A word of Knowledge: The Hindrance in Receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit

A word of Knowledge:

The Hindrance in Receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit 


Luke 11:13 KJV

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: HOW MUCH MORE shall your heavenly FATHER give the Holy Spirit to them that ASK HIM?


There are many believers who have prayed and asked the Father in the Name of Jesus Christ for the Baptism with the Holy Spirit for many years but were not able to receive it.


The following is the hindrance and the way to overcome it:


The Hindrance in Receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit


Acts 2:4 KJV

And THEY were all filled with the Holy Ghost, 

and BEGAN to speak with other tongues, 

as the Spirit gave them utterance.


Many of us who could not receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit have misunderstood this verse.


Question:

Who is it that "began to speak with other tongues"?


Answer:

It is NOT the Holy Spirit who will take full control of you to speak for you in other tongues as many misunderstood it,

BUT,

it is "THEY" that were filled with the Holy Ghost.

Yes, it is YOU, your flesh that speaks out in other tongues.


The Spirit may have given you (your spirit) the utterance or the ability to speak in tongues 

BUT

It is YOU who has to speak it out in tongues BY FAITH that He has already given you the utterance.

YOU will have to say the very first gibberish words IN THE FLESH by surrendering your flesh (mind, tongue and vocal cords) to the Spirit,

AND THEN,

the power of the Spirit will pour forth for your spirit to continue in the utterance of the unknown words.


All these are possible ONLY if you would willingly submit to Him LIKE A CHILD  - your mind, thoughts, heart, strength and will, throughout the experience.

Yes, you must absolutely surrender to the Holy Spirit. 


At the very point where you reach that moment of absolute living faith, without any doubt, nothing wavering nor double-mindedness, you receive the gift that Jesus so desired to give us that He had to die to send Him to us.


John 16:7 KJV

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; 

It is expedient for you that I go away:

for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.


~~~


Faith vs Hope


According to the Word, not according to the natural. 

We walk by faith, not by sight.


Hebrews 11:1 reads, 

"Now faith is giving substance to things hoped for." 

Hope doesn't have any substance, but faith gives substance to what I hoped for. 

In other words, it is my faith that gives substance to the blessings, prosperity, healing and good success in my life. 

It is there in the spirit realm, but I want it here in this substance realm where it can be seen and felt. 

My faith gives substance to that. 


Faith is present tense, 

Hope is in the future tense. 


When you keep thinking that God will baptise you in His own time, expecting the Lord to take full control of your soul and body to "make" you speak in tongues, 

that is hope and not faith. 


Faith is taking action, to ACT, believing in the Word. 

Hope is to wait, later on, next time, in the future, soon.


Faith is to receive NOW, DO IT NOW to speak in tongues even if it is by your flesh. 

YOU do the speaking not the Holy Spirit.


You have asked God for the gift of the Holy Spirit and He gave it to you

BUT

You have to RECEIVE the gift by speaking out in tongues.


 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Real-life Deliverance Account

My sister and I had just done a deliverance on my mum yesterday (Tue, 28 Nov 2023).  It started when she kept vomitting and feeling very giddy and we laid hands upon her as usual according to the Word for divine healing.  However, it merely gave some relief to her, unlike other times as after a while, the extreme nauseousness and giddiness attacked her again. Then right around this point the demon took over her mind (soul) somewhat partially. The symptoms was that she looked dazed and kept repeating over and over again a number of questions like "Why am I sitting here" etc.  At this point when we talked to her, she did not remember anything that she did for the whole day (current time around 4pm+). It is very much like how a person with dementia would behaved and conversed.  To keep the long story short,  we took 2-3 hrs of casting out the demons in her and she is well now. Fast forward, It appeared that the demons came from H***i B***r (American Missionary) who came to our s
Read more

Absolute Surrender: Peter's Repentance

Image
Absolute Surrender By Andrew Murray Peter's Repentance You may be a very earnest, godly, devoted believer, in whom the power of the flesh is yet very strong. That is a very solemn truth.  Peter, before he denied Christ, had cast out devils and had healed the sick; and yet the flesh had power, and the flesh had room in him.  Oh, beloved, we have to realize that it is just because there is so much of that self-life in us that the power of God cannot work in us as mightily as God is willing that it should work.  Do you realize that the great God is longing to double His blessing, to give tenfold blessing through us?  But there is something hindering Him, and that something is a proof of nothing but the self-life.  We talk about the pride of Peter, and the impetuosity of Peter, and the self-confidence of Peter. It all rooted in that one word, self.  Christ had said, “Deny self,” and Peter had never understood, and never obeyed; and every failing came out of that. What a solemn thought,
Read more

A word of Knowledge: Stop depicting the Holy Spirit as a dove

Image
A word of Knowledge Stop depicting the Holy Spirit as a dove Luke 3:22 KJV And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. Many people, if not everyone, have misunderstood this verse. They pictured the Holy Spirit coming in the shape of a dove coming down upon Jesus. No, this is not what God is telling us at all.  What purpose does it serve to tell us the Holy Spirit looks like a dove where He obviously does not look like that?  God is not the author of foolishness and  confusion.  We are made in God's image, therefore, God the Holy Spirit's bodily shape is one that resembles that of a man, just as God the Son and God the Father. Now, let us read the verse again slowly: "And the Holy Ghost descended in a BODILY SHAPE like a dove upon him" ...in what bodily shape? It is of course in the shape of a man! And the Holy Ghost DESCENDED in a bodily shape LIKE A
Read more