If for just one day you could have the Holy Spirit in you as He is now, or not have the Spirit and walk with Jesus physically, all would return the next day, whom would you pick? The question in the Spirit for a day or Jesus?
I hope you would say the Spirit although it is tempting to pick Jesus. The truth is Jesus said in John 16:7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. (ESV)
Wow, Jesus Himself says it is better to have the Spirit than to walk and talk with Him. He is telling the disciples this, and the same is true today. If you believed and your life has been made new by a holy, just and gracious God of the universe Whom looked upon you as hopelessly sinful and sent His Son, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, to take His wrath against sin on the cross and to show His power over sin in the resurrection so that all who have faith in Him will be reconciled to God forever… if so then Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to live in your life, to guide your life, to rule your life, so you can walk in step with the Spirit and defeat sin. What an awesome thing!
We are told the Spirit, He is God, He is Truth, He is our Helper (so that means we will have trouble). He/Spirit bears witness about Jesus, He guides us to truth found in the Word of God/Bible. The Spirit gives glory to the Son/Jesus, He gives us the Bible, He makes us to be born again, He convicts us of sin, He comforts, restores and heals. The Spirit speaks to our spirit and lets us know that we are God’s children. The Spirit is far better than walking with Jesus, we just have to learn how to walk and listen to Him (Gal.5), we do that by learning and studying truth found in the Word of God the Bible. Study it for yourself and if you do not know how learn do not read other peoples books read the Bible for yourself and lean by the Spirit. A good place to learn study skills is Precept International. But still be carful to not just listen to them but read and think and study and dig deep into the Word being guided by the Spirit to open truth found in context to what He tells us and not twisting truth (II Peter 1). Therefore, start walking in the Sprit and living life every minute with God Who is in you.
In His grip, Jim
