You Shall Receive Power by Derek Prince

Author:Derek Prince
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Pneumatology, Christian Life, Christianity, Religion, Holy Spirit, General, Spiritual Growth, Christian Theology
ISBN: 9780883687857
Publisher: Whitaker House
Published: 2007-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Being Led By The Spirit

In the last chapter, I mentioned five ministries of the Holy Spirit: Teacher, Remembrancer, Guide, Revelator, and Administrator. In this chapter, I want to focus on the particular ministry of the Holy Spirit as Guide.

Let's begin by looking at John 16:13 again: "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth." This is a clear statement from Scripture that the Holy Spirit comes to be our Guide. When we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, we must learn to be led by the Spirit and to bear the fruit of the Spirit by living in the grace Christ has provided for us.

CHRISTIAN MATURITY MEANS BEING REGULARLY LED BY THE SPIRIT

In Romans 8:14, a very significant verse, Paul spoke about how we can be fulfilled and complete Christians. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God." The verb tense here is the continuing present tense. In other words, as many as are regularly led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. The word "sons" speaks of maturity. It is not the word for a little baby but for a grown-up son. Of course, in order to become God's children, we have to be born again of the Spirit of God. Jesus spoke about that very clearly in John 3. But once we have been born again, in order to grow up and become mature and complete, we need to be consistently led by the Holy Spirit.

The sad truth is that many Christians who have been born again and even baptized in the Holy Spirit have never really gone on to be led by the Spirit. Consequently, they don't achieve maturity, and they don't become the kind of complete Christians God intends. In fact, some of the people who talk most about the Holy Spirit know least about being led by Him. I have been a Pentecostal for more than fifty years. I thank God for Pentecostals; I owe my salvation to them. But the people who say, "I was baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1986 and I spoke in tongues, and that's it," are probably far out of touch with the Holy Spirit today. The baptism is not a onetime experience; it is an ongoing relationship with the Father, through the Son, by the Holy Spirit.

UNDERSTANDING LAW VERSUS GRACE

One reason Christians don't achieve maturity is that they have never truly understood what it means to receive the righteousness of Christ. They find it difficult to allow the Holy Spirit to be their Guide because they are relying on another method to find their way.

The Bible reveals two alternative ways to achieve righteousness with God. The distinction between the two is extremely important, and is a major theme of the New Testament; yet according to my observation, many believers pay very little attention to this particular question. These two ways are law and grace. The Bible explains very clearly that they are mutually exclusive.

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