Dear friends, I want to talk about the most important thing in the life of a child of God
and that is the Holy Spirit
the guidance of the Holy Spirit in our lives
We live in a generation where people are educated
and where the Bible guides their lives
knowledge guides them
They are not guided by the Holy Spirit of God
but that is the one critical thing that we need
is the guidance of the Holy Spirit
That is why Jesus said to the disciples
He said to them: Go to Jerusalem and WAIT
until you receive POWER from above
and then you will be My witnesses
Dear friends, and we need the power of the Holy Spirit, we need the Holy Spirit of God
we need to be filled in with the Holy Spirit
as happened in that day of Pentecost
and we must live in Pentecost we must live in the guidance of the Holy Spirit
as the disciples did, as the Apostles did they were guided by the Holy Spirit of God
and this is exactly what God promised for this time
right here and now
And Peter also explain on the day of Pentecost
when they asked him and they said to him what is happen to all these people
have they been drinking or what? why is this commotion?
And Peter got up and he spoke and he explained to them
I want to read for us from Acts 2:14-21
But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them:
Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.
:15 "For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day;
:16 but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:
:17 AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND;
AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;
:18 EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy.
:19 AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE.
:20 THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME.
:21 'AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.'
Dear friends, when Peter stood up on the day of Pentecost
that was some two thousand years ago almost
We are closer to the coming of our Lord Jesus than we were then
and it is even now more so time that the Spirit of God will be poured out on all flesh
And that is why we've got to do what they did we've got to wait on the Lord and ask Him for the Holy Spirit to be poured out in us and on us
Dear friends, without the Holy Spirit of God we can do nothing
The Spirit of God is the Spirit of God and nothing can make up
or substitute for the Spirit of God
because what God is doing God is doing
and what God is doing God is doing through us
and if we are not led by the Spirit of God
then we are useless to Him
it is only by the Spirit of God not by power nor by might but by the Spirit of God
that His Kingdom is build
If we do not abide in Jesus guided by His Spirit
then we cannot bear fruit we cannot do the works of God
Dear friends, there are very few people who are truly saved there are very few people who are led by the Spirit of God
those who are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God
So if we are not led by the Spirit we are led by our minds
and then we are surely not used by the Spirit of God
We must cry out to the Lord and come into His presence and ask Him for His Spirit
and say Lord pour out Your Spirit on me
Lord pour out Your knowledge in me
Lord pour out the guidance of Your Spirit in me
the Wisdom from the holy Spirit
and dear friends, He will
He will guide us, He will use us for His Kingdom It is not about us, it is not about anything that we want to achieve
it is about the Kingdom of God and what God is achieving through those who listen to Him who obey Him
who are led by the Spirit of God But dear friends, either we are part of the Body of Christ
and led by the Spirit of God or we are just led by our own minds
and we are separated from God
We need to be tuned into the Holy Spirit of God more than ever before
and what we receive is not got to be through our ears and through our eyes and what other people tell us
but is got to be impartation from the Holy Spirit of God. You've got to receive it from God
Because if you are the Body of Christ
then the Spirit of God must speak to you
The Spirit of God must guide you INTO doing the works of God
The Apostles in the Book of Acts were not guided by I THINK or you think
they were guided by the Holy Spirit of God
the Holy Spirit guided them, but those people were PRAYING
they were waiting on the Lord, and the Lord used them, He sent them
He sent them where He wanted to use them
they did not go where they wanted to go
God sent them
they were led by the Spirit of God because they were sons of God
Dear friends, we've got to get into the closet
and wait on the Spirit of God and say Lord use me, Lord send me
Peter was on the roof praying and he received a vision from God
and the Lord sent him to Cornelius
Phillip was praying and God sent him to the Gaza road and he met up with the Ethiopian
Those people were PRAYING they were spending time in the presence of God
They were preaching the Word of God which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ and they were praying
But the only way that they could do the work of God
was because they were led by the Spirit of God
Dear friends, we are entering a time that is going to be extremely difficult
Play time is over
because the Day of the Lord is coming
and either we will be led by the Spirit of God and we will receive our guidance from Him
or we just separated from Him
In this time God will pour out His Spirit and He is pouring out His Spirit
on many people right now He is speaking to many people through dreams
and through visions and He is revealing Himself to them
He is revealing Himself to us also but dear friends, we each need our own connection
we each need to be led by the Spirit of God
It is no good knowing another person with a connection
We cannot follow each other
because if man follows man, then we both fall into the ditch
Dear friends, each and every one of us must KNOW the VOICE of the MASTER
We need the Holy Spirit of God and we get the Holy Spirit of God
when we spend time in His presence PRAYING
WAITING on Him
Like they did when they waited for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit
The 120 of those disciples were praying day and night and they were waiting on God
and then SUDDENLY the Holy Spirit was poured out on them
Dear friends, we don't need any more teachings, and we don't need any more wisdoms of men
we don't need any more Bible study We need the Spirit of God to guide us
My dear friends, I listen to Jesus, I am guided by His Spirit
I follow Him, I do what He tells me. What are you going to do?
You are going to wait on the Lord and let him guide you
or you are going to do what the others do?
Dear friends, we got to go into the closet and we've got to spend time in the presence of God
and say Lord pour out your Spirit on me. And we need more and more and more and more of His Spirit
to come into us and to guide us so that He can use us, so that the Body of Christ can truly be used as Jesus Christ wants to use us
Dear friends, it is by the Spirit of God It is by the will of God
that the Kingdom of God is run.
Not by individuals following their own mind
We've got to come INTO the guidance of the Holy Spirit
so that we can be used by the Spirit of God and then we will bear fruit.
Then we are truly part of the Kingdom of Heaven
when we listen to the Spirit of God and we GUIDED by Jesus Christ Himself
Amen!
May Jesus bless you.