The Spirit of God!

“Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” – Psalm 25:4-5 NIV

First of all, we have to know that all of us became sinners because of the world (Romans 5:12-14). Because of this, God sent His beloved Son, Jesus Christ from heaven into the world as an image of Himself (John 1:14) to be crucified on the cross as an atonement of our sins (Colossians 2:13-15). This is because God, the Creator (Genesis 1:1) and our heavenly Father (Ephesians 4:6) have been wanted to save us from our sins that result in eternal death and has given us eternal life through Christ (Romans 6:23). However, the main reason for this is that all of us have been created by God (Genesis 1:27) and have still been part of His Creation, even though we have sinned against Him (Romans 3:23) due to His Steadfast love (John 3:16-17; 1 John 4:9-10). This is why Jesus has proclaimed, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” (John 14:6-7) Thus, for this reason, we ought to believe in Him until the end of the age (John 11:25-26), as He prayed before His Father like this—“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:3)

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:8-10)

Moreover, when Jesus was resurrected back from death to life, God has poured His Spirit into us to help and teach us how to live righteously (John 14:15-27; Romans 8:1-13). This is why before Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, He stated that it has been for our own good that He was going away, for God could not pour His Spirit into us until Jesus was crucified and went back into heaven (John 16:7-15). Therefore, we ought to crucify ourselves with the repentance and abide in the Spirit of God (Acts 2:38-39) through faith in Christ Jesus (Acts 3:19-20; Galatians 5:24-25) with the hope of God that is in stored for us (1 Peter 1:3-9). Otherwise, we are going to be ‘evildoers’ that is stated in Matthew 7:22-23. This is because if we continue to do ministry things out of the religious-mindset, then we are never going to enter into the kingdom of heaven. This means that in order to get into heaven at the end of the age, we have to love our Lord and others first (Mark 12:30-31) and then do the will of God until the end of the age (Matthew 7:21). Hence, the word of God says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.” (Proverbs 3:5-8)

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. (Titus 3:3-8)