Understanding the Word and Spirit,
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There are believers who say “Just give me the Word, I don’t want the Spirit”. Some even say they are ‘Word’ people and not ‘Spirit’ people; they say they do just the Word, nothing more, and nothing less. But how can you have the Word without the Spirit? Head knowledge comes by trying to get the Word without the Spirit; that’s the letter, not the spirit Word of God, because it is the Spirit of God that gives the Word. Some claim to be a ‘Word Church, but not a ‘Spirit Church’. How can you be a Word Church without being a Spirit Church? Where did you get the ‘Word’ you claim to have? Who taught you the Word? Who inspired you to speak the Word? Such a Church is not a Word Church but a ‘Letter Church’.
No Church can be a Word Church without being a Spirit Church. The Scripture says in 2 Peter 1:21 “Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost…” There are Churches where public prophecy is not allowed; they have formatted the Spirit of God out of their services. They claim that everything God would say He has already said in the Written Word, therefore they make no room for the Spirit to speak to them. Yet the Bible says “Ye may all prophesy.”
Anyone who claims to be a person of the word who doesn’t make room for the Spirit of God is only full of the letter, not the Spirit. Such a person is dying, and is also ready to kill others spiritually because the Scripture tells us that the letter kills; it is the Spirit that gives life.
“Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.” 2 corithians 3:6
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63
Beloved, it is not by power; it’s not by might, but by God’s Spirit. Make room for the Spirit to inspire you as you pray in other tongues, and minister to the Lord in worship and praise with an open heart that is aligned with His will, and the Word of the Lord will come to you by the Spirit, and you will understand the mind of God as it is with Him. When you are filled with the Spirit, you will speak the Spirit Word that gives life. Hallelujah!!