{"id":36877,"date":"2022-09-13T13:14:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-the-impact-of-the-holy-spirit-on-christians\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:14:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:14:31","slug":"what-is-the-impact-of-the-holy-spirit-on-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-the-impact-of-the-holy-spirit-on-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the impact of the holy spirit on Christians?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the last night of His earthly life, our Lord Jesus promised His disciples a Helper, Counselor, or Comforter, “even the Spirit of truth<\/strong>, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:  and ye also shall bear witness…”  John 15:26, 27 (KJV).  A major work of the Holy Spirit is the anointing of Christians to preach the Gospel. <\/strong> But there is much more.<\/p>\n

The Holy Spirit is the mighty power<\/strong> by which God works in our lives. This divine force transforms us into the image of Jesus<\/strong> and prepares believers to be priests and to reign with Him in the next age. (Revelation 1:6; 5:10)<\/p>\n

But the transformation is not instantaneous.  The Bible speaks of “the sanctifying work <\/strong>of the Spirit”  (2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2)  Paul stresses the importance of the “fruit of the Spirit<\/strong>” and reminds us to walk according to the Spirit  (Galatians 5:22-24).  As we sincerely study God’s word, the Holy Spirit opens our hearts and minds to more fully “prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”  (Romans 12:2, KJV) “The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:10, NIV).  This lifelong process continues until the Christian’s earthly life is over, and he is born in heaven.<\/p>\n

Christians have many reasons to rejoice, but their way is often difficult.  They not only suffer tribulations “common to man” (1 Corinthians 10:13), but they can expect persecution<\/strong> as they seek to live righteously (2 Timothy 3:12).  Jesus’s promise of a Comforter was to encourage <\/strong>them, even as He warned them of the difficult times ahead (John 15:18-25).  Without the mighty, holy power of God’s Spirit, how would Christians become<\/strong> “more than conquerors<\/strong>” (Romans 8:37)?<\/p>\n

Our Heavenly Father gives us reason to trust Him; we learn to believe He will accomplish all He has promised. “Now it is God who… put his Spirit<\/strong> in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come<\/strong>.”  (2 Corinthians 1:21,22)<\/p>\n

Ultimately, when the church <\/p>\n

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[the bride of Christ] is complete and mankind will be resurrected, the Holy Spirit will continue to work:  “Afterward I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh<\/strong>.” (Joel 2:28)  “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come<\/strong>. And let him that heareth say, Come…. And whosever will, let him take the water of life freely.”  (Revelation 22:17 KJV) <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the last night of His earthly life, our Lord Jesus promised His disciples a Helper, Counselor, or Comforter, “even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:  and ye also shall bear witness…”  John 15:26, 27 (KJV).  A major work of the Holy Spirit is the anointing of … Continue reading “What is the impact of the holy spirit on Christians?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}