WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN YOU 2
"THEN JESUS RETURNED TO GALILEE, FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT'S POWER. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region."
Luke 4:14 (NLT)
The church of Christ is presently at the dispensation or the era of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit, on the inside of the believers in Christ Jesus, is the presence of God in us: "AND I [Jesus] WILL PRAY THE FATHER, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER HELPER [Comforter; like Me, Jesus], THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER" (John 14:16 NKJV paraphrased).
In other words, the Holy Spirit would do the work which He, Jesus, did, and that which He would have done; when He, the Holy Spirit, comes to abide in those who believe in Him—Christ Jesus (John 16:12-15).
Your acquaintance with the Holy Spirit is an acquaintance with Jesus Christ and God the Father (John 14:16,26; 16:13-15).
The Holy Spirit will teach you all things and will guide you into all things (John 14:26; 16:13). You are not left alone in this world, as a believer in Christ Jesus. You have the Holy Spirit, who dwells on the inside of you, to help in all the affairs of life—either issues that pertained to the spiritual things or that of the physical.
Jesus Christ operated in His earthly Ministry as a full human being. He did not come to the earth with His Glory He had in heaven:
5 LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS, 6 WHO, BEING IN THE FORM OF GOD, DID NOT CONSIDER IT ROBBERY TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD, 7 BUT MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION, TAKING THE FORM OF A BONDSERVANT, AND COMING IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN. 8 AND BEING FOUND IN APPEARANCE AS A MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND BECAME OBEDIENT TO THE POINT OF DEATH, EVEN THE DEATH OF THE CROSS" (Philippians 2:5-8 NKJV).
Jesus operated and did all He did and accomplished through the Holy Spirit. He was the same Jesus when He was fifteen years old, twenty years old, and when He was thirty years old, when He eventually began and started His Ministry.
The difference between the teenage Jesus, and the Jesus of thirty years old, when He commenced His earthly Ministry was the Holy Spirit who came on Him when He was baptized in the river Jordan (Luke 3:21-23).
READ: Matthew 3:13-17
The coming of the Holy Spirit on Jesus marked the beginning of a new season in His life on earth and was significant to the commencement of His earthly Ministry (Luke 3:22,23).
Jesus' earthly Ministry was unique because of the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:15). Although, He was given the Spirit, the anointing, without measure (John 3:34), while the anointing or the operation of the Holy Spirit in every other believer is with measure.
In other words, the operation of the Holy Spirit in Jesus' life and Ministry was without measure or limitation.
How you need the Holy Spirit in your assignment on earth today.
If Jesus Christ needed the Holy Spirit to do and fulfil His work or Ministry on the earth; every believer assigned for one thing or another surely would need the help of the Holy Spirit in whatever they are assigned to do (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8).
You had the need of the Holy Spirit in your life, ministry, home and whatever you do for living; for you to be whatever God wanted you to be.
The potential in you cannot be fully maximized without the help of the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit is at work in you, your life would make a difference. No one succeeds or makes a significant progress in the Kingdom without the help and the cooperation of the Holy Spirit.
Allow the Holy Spirit and give Him a place, a chance, to work in every affair of your life. By strength shall no one prevail (1 Samuel 2:9). No one succeeds by struggling.
• It is my prayer that you will not fail in Jesus' name. And your effort in every endeavour of yours shall be crowned with success in Jesus' mighty name.
• If you are having any ailment in your body, I declare your healing now in Jesus' mighty name. And the affliction will never rise the second time in Jesus' mighty name.
Peace!
STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. As you took the steps A and B your name is written in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).
If you took the steps As highlighted above, congratulations, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!