After reading this book, I came to learn and understand that, the indwelling of the Holy spirit comes and dwells in our hearts when we believe in the gospel of salvation, the gospel of the water and the spirit.
When one believes that, the Lord came on this Earth by being incorneted in this weak flesh, received the baptism from John the Baptist in the Jordan River, shed His precious blood and died crusfied on the cross. He rose again from the dead on the third day and He ascended into the Heavens where He sits at the right hand of the throne of God the Father, hence He is coming from to judge the living and the dead. And imidietely one receives the indwelling of the Holy spirit as a seal and a guarantee that, he/she have become the child of God. For God promised this gift of the Holy spirit to those who believe in His gospel of the baptism of Jesus Christ and His blood on the cross. Acts 2:38-39.
That, the Old Testament sucrificial offering of un blemished animals and the laying on of hands as written in Leviticus 16:20-21, represents the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in Jordan River to fulfill the all righteousness as indicated in Matthew 3:15.
Like this, Jesus as the Lamb of God took away all the sins of the world as stated in John 1:9. Therefore, there is no sin left in this world.
That, living a life of faith in the baptism of Jesus, His blood on the cross, and the spirit like this with oil, "the Holy spirit" and Lapms, "the church," has made us live our spiritual lives as wise saints who are completely prepared to meet and receive Jesus Christ the bridegroom like the five wise virgins.
Un like the other five foolish ones who wished to receive the Lord through their own will, like prayers, laying on of hands speaking in tongues and through Earthly means like Simon the sorcerer who wanted to purchase the Holy spirit with money. Acts 8:18.
That, a sinner can not receive the Holy spirit nor make others do so because, any one who does not believe in both, the baptism of Jesus and His blood on the cross, but believes only the blood of the cross is still a sinner and therefore, the Holy spirit can not dwell in him/her. For water means "baptism of Jesus" while spirit means Jesus is God.
Therefore, one without faith in the gospel of the water and the spirit, is not yet been born again and can not receive the indwelling of the Holy spirit and can not even have fellowship with the Lord.
I also learned that, we the Born again of water and the spirit, and have the indwelling of the Holy spirit in our hearts, will continue committing daily sins in this weak flesh, but even so, we are without sin. Now in order to free our conscience from sin, we should confess our daily sins before the Lord and admit them, and raminet ourselves with the gospel of the water and the spiri.
That, during the early church time, the disciples of Jesus spoke in tongues in order to preach the beautiful gospel of the water and the spirit to the foreign language speaking Jews in their own languages through the help of the Holy spirit, as stated in Acts 2:2-7,
And in Acts 8:14-17, they laid their hands on those who believed but had not yet received the Holy spirit, because, God allowed this to happen for the word of God was still being written and the work was not yet been completed. Therefore, God gave His servants, the disciples of Jesus special powers to do His mission. Using His disciples, God powerfully showed the work of the Holy spirit in order to prove that Jesus is God the Almighty and He is the son of God. However, nowadays it`s not necessary to receive the Holy spirit through visible wonders and miracles, neither through laying on of hands nor prayers because the Bible has already been completed.
Today one has to hear and believe in the gospel of salvation, the gospel of the water and the spirit to receive the remission of sin and the indwelling of the Holy spirit at the same time. Just like Namaan obeyed the prophet Elisha, he went and dipped his body in the waters of River Jordan seven times and his skin was restored like a little child`s skin. 2 Kings 5:10-14.This is how the Lord comforts those who moan and give freedom to the captives.
That, we the righteous who believe in the gospel of the baptism of Jesus and His blood have everlasting joy, and experience the feeling of the spiritual living waters freshly overflowing and moisturing our hearts, and we drink from it when ever we gather together, preaching or hearing God`s word of truth, the gospel of the water and the spirit as stated in John 7:37-38.
That, the reason why the Lord gives us the Holy spirit is, to strengthen us, comforts us and to lead us preach this beautiful gospel of salvation in order to save those who are not yet been saved and help them receive the indwelling of the Holy spirit, become God`s children and United to His Church and His servant.
That, God did not separate Himself from us because He Haded us. But it was after the first man Adam our father sined by being decieved by Satan. Then we as Adam`s disendants be came sinners as well and God separated Himself from us , as written in Genesis 3:1-23.
Now in order to live by faith and dwell in the presence of the Lord our God in His Kingdom, we needed the remission of sin. Therefore, God brought us back to Himself through the water, "Jesus` baptism". And now we are His children born of the spirit as written in 1 Peter 3:21.
That, we the righteous posses two elements, the Holy spirit and the lust of the flesh, while the sinners posses only one element, the lust of the flesh. And this two are contrary to one another.
The Holy spirit leads us to wish from deep down our hearts to do God`s will and serve the Lord and makes us zealous to involve ourselves in doing spiritual work and walk in the spirit.
On the other hand, our desires stire up the lust of the flesh so that we can not walk in the spirit as written in Galatians 5:19-21.
Therefore, we the righteous must engage in spiritual work of preaching the gospel of truth through out the world in order for us to walk in the fulnes of the spirit. In this way we will be able to bear the fruits of the spirit, as Galatians 5:22-24, and be able to walk in the spirit even though we still have the lust of the flesh because the Holy spirit dwells in our hearts. While those who are not born again have only the lust of the flesh and they don`t even know what it means to walk in the spirit.
That, we the righteous must do good things for the sake of others. And before the Lord, the highest goodness is to preach the gospel of the water and the spirit for benefit of others. We must feel compassion for them and love every one even those who are not yet been saved by preaching God`s love to them. We should dedicate ourselves to serve the gospel of our Lord in order for us to maintain the fulnes of the Holy spirit, and we must always be happy to see the work of the Lord being accomplished. We must be faithful in doing God`s work of saving other souls from their sins and serve the Lord even if no one gave us the instructions to do so. And we must deny ourselves in many areas in order to make this beautiful gospel cover the whole Earth.
Also that, after we are born again and become righteous, now our master is the Lord and He is our king for He is our only savior. He is our God and our maker, who forgave all our sins and blessed us with everlasting life. He is now the only one who has domnion over our lives and death, blessings and curses. We must always obey our Lord God the Father and Jesus Christ the son, and give glory for our salvation.
That, as the righteous in order not to undermine the gospel of truth, we must obey the laws of this world. We must be gentle, peaceable and humility to all mankind and not to fight with them. As the righteous children of God, we don`t fight with flesh and blood, but with spiritual hosts of darkness.
Therefore, we should only fight spiritual fight if the laws of this world interfere with the gospel of truth. In this way, we must stand on the light of truth and difend our faith in the gospel of the water and the spirit.
I thank the Lord for saving me through the water and the spirit. For making me righteous and giving me the indwelling of the Holy spirit. Uniting me with His Church and His servant. Amen!!
Eliot Bwalya, Zambia
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