Josh McDowell: Who Is The Holy Spirit And Why Is He Important? -- 7/10

[mcarbone80]

“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But may we hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away with this artificial scaffolding, and restore to us the primitive and genuine doctrines of this most venerated reformer of human errors.” —Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823

[Johan14758]

I think the basic problem is our fallen nature. We want to control our lives ourselves. The more we do, the less the Holy Spirit (HS) can. The HS can only control us insofar we crucify the self. We must choose to do that in every situation. If someone insults me the self want me to get angry. If I deny myself I allow the Holy Spirit to control me. This is very difficult. But the more we fail the more we can rely only on God to enable us. The more we do that, the more the HS can control us.

[invitation2zion]

awsum!luvin it