The Joy Of Freedom In
The Spirit
To disobey
is to feel condemnation and then guilt. But if you heed His Call, you know the
joy of freedom in The Spirit: “For The Law of The Spirit Of Life in Christ
Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death” (Rom. 8:2). The Lawgiver
in The Old Covenant was The Father, but The Lawgiver in The New Covenant is The
Holy Ghost. Jesus gave the Commandments through The Spirit (see Acts 1:2), just
as God The Father once gave the Law through Moses.
Angels were
mediators of The Old Covenant; which was between God and the nation of Israel. Jesus
Christ is The Mediator of The New Covenant; which is between God and all who
have come to acknowledge and receive The Son.
Certainly we
want to love Christ, but it is impossible unless The Spirit gives us
supernatural Love. And how do you receive it? You simply say, “Spirit Of God, I
surrender to You.” By that very act He will flood your soul with a Love for The
Lord.
The more
deeply you know The Holy Spirit, the more deeply you will know Jesus. It’s
automatic.
The Spirit
convicts and convinces. He enters your mind and presents The Truth of
Scripture, convincing you of the validity of the Gospel.
And after
you have given your heart to Christ, He is still right there, helping you
witness for The Lord.
But
as for me, I am filled with power,
with
The Spirit of the Lord,
and
with justice and might,
to
declare to Jacob his transgression,
to
Israel his sin.
Micah
3:8 NIV