THE SPIRIT.
What is meant by the word, The spirit? Most people use it wrongly,
or in a right way.
There are different types of spirits, which are all obtained in
different ways. We have:
- The spirit in Living organisms.
- The Holy Spirit.
- The evil spirit.
The above kinds of spirits all dwell in a person but not at the
same time.
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THE SPIRIT IN LIVING CREATURES.
Every human being who is living has the human spirit. Every living
creature has its spirit.
The spirit in living organisms is the kind of power that keeps
them living. This spirit is formed in a person when God breathes in him or her
or even in an animal, the breath of life. Genesis.2:7 And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life; and the man became a living soul.
When you
lose this breath of life from God, you then die and lose your understanding.
This kind of spirit is given to every creature for free of charge as to live;
it is the power of God that keeps some one alive.
What
shows that a creature has the spirit of life, is life. If it hasn't it, then it
will have to die. Ecclesiastes.12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the
spirit shall return to God who gave it.
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THE HOLY SPIRIT.
The Holy
Spirit is the kind of spirit that dwells in only people who are righteous. It
is not found in any other creature other than people. When Jesus was about to
ascend to heaven, he said John.14:26 But the
comforter, who is the Holy spirit, whom the father will send in my name, he
shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you.
Jesus
said that the Holy Spirit: - Teaches,
-
Reminds what Jesus said.
This is
the reason as to why the bible writers were in position to record exactly what
had taken place in the past time simply because they had received the holy
spirit of God that reminded them of all that had happened before.
Moses
was able to write of the past events,
though he had not yet lived but because he was being reminded by the holy
spirit of God. Some saints were able to write about Jesus after his ascension
to heaven simply because the holy spirit reminded them exactly what had
happened during the time when Jesus lived on earth.
The Holy
spirit is given by God to only those who believe in him. Acts.19:2 - He said unto them,
Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We
have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto
them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism. Then
said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the
people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is,
on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the
Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them.
The holy spirit is very essential and is one of the qualifications for some one
to be called a son of God. Thus Jesus said, John.3:5 Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
The Holy
spirit as well is the anointing of God. To receive the holy spirit, the anointing
of God, you need to pay nothing more than believing in Jesus christ. Some
people try to sell God's holy spirit through exchange of money but that can
never be the spirit of God, For there was some one who tried to buy the Holy
spirit of God; Acts.8:20 . But there was a certain
man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and
bewitched the people of
What
happens when some one receives the holy spirit? Remember the holy spirit is of
peace and freedom but not violence. When some people receive what they call the
holy spirit, they receive him in violence. some fall down and others urinate in
their clothes while others whom I have witnessed defecate in their clothes. If
you put aside God's word and try to use your common sense, do you think that
can ever be the spirit of God?, Some one leaves home very smarly dressed
perhaps in a suit and returns home with dirty clothes simply because he has
received the holy spirit? which is a fake holy spirit.
What then
should show that one has received the holy spirit?. You must know that when
some one receives the holy spirit, people standing closest to that person may
or may not realise that he or she has received the holy spirit; depending on
the wish of God.
When Paul
met God, he fell on the ground, Acts. 9: 8 And as he
journeyed, he came near
Another
thing we must learn is that some one receives the Holy spirit once. This is
when he or she believes in Jesus till his or her time of physical death. One
does not receive the holy spirit weekly or monthly, or even annually. What
keeps the Holy spirirt in a person is his or her faith in Jesus, and the spirit
will always stay in a person as long as he or she still believes in Jesus and
what drives the Holy spirit of God out of a person is denouncing Jesus christ.
Denoucing Jesus christ is the only and only sin that can not ever be forgiven,
1John.5:16.If any man sees his brother sin a sin which
is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin
not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for
it. similarly when one insults the Holy spirit, because Jesus and the
holy spirit are one, therefore will have denounced Jesus and also the other way
round, denouncing Jesus is insulting the Holy spirit, Matthew. 12: 31 - 32 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy
shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not
be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it
shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall
not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Other
than all this, the Holy spirit will keep in a person. We are all sinners, God
knows that, non is as perfect as God would like him or her to be but the spirit
will be with us simply to help us overcome temptations and win the good fight
of faith.
Some
people say that when you sin, the Holy Spirit leaves you and when you repent,
he comes back. That is wrong, when you sin the Holy spirit will bring remorse
to you, the Holy spirit will show you your wrong, and will lead you to
repentance, but without the Holy spirit, you can not even repent because you
can not recognize your wrong but instead will keep defending yourself as a
righteous person.
When some
one sins, The holy spirit does not leave him or her but feels sorry for that
person's sin, When one keeps sinning constantly and does not repent, then the
Holy spirit will finally leave that person because he or she will not have made
use of him -The holy spirit. The use or the work of the Holy spirit is to help
someone overcome sin by spiritually equipping him or her with the amour of God
as to win the fight.
After
knowing that the Holy spirit is given once, you should also not forget that
spiritual anointing is not any different from the Holy spirit. He who has
received the Holy spirit is he who has been anointed by the - anointing oil -
spirit of God. If you have believed in
Jesus christ, then you do not have to seek for another anointing oil, the only anointing
oil that God gives is the Holy spirit. There are some business men who when saw
people in search of the anointing oil, bought and are still buying olive oil as
to anoint those who feel that the Holy spirit is not enough an anointing from
God. When these businessmen steal you, do not argue because non but yourself
took yourself to them as to buy the
thought to be anointing oil. Whom did you read of, in the Covenant of Jesus,
the new Covenant , that was anointed using the Olive oil as the spiritual anointing?
Why should you accept to be fooled to this extent that when you are anointed
with olive oil then you have more spiritual power than before? Do you know that
in so doing, you reject the spirit of God hence denouncing Jesus Christ? Why do
I say this? , It is because, we said that the anointing of God is the Holy
spirit so if you seek some other anointing, that is of olive oil, then you mean
that the Holy spirit is not sufficient
to be God's anointing, hence you are insulting him and you know the
consequences of insulting the Holy spirit.
First of
all, God's anointing, Holy spirit, is not received through means of payment of
money, [Acts.8:21], but when people are being anointed using Olive oil, they
have to pay for it.
Others go
to pastors to be prayed for as to receive the anointing of God which is also
wrong. The spirit that dwells in you is the anointing that has all you want,
the multipurpose anointing, all in one. Therefore you needn't seek another anointing but the holy spirit you have is adequate for all you need,
otherwise, the businessmen will pray for you or give you olive oil, or water or any other form of anointing
that you believe and in turn they will suck lots of money and other valuable
things from you simply because they are business men.
When the
bible talks of the anointing of a sick person, with olive oil, it means giving
medication to a sick person as to be well. Mark. 6: 13 And
they went out, and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many
devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. Many
sick people were annointed with olive
oil and they were well once again. This was the medication for that time. The
drugs we use now had not yet been invented. Remember, God is sufficient and
does not need help, like medication as to perform his miracles, he performs
them with the help of nothing like olive oil, so we can not say that God heals
the sick through the olive oil, he does not need it. Nevertheless, it is not a
sin to use olive oil as the medication for the applicable illnesses, because
you can not use olive oil to heal asthma, but it can heal headache, however, it
does not mean that that is an anointing of God. Learn to separate spiritual
matters from physical matters. Why should a healthy person be annointed with
olive oil?, olive oil, panadol, theatre operations, chloroquin and all other
medicines are for particular sick people but not the healthy ones. It is rather
irrelevant to apply olive oil onto a
person who is not sick just as it would be; to operate some one without any
sickness, that is torture. Then you'll find someone calling it a spirirtual anointing
and yet it is not.
I
therefore want you to understand the meaning of this scripture,
James.5:14- Is
any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them
pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the lord: And the prayer
of faith shall deliver the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has
commited sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Some one
is sick, calls the church elders to pray for him or her, anointing him or her
with olive oil, and the sick will be healed and as well his or her sins will be
forgiven. Does olive oil take away sins?, is it only annointed by church
elders?
Let's
read. 1Corinthians. 11: 27 - 30 27 It follows that if
any one eats the Lord's bread or drinks from his cup, in a way that dishonours
him, he or she is guilty of sin... 28 So then you shall examine yourself first,
... 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and several have died.
When some one ate on the supper of the lord when he or she is not worthy of
eating it, in other words, has sins governing him or her, then that person
could get sick - physical sickness. This was because of eating on the supper of
the lord - the holy commuinion - when in
bondage of sin. Such a person could not, and as well can not pray for himself
or herself, therefore had to call the church elders to pray for him or
her, orelse he or she could and can
eventually die. When the church elders come in, to pray for such a sick person, who is sick, they could
and can pray for God's frogiveness of such a person's sins; as he can not pray
for himself. The bible says that God hears such a prayer and from above
frogives such a sinner who has been prayed for, but could not pray for himself.
After this, step number two, the elders have to treat such a sick person by use
of olive oil or any other medication that is available. However, olive oil does
not take away sins but is the second step, taken to heal some one's sickness.
The major
purpose of the church elders in this incidence is to pray for forgiveness for
such a sinner who can not pray for himself hence reconciling him or her to God.
The anointing of olive oil can be done any other person even the casuality
himself or herself.
Jesus
says that unless one is born of water and of the holy spirit, he can never see
the kingdom of heaven, therefore, we all
need to receive the holy spirit, if we
love God and need to inherit his kingdom.
Do not
therefore again misuse the word Holy spirit or anointing of God.
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THE EVIL SPIRIT.
The evil
spirit is simply the spirit of Satan. As the holy spirit is given by God, so is
the evil spirit marketed and distributed by satan to every one who does not
genuinely believe in Jesus christ. It takes one's life to receive the Holy
spirit, which is opposed to receiving the evil spirit. It's like getting rich,
there's too much done to become rich,
but if you feel like getting poor, just sit back, do not work, then you will
with no travailling become poor. Thus, if some one wants to receive the evil spirit,
he only has to sit back, relax and do not care, then you will be having it. In
other words, whoever does not believe in Jesus christ, has no Holy spirit, but
the evil spirit.
One can
never lack both the Holy and the evil spirit.
When we
are born, we all have the evil spirit, the sin, satan governing us .Till we
believe in Jesus, we are always in Satan, thus we had the evil spirit.
When you
believe in Jesus christ, the Holy spirit dislaces the evil spirit and if you
denounce Jesus christ, the evil spirit immediately comes back as the Holy
spirit will have vacated you. Matthew. 12: 43 - 45 When
the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking
rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence
I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than
himself, and they enter in and dwell there: ...
The greatest problem we face in this case is that, the evil
spirit has disguised himself as the Holy spirit. The evil spirit is generally
The Satanic control over a person's life. It is as well the emptiness of Jesus
in a person. It is the courage some one has to sin and feels no remorse for that sin.
In years
ago, Satan dressed as satan, in other words Satan, could be identified as
Satan, depending on the things that he used to do. When he tempted Eve, in the Garden of Eden, he could
be seen as a snake, and not as a person. He could lead the kings of
The Devil
copied the works of the Holy spirit and therefore duplicated them, you can find
someone doing what is expected of a saint and at the end of the day you find
out that he or she is a snake in the grass.
The holy
spirit gives gifts: 1Corinthians.12: 4 - 10, 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the
same spirit 5 And there are differences of ministries, but the same Lord...
As well you will find the Devil through his network - The evil spirit - performing miracles; healing the sick,
raising the dead back to life and so on, you will find some one so trustworthy,
very kind, faithful looking, preaching so talentfully, has love for
brethren, a good choir member and so on,
but when he or she is not a christian - a genuine christian. These works can be
duplicated by the evil spirit. Among the things that the Holy spirit does, what
the evil spirit can not do is making a person acceptible to God.
Usually
the evil spirit is maintained in a person for longer time without recognition,
this is simply because it makes someone overconfident and comfortable for what
one believes. Whenever a person, a church, a congregation is built on to any
other foundation other than one that was laid by Jesus christ, it is the evil
spirit that controls what ever takes place.
Satan
does not care what you do, whether good or bad as long as you are on a wrong foundation,
he will keep giving you enthusiasm for what you believe.
The evil
spirit is ruling over thousands and thousands of people in many churches. It is
obvious that he governs those who are not christians but a shame that he rules
the biggest number of the so called christians on this planet earth!
What
shows that the evil spirit is governing a given Domain?:
-Every
person that is not built upon the foundation of Jesus christ is ruled by the
evil spirit.
-The
evil spirit will give his own rules to the followers. Recently, I heard of a
church in
-Many
so called men of God have messed up - committed many public abominations -
simply because they are controlled by
the evil spirit. I have witnessed, seen and heard of many pastors and great
christians who rape women in their counselling rooms, have homosex with young
men, and do lots of evil. I have seen so powerful men - who can perform great
miracles - being polygamous, this shows that the powers they use come from
somewhere - from the Devil.
You should be very careful and
cautious, if you want to have a good future, a good life, then remember that
not whosoever says Lord, Lord, is of God.
When one has the evil spirit, he
is never a christian. christians have never, are never and will never be
possessed! God is our protection, our shield and spear, the evil spirit has no
power over us till we denounce christ Jesus.
When one has the holy spirit:
-One can not go astray, for there's a network
between him and God who does not want any one to perish, [1Timothy. 2: 3 - 4]
-One can not be bewitched by
evil people. For satan has no access to a genuine believer in christ Jesus.
(Job1: 9 - 10) Then Satan answered the Lord, ... 10
Have not you made a hedge about him (Job), and about his house, and about all
that he has on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands ...
-One is heart broken. If such a
person sins, he or she feels a deep regret for that sin, thus God forgives him
or her if he repents. 1John. 1: 4 My little children,
these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the
propitiation for our sins.
-One walks in light and not
darkness (sin). 1John. 1: 3 This then is the message
which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him
is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in
darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is
in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
-One walks in love. Has love for
God, his word, his people and oneslf.
There are
lots of things produced by the Holy spirit in some one's life. When you have
the Holy spirit, he will never fail to control your life. You will not get
boredom, for God through the holy spirit will keep you entertained, he has
control over your life and he is the best driver of our lives.
As we
conclude, you should always remember that you need the Holy Ghost to benefit in
this life and the coming life, say eternal life, you need to pay totally
nothing other than accepting Christ Jesus as your Lord and saviour. If you are
a christian, you should also know that the Holy spirit in you is so much
valuable, you should be so prayer tightened that Satan does not mislead you
lest the holy spirit abandones you. This is the greatest thing Satan wants from
you; he wants to derail you, but through spiritual perssistance, you should
say, "No!, You will not derail me". For God is with you and will
protect you: Jeremiah. 1: 7 But the Lord said unto me,
say not, I am a child: for you shall go
to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you, you shall speak. 8
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.
Be therefore bold and with the help of the Holy Ghost, do what is right in the
eyes of God the Father.
Every one
should mind, never say, I do not care, for you say this upon your life's
expense, Satan never gives freely, whatever he gives to you, you will at
whatever date pay for it. You want powers to perform mirracles, or you want
miracles that are performed on the satanic foudation?, You can have them at any
time you want but remember you will have to pay for everything satan gives to
you. Come to Jesus now, you will get more than what you need, for which you
needn't pay. Come for life, come for immortality.
God bless
you.
(Unless indicated, scriptures are got from the King James Bible
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