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Holy Spirit, Flow Through Me

By James Lewis from "Word of Life Ministries" Ohio

 January 2008 Hand In Hand Ministries Publication

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:  and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:   Acts 2: 17-18

 

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any. Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:  and immediately her issue of blood stanched.  And Jesus  said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.                     

 

The virtue that Jesus spoke about, the anointing of the Holy Ghost that flowed out from Christ life, is increasing in the lives of Gods people all over the world today. Its virtue is flowing out not only in the lives of preachers and prophets, evangelist and ministers, teachers and pastors, but in ordinary lives of people just like you and I. Oh get ready for it beloved, for God has been preparing His church and His bride for some time now. 

 

God has a remnant of people who have separated themselves Holy unto God. A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that we would show forth the praises of Him who hath called us out of darkness and into his marvellous light.  God has called us out of the world to become ministers in the priest office!

 

In the Greek language, Virtue and Power are the same word, and have the same meaning. The word "Dunamis" means miraculous power or force, mighty works, miracle power, strength, ability, abundance, power in action, and great wonders or signs.

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Luke 24: 49

 

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:  and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.  The word, "endued" in the Greek means to sink into a garment, to invest with clothing. To put on, or be clothed with. In the Old Testament God spoke with Moses and said for him  to call Aaron his brother, into the office of a priest. And He said unto Moses, "thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty", and that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, they he may minister unto the Lord in the priest's office. 

 

Right before Jesus was crucified upon the cross, the Bible tells that they [parted His garments], casting lots for it.  They took from Christ His only earthly possession. But the anointing that rested upon Jesus in that day was not in any outer garment that He wore, for it was the "Spirit of the Lord", that was upon Him as a Holy garment, and it was this same Power that endued Him to do the works of God. No man could take that from Him. 

 

It was the mantle of Gods Spirit that overshadowed Him and enabled Him to do the things  that no other could do. He walked upon water, [He healed the sick], gave sight to blind eyes, made a deaf man to hear, a dumb man to speak. He fed  thousands of people with just a few loaves of fish and bread, He set free those who were oppressed and delivered those who were possessed with demonic spirits. He healed the crippled and lame and made them leap for joy and walk again, He cleansed the lepers, and turned water into wine.  But most of all He brought salvation and healing to all who would call upon His name.

 

But if the Spirit of him (God's Spirit) that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

Romans 8:11

On the day of Pentecost when the disciples were gathered together in one room and in one accord, the Bible says that suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. The ministry of the Holy Ghost is just as real and [important today] for us, as it was in the days of Jesus and His disciples.

To be filled with the Holy Ghost is Gods will for each one of us who are called by His name. At the time of Christ death upon the cross, the Bible tells that the veil of the temple that separated the holy place from the most holy place, was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.  Only the High Priest could enter into the holy of holies and make a sacrifice for the sins of the people. Today Jesus is our High Priest who has entered into the holy of holies and He himself became the sacrifice for our sins. And from that time on the partition that separated man from God was torn down, and our relationship has been restored.  We are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God.  The Spirit, or the very presence of God no longer dwells in buildings of stone, and mortar, but He has come to dwell and [abide within our hearts].  And now our bodies are the temple where God's Holy Spirit abides. 

He has called us out of the world, and separated us, that we may minister unto the Lord in the priest office. He has placed upon us, or clothed upon us with His Holy garment, a mantle of His Spirit and endowed into our lives the Power of Heaven, that we may go forth and witness Christ into the earth today.  It is the anointing of the Lord that breaks the yoke of sin, sickness, disease, poverty, and death.  It reveals the hidden things of man that only God knows through the Holy Spirit, and He reveals them to us by the Spirit that dwells in us. 

Isaiah 61: 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

And these signs shall follow them that believe;  In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  St John 14:12-13

 

 

 

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