12/07/2015
Spiritual Integrity???
Spiritual Integrity is among one of the most important aspects we can have as Christians in the faith of Christianity. Without Spiritual Integrity, you become subject to the inner workings of the enemy, by allowing your spirit to be put in compromising positions that can/will affect your spiritual walk with Christ. With that being said, one must ask the question, how can Spiritual Integrity Be Maintained? In the book of Acts 19:2, we find Paul arriving in Ephesus stopping to ask some Disciples “did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” Although the Holy Spirit is operative in every believer and the varied ministries of the church, still the presence of this question prompts us all to be certain: “Have you received?” The Spirit is the power by which the sovereign God controls the complexities of life on earth. Godly people know that their sin offends the Holy One, and they fear quenching the Spirit. In the Old Testament references we find the Holy Spirit indwelling Himself in people as a whole (Jdg. 3:10 and 6:34). In the New Testament we find the Holy Spirit is a special endowment for a special task for example (Ac. 4:8, Nu 11:17, 29; 27:18; 1 Sa. 16:13); moreover the spirit is extremely sensitive in terms of personality. The Spirit is the very presence of God according to (Psalms 139:7), He is wise, He is holy and good, He is vexed by sin and rebellion, and He is at rest when sin has been dealt with. Therefore, we arrive back at the beginning question, “How can Spiritual Integrity Be Maintained?”
1) Experience subsequent to Christian Conversion
a. Baptism (John 1:33; Acts 1:5)
2) The process of yielding the complete person into guidance with the spirit.
a. One’s physical being participates, as worship is spoken and expressed, with un-praised voice in prayer (Acts 4:24) or un-praised hands of adoration (Ps. 63:1-5).
Blessings for “Your” future!