Text: Ephesians 1:22-23: Ephesians 5:23

22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.  

  23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church:  and he is the saviour of the body.  

Friday, 30^th August 2024        

THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES US A PART OF GOD

Text: Ephesians 1:22-23: Ephesians 5:23

Memory verse: Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, 6 and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Without the Holy Spirit, you would be dead in your relationship to God. The Holy Spirit makes us “alive with Christ”. The Holy Spirit revives and regenerates us so that we can see and understand the things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

The Holy Spirit first makes us one with Christ. That oneness is the reason why there is a church. Christ, then, is the Head of the church. And the Holy Spirit helps us to be joined as one to Christ Himself. Being one with Christ is the beginning of all the blessings of salvation. This is because all we have in the Lord comes from and through the Holy Spirit. Our oneness with Christ makes us the sons and daughters of God. Our cleansing and forgiveness come from being one with Jesus. And being one with Him makes us holy. It gives us the power over sin.

Our bodies and our natures will go through a change at the Second Coming. This change will be a result of our being one with Christ. So, Jesus must be the foundation to our whole Christian experience. Through the Spirit, we can come to God the Father. And Jesus is the Rock. He is the foundation of our salvation. All other parts of the church are built on Him.

The work of the Spirit in our individual lives leads to building a community of faith known as the church. First, we experience salvation through faith in Christ Jesus alone. Next, the love of God touches our hearts. Then there is a sweet “sharing of life brought about by the Holy Spirit” in the church.

Individual believers are like building blocks. God uses them to build a new church “through his Spirit” Ephesians 2:22, in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. So, as followers of Christ, we should “try our best to remain as one. Let peace keep us together”. In every way possible, we need to try to be one with other believers. Of course, being one with other believers does not mean we are to accept false ideas about the truth.

CGDS HYMN 28: SS&S 190: 

COME, HOLY SPIRIT, COME

1. Come, Holy Spirit, come;

Let Thy bright beams arise,

Dispel the darkness from our minds,

And open all our eyes.

2. Revive our drooping faith,

Our doubts and fears remove,

And kindle in our breasts the flame

Of never-dying love.

3. Convince us of our sin,

Then lead to Jesus' blood,

And to our wondering view reveal

The secret love of God.

4. ‘Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,

To sanctify the soul,

To pour fresh life in every part,

And new-create the whole.

5. Dwell therefore in our hearts,

Our minds from bondage free ;

Then we shall know, and praise, and love

The Father, Son, and Thee !  

 Prayers 

1.  Holy Spirit, fill me with the fullness of God in Jesus’ name.

2.  LORD God Almighty, I partake of Your divine nature and Your inheritance for my life in Jesus’ name. Amen.    

3.  Pray for others in this regard.