Knowing People by the Spirit

Author:Roberts Liardon
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion, Pneumatology, General, Spirituality, Interpersonal Relations, Christianity, Family & Relationships, Christian Theology, Christian Relationships
ISBN: 9781890900076
Publisher: Wilmington Group Publ
Published: 1999-01-27T22:00:00+00:00

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Developing Spiritual Accountability

Part of building strong character is maintaining relationships with people who can see your blind spots. You have to acknowledge when someone is speaking by the Spirit and then let their words begin to work inside you.

There have been things said to me that my flesh didn't like. I had to make my flesh walk in the fruits of the Spirit because it wanted to walk in anger. My emotions were saying, no, no, no, while something deep inside was saying, yes, yes, yes! That's right! Receive it!

These are the times you want to walk away from these people and never speak to them again for the rest of your life!

In order to know people by the spirit, you must learn to listen to people by the Spirit. You have to know when God is trying to speak to you through them. They might not even know it, but an inner witness from God will stir within you. This is part of being led by the Spirit.

Living Out Of The Inner Man

In Romans 8:14, Paul writes: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

If you are truly led by the Spirit, you'll be open to hear what He has to say to you, no matter who it comes through. This is part of spiritual accountability. You need people around you who can speak into your life by the Spirit and help you develop a strong inner man. You can't live by the anointing, my friend. You have to live out of the strength of your inner man.

I wish I could get ministers to understand this!

Samson and Joseph both carried great anointings, but Joseph survived and Samson did not. Joseph survived because he lived from the strength of his inner man. When Potiphar's wife said, "Come and sleep with me," Joseph replied, "I will not," and he ran from her. Samson, on the other hand, offered no inner resistance. When Delilah began to seduce him, he surrendered immediately and it led to his downfall. Both were anointed men of God, but Joseph had allowed the dealings of God to develop inner character in him.

God’s Call Is Without Repentance

The gifts and call are irrevocable; God will never take them back. Dowie still carried an anointing to heal the sick during the last few years of his life when he thought he was Elijah. It's amazing how the anointing sticks with people. That anointing sticks and sticks and sticks. When you've got it, my brother and sister, you've got it! Although it may wane or go dormant because of what you do in the natural, it's still inside you. The minute you get right with God, it comes to life again.

I once heard of a preacher who had a great healing anointing, but fell away from God. He was in a bar one night, half drunk, when someone had a heart attack.

This backslidden preacher jumped down from his bar stool, repented quickly,

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