Lesson 99: God The Holy Spirit – Part 4

INTRODUCTION: In the previous study we learnt that the devil speaks in two principal ways through the small voice and through human beings. we also learnt that God speaks in diverse ways: in the small still voice and through human beings, by direct confrontation, through any means in critical situations. The voice of God agrees with the Bible, frightens sinners and is a source of joy to believers, whereas the voice of Satan disagrees with the Bible. In this study, we want to study the power of the Holy Spirit and how to harness it for our God.

1) THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS YOU TO BE A CONDUCTOR OF HIS POWER: There are two kinds of power; constructive and destructive; it is Satan’s duty to destroy continually. God constructs and destroys where need be. The Holy Spirit gives life, restores life and destroys the works of the devil wherever it may be found. Through the Holy Spirit you too can construct and destroy at the case may be. This is because God wants you to be a conductor of His power; He wants His power to flow through you. There are several examples in both the Old and New Testaments of men who conducted the power of the Holy Spirit to perform miracles of construction or destruction. Men like Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Elijah, Elisha, Jesus Christ, Peter, Paul and Stephen. Now, with the earthly electricity, so it is with the heavenly the purer the conductor, the greater the flow of the power. John 10:10, I John 3:8, II Kings 5:7-8, Gen.2:7, 1:2, Luke 13:10-16, Mark 16:18-9, Exod.14:15-21, 7:19-20, Jos.6:2-5, Acts 1:2, 10:36, Acts 3:6-8, Acts 19:11,12, Acts 6:5-8.

2) HE WHO HAS SURRENDERED HIS TONGUE HAS SURRENDERED HIS ALL: Our body particularly our hands, represent the wire through which the power of God flows. But our tongue is actually the switch that sends the power flowing or stops it from flowing. Life and death is in the power of the tongue and when we are filled with the Holy Spirit whatever decree we make shall be established. Again there are several examples of men like Elijah, Elisha, Paul, etc. who decreed things under the influence of the Holy Spirit and they were established. That is why the Holy Spirit insists on taking over your tongue because whoever surrendered his all can be a true channel for the Holy Spirit’s power to flow through. Consequently, the more you pray in tongues the greater the mighty works you will be able to do for God. Prov.15:14, Prov.18:21, Prov.25:15, Prov.12:18, Proverbs 31:25, Mark 11:23-24, Job22:28-29, I Kings 17:1, II Kings 6:14-17, 6:8-11, II Kings 6:18, 5:9-10, Acts 13:8-11, James 3:2-3, Jude v.20.