Be Thankful let the Holy Spirit Flow Through You

Be thankful, let the Holy Spirit flow through YOU

The Holy Spirit will reprove of sin Not only should we be thankful the Father chose us and the Son was crucified, died for our sins but we should be thankful the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins so we see the need of salvation. "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment " John 16:8.

No fear of God
"THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE" and "THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES" Rom. 3:10, 18. If you think about it, those facts will just blow your mind. We were like that, weren't we?

Their heart was pricked through preaching "Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" Acts 2:37. They responded gladly and "there were added unto them about three thousand souls." The key to all of this was that the preachers were "filled with the Holy Spirit." There is no greater joy in all of this world, than to preach in the power of the Holy Spirit, see people convicted and converted right before you very eyes.

Was I ever convicted
When Gene Gaskins took me to church in March of 1940, the pastor, Pat Wimberly, preached and I thought sure Gene had told him all about me. It seemed he named my sins one after another and knew all about me, I was so convicted I wanted to clobber Gene. Thank God I went back. Word spread all over the church that I was not saved and all the people were praying I would get saved. Three weeks later, under such conviction, I thought I was going to die, I went forward at the invitation to get saved. Pat Wimberly, told me the gospel again and prayed with me. I believed Jesus died for my sins and rose again and God saved me and changed my life forever.

I miss being a pastor
To God be the glory, we saw people convicted and converted almost every week. Our people witnessed, brought people to church, people prayed like mad and people got saved. That dear people, is New Testament Christianity and the way it ought to be in every church today. My prayer and passion was like John Knox who prayed "Give me Scotland or I die." I prayed for my town, where I pastored, just like that and God answered.

We all need a DD degree
It is 5 a.m. right now and God just gave me this. There is much written and talked about having a "designated driver." Every Christian needs a D. D., a "designated driver" all the time. The Holy Spirit is the "designated driver" given by God, "Be filled with the Holy Spirit" Eph. 5:18. Christians must "Walk in the Spirit" Gal. 5:a6. We must put the Holy Spirit in the driver's seat of our lives, ALL THE TIME, by asking Him to control us, to get in the drivers seat. How? "And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him" 1 John 5:15; Eph. 5:17,18. That dear people is how you "walk by faith" and "walk in the Spirit." "I will do as you say" Luke 5:5. Now do it, live that way every day. "Be thankful" for the Holy Spirit. He is so vital to the Christian life.

Prayer:  Father, thank You for giving the Holy Spirit to convict us, convert us and control us. In Jesus name. Amen and Amen.