You Can Receive The Holy Spirit and Be Dwelt by Him Only When You Know the Truth (John 8:31-36)
(John 8:31-36)
“Then
Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word,
you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free.’ They answered Him, ‘We are Abraham’s descendants,
and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be
made free’?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you,
whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the
house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you
free, you shall be free indeed.”
What do we have to do in order to receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit?
We must believe in the beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit and live by faith.
We must believe in the beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit and live by faith.
Do
you know what the truth is? Jesus said, “I am the truth” (John 14:6).
So knowing Jesus is to know the truth. Does the Holy Spirit dwell within
you thanks to your belief in the beautiful gospel? You should recognize
that Jesus’ baptism and His blood on the Cross are the personification
of the beautiful gospel and believe in it.
People
today frequently use the expression ‘born again.’ “People should be
born again. Politics should be born again. Religion should be born
again.” They use the phrase as a synonym for ‘improvement.’ However,
being born again does not mean the improvement of the nature of flesh.
To be born again means to receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit by
hearing and believing in the beautiful gospel of the water and the
Spirit.
What are the words of truth that allow us to be born again?
Why
should man be born again? Man is incomplete, so he must receive the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit in order to be born again as a child of
God. We can see many people who believe in Jesus but don’t have the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews.
Nicodemus, who appears in John chapter 3, was a leader of Judaism who
tried to keep the law handed down by God. However, he was working as a
leader of a religion of the people, unaware of the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit.
In
order to receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we must believe in
the beautiful gospel of the water and the Holy Spirit and live by faith.
Man can receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit only when he comes to
believe in the words of truth in the beautiful gospel of the water and
the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “If I have told you earthly things and you
do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?”
(John 3:12)
The
beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit is as follows. Our Lord
was born in this world, was baptized by John at age 30, died on the
Cross three years later, was resurrected and thus delivered us from all
our sins. He became the Savior for those who believe that Jesus was
baptized by John and rose again from the dead. He granted the remission
of sins and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to those who believed in
this beautiful gospel.
Those
who still have sin in their hearts must be forgiven for their sins by
believing in Jesus’ baptism and His blood. Man can’t help committing
sins before God and so must be saved by accepting Jesus as his Savior.
Jesus washed away all the sins of the world with the beautiful gospel of
the water and the Spirit. All sinners can be saved by listening to and
believing in the beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit. Those who
believe in this beautiful gospel are blessed with the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit.
“And
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son
of Man be lifted up” (John 3:14). In the Old Testament, even though the
people of Israel committed sins, were bitten by fiery serpents in the
wilderness, and were dying desperately, many managed to live by looking
at the bronze serpent set on a standard.
Likewise,
we have got the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Jesus gives the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit to those who believe in the beautiful
gospel. Satan hinders us from knowing the beautiful gospel of the water
and the Spirit and tries to block us from receiving the Spirit of truth.
However, God blessed us with the forgiveness of sins and the indwelling
of the Holy Spirit through our faith in the gospel of Jesus’ baptism
and His blood.
You
can also receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit if you believe in
this beautiful gospel. Do you acknowledge this beautiful gospel as true
before God? Do you believe that you are able to receive the indwelling
of the Holy Spirit by believing in this, the true gospel?
The
Lord told us to know the truth that saves us from all our sins. “And
you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John
8:32). Do you know the truth of the beautiful gospel that saves us and
blesses us with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? If you accept this
gospel, you will surely receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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