Selah (think about it)
HOW DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT WORK?
Romans 4:13-17
1. The Holy Spirit works within the parameter of who HE is. Anything else, it becomes a false matter.
2. The Holy Spirit works on the strength of your faith in what you believe HE is.
Matthew 13:11; Romans 8:5-13.
3. Fighting devils with flesh (will-power) guarantees failure, i.e. being fruitless. Romans 8:6-8
4. You receive the Holy Spirit by FAITH then HE will guide – teach – abide – manifest.
John 8:31-32.
5. What we are facing in the spirit of darkness is totally beyond our capacity to conquer.
Ephesians 6:10-12.
6. Our problem? Instead of coming into the realm of the Spirit, we try to bring the Spirit into us by realms of the flesh.
7. Before Paul understood the Holy Spirit, he tried to live for God by his own strength. John 13:7
8. The only faith that God will or can recognize is faith in Christ (it is not automatic).
John 17:3; Hosea 6:3
Pastor Willie G. Swinney, D.D.