 – 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.  11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.  (Two Lords. 4 Hear, O Israel: Yahweh our Elohim is one Yaweh:/ 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: Deut 6:4 – Jewish Old Testament names Yahweh and Elohim.)

Is The Bible Really God’s Word?  Yes!

  • 2 Peter 1:19-21 – 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:  20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.  21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Characteristics of the Holy Spirit…

  • Spirit of Grace – Zechariah 12:10 – 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
  • Spirit of Holiness – Romans 1:4 - 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
  • Spirit of Knowledge – Isaiah 11:2 – 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
  • Spirit of Life – Romans 8:2 – 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
  • Spirit of Love – Galatians 5:22 – 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
  • Spirit of Promise – Ephesians 1:13 – 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,
  • Spirit of Prophecy – Revelation 19:10 – 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
  • Spirit of Supplication – Ephesians 6:18 – 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
  • Spirit of Truth – John 14:17 – 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
  • Spirit of Wisdom – Isaiah 11:2 – 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

All Knowing…

Acts 15:18 – 18 Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world.

I Corinthians 2:10 – 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

Omnipotent/All Powerful – I Peter 3:18 – 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Omnipresent/Everywhere – Psalm 139:7-11 – 7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.  11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

The Holy Spirit is a Person (Paraclete/Comforter) – John 16:13-14 – 13 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.  14 He shall glorify me: for He shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

We can use His name when we pray. We can meditate and wait upon Him for His Guidance – Romans 8:26 – 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Attributes as a Person…

  • Speaks – Acts 13:2 – 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
  • Strives – Genesis 6:3 - 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
  • Acts 7:51 - 51 Ye stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
  • Vexed/Irritated – Isaiah 63:10 - 10 But they rebelled, and vexed His Holy Spirit: therefore He was turned to be their enemy, and He fought against them.
  • Grieved – Ephesians 4:30 - 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
  • Quenched – I Thessalonians 5:19 - 19 Quench not the Spirit.

Did the Trinity spirit exist in the beginning?  Yes.  Father, Son and Holy Spirit

John 4:24 – 24 God (The Father) is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Hebrews 9:26 – 26 For then must He (Christ, the Son) often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

John 16:13 – 13 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.

The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament Came and Went – Psalm 51:11 – 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. (The Holy Spirit would visit, fill the person with power for the task and leave)

The Holy Spirit in the New Testament Dwells in All Believers …

John 14:16-17 – 16And I will pray to the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;  17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and
shall be in you.

Acts 2 (Pentecost) – Link to whole chapter

I Corinthians 3:16 – 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

I Corinthians 6:19 – 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Those indwelt by the Holy Spirit will become miserable when in sin.  The Holy Spirit is grieved when a believer sins.  The believer will have a contrite heart – Contrite heart means “to be completely penitent, feeling remorse and affected by guilt, deeply regretful and wishing to atone for sin.”

Chastening of the Lord – Hebrews 12:5-11… 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?  8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.  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?  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. 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.

Work of the Holy Spirit …

  • Regenerates… Romans 5:5 –  5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.  John 3:5-7
    - 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
  • Striving – Genesis 6:3 – 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
  • Illumination – II Peter 1:21- 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.  Psalm 119:105 – 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.  I Corinthians 2:10 – 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. I Corinthians 12:13 – 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
  • Restraint – Galatians 5:22-23 – 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,  23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.  II Thessalonians 2:7 - 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only He who now letteth will let, until He be taken out of the way.   Matthew 5:13-14 - 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.  14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
  • Comfort – John 14:16-18 (Comforter/Paraclete) – 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;  17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.  18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Baptism of/Receiving the Holy Spirit takes place at salvation when you make Jesus Lord of your life.

I Corinthians 12:13 – 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Ephesians 4:3-6 – 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.   4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,  6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

There can be many fillings of the Holy Spirit.  We need to ask for a daily filling of the Holy Spirit to accomplish the work that God has given us to do.  Without that filling we can do nothing.

Zechariah 4:6 – 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

There are 19 gifts of the Holy Spirit and every single believer gets one or more gifts.

I Corinthians 12:7 – 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

Charisma in the Greek means a gift.  Charismatic believers have received gifts and all Christians are Charismatic!

Ephesians 4:11-12 – 11 And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Romans 12:4-8 – 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:  5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.  6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;  7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;  8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

I Corinthians 12:8-11 – 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;  9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;  10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:  11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

Meanings of Gifts…

  • Wisdom – I Corinthians 12:8-11 The ability to speak with discretion and tact.  To say the right thing at the right time.
  • Knowledge – The ability to delve into the deep things or mysteries of God. Then be able to communicate them in an understandable way to others. I Corinthians 12:8-11
  • Faith - The ability to attempt the impossible for God.  Faith in combination with the Holy Spirit’s leading.  Always be sure your venture is the will of God. Hebrew 11:6
  • Healing – Be very careful!  Some have wrongly said so and so wasn’t healed because they didn’t have enough faith.  In Bible times it was the one doing the healing that had to have the faith.  John 11 Example:  Raising someone from the dead. The dead have no faith, it’s the faith of the healer.
  • Miracles – An extraordinary event with divine intervention.  (Webster’s Dictionary)
  • Prophecy – The gift to tell good news with power.  II Peter 1:19 You don’t say I predict, I predict, you use the word of God.
  • Discernment – The ability to judge weather the message is from God or Satan. Whatever you hear you are to test the spirits to see whether their of God. I Timothy 4:1 and II John 1:9
  • Tongues – Acts 2:4-8; I Corinthians 12:14; I Corinthians 14:28; James 3:2; I Corinthians 14:5

God gives us whatever gifts He chooses for us.  You don’t have a say and you can’t change it. I Corinthians 12:15-18; I Corinthians 12:22; I Corinthians 12:29-31;

Fruit of the Spirit – The Holy Spirit’s Fruit can’t be duplicated but the gifts can. Matthew 7:21-23; John 10:27; Galations 5:22

Power of the Holy Spirit – Special power that believers get when they allow the Holy Spirit to control their lives. Acts 1:8 – 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit in his mother’s womb. Luke 1:15 – 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

Source:  Baptism of the Holy Spirit by Jack Van Impe

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