Holiness Is of the Spirit
Holiness Is of the Spirit
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Hello, welcome to this message. Today, I’m going to be talking about a very important topic. Just yesterday night, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “Holiness is of the Spirit.” That’s what I’ll be discussing today because a lot of people do not really understand that it is only by the power of the Holy Spirit that they can be holy. His name is Holy Spirit, so holiness is not something we can achieve by our own power. The only way we can be holy is by the power of the Holy Spirit.
So let’s look at the Scriptures.
1 Peter 1:2
“According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with His blood: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.”
The Scripture clearly says “sanctification of the Spirit.” It is Jesus Christ who sanctifies by the power of His Holy Spirit. We cannot do it by ourselves. If we try to depend on ourselves for sanctification, we will keep struggling, falling, rising, and repeating the same cycle because we are not doing it the way God intends.
Everything is by grace. Revelation is a function of grace. Wisdom is a function of grace. Truth is a function of grace. All these things are necessary for us to walk in holiness. Humility is agreement with truth. When you agree with the truth of God’s Word, you are being humble. When you disagree with it, you are walking in pride.
Ephesians 2:10
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
We were created for good works. If we are not walking in those good works, then we are failing in what God created us for. Do not let people deceive you into thinking that salvation means obedience no longer matters. God saved us through the blood of Jesus Christ so that we can walk in obedience and produce fruit.
The Bible says in James that faith without works is dead. Hebrews warns about continuing in sin after receiving the knowledge of truth. We must understand the whole counsel of Scripture and not twist it.
Holiness is important, but you must realize it is by the power of God and by the Holy Spirit. God wants to help you. He does not want you to depend on self. Leave self behind and walk in the Spirit. Allow the Holy Spirit to crucify the flesh and remove ungodly thoughts because the flesh works against the will of God.
2 Peter 1:2
“Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.”
Grace works with knowledge. The more revelation of God’s Word you receive, the more grace is made available to you. The Word of God is like seed. When it enters a good heart, it produces fruit.
The Bible says:
“I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You.”
The Word of God cleanses us. The Holy Spirit sanctifies us through the Word. When our minds are filled with God’s thoughts, we begin to walk in His will.
Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control.”
The Spirit produces these fruits. Once you realize that, you will stop depending on yourself and begin depending on the Holy Spirit. Pray for grace. Pray for wisdom. Pray for help. The Holy Spirit is our Helper.
Any good thing you produce is because the Holy Spirit is working through you. It is not by your own power. Holiness belongs to God, but He allows us to partake in His holiness.
Philippians 1:11
“Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.”
Do not take the glory that belongs to God. Yes, do good works, but understand that it is by grace. God is the One helping you.
No matter where you are in your spiritual journey, surrender yourself to God. Ask Him for help like a child. He will sanctify you and make you holy.
Romans 15:13
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Your hope grows by the power of the Holy Spirit. Your faith grows by the power of the Holy Spirit. Your love grows by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Faith is not just mental agreement. True faith comes from revelation and understanding placed in your heart by the Holy Spirit. Ask God for your faith, love, and hope to grow.
1 Timothy 4:5
“For it is sanctified by the Word of God and prayer.”
The Word of God sanctifies. The Holy Spirit cleanses us through the Word and through prayer.
John 8:32
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
The truth is the Word of God. When you know the Word and walk in it, you are set free.
John 15:3
“You are already clean because of the Word which I have spoken to you.”
Jesus cleansed His disciples through His words. That is why hearing and meditating on the Word of God is so important.
John 17:17
“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your Word is truth.”
The Word sanctifies. Holiness is of the Spirit because the Holy Spirit is the One who reveals and explains the Word of God to us.
Without the Holy Spirit, we can do nothing.
Jesus said:
“Without Me you can do nothing.”
The flesh profits nothing. Depend on the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 5:26
“That He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word.”
The Word of God is like water. It washes, cleanses, purifies, and sanctifies.
John 1:14
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us… full of grace and truth.”
Jesus was full of grace and truth. That was the secret of His victory. We also need grace and truth.
God gives grace to the humble. The humble are those who ask God for help and depend on Him.
Luke 2:52
“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”
Jesus grew in wisdom and stature. Many people grow physically but do not grow in wisdom. Ask God for wisdom. Grow spiritually as you grow physically.
Acts 4:33
“And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.”
Great grace came upon them because they prayed.
Acts 4:31
“And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Prayer is essential. Through prayer, grace comes. Through prayer, boldness comes. Through prayer, the Holy Spirit fills us.
Jude 1:2
“Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.”
Pray for mercy, peace, and love to be multiplied in your life.
Galatians 6:16
“And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them.”
When we walk according to God’s principles, peace and mercy come upon us.
Salvation is not a license to ignore obedience. We are saved to walk with God, abide in Christ, and produce fruit.
I pray for you today that God’s mercy will come upon you. May the Lord sanctify you completely. May He fill you with His Holy Spirit, wisdom, grace, truth, and love. May He purify your heart and help you walk in obedience to His will.
May the Lord clothe you with righteousness and humility. May He surround you with His protection and favor. May every affliction and every power working against your life be broken in the name of Jesus.
May the blood of Jesus cleanse you. May the Holy Spirit fill you afresh. May God strengthen you, revive you, and establish you in holiness.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Have a blessed day.
God Hears The Prayers Of The Righteous - All About Prayers
God Hears The Prayers Of The Righteous - All About Prayers
Prayer For Divine Favour, Open Doors & Victory Prayer – Laura Bon
May God baptise you with His fire and power for great exploits, in Jesus name, amen.
If you want to become God's untouchable, be persistent in prayer and wake up at midnight to pray.
Some witches get up at midnight to invoke the spirits of believers they want to cast spells and demons on. But many believers do not want to be spiritually disciplined and pray at midnight.
Acts 16 verse 25 says, but at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God.
A lot of believers do not want to pay the price in Bible meditation, prayer and praise to be filled with God's word and power.
A lot of believers have thrown away their spiritual armor and weapons.
Some believers are so spiritually lazy, undisciplined, docile, and lukewarm that it is baffling.
Ignorant believers feed Satan and his demons and witches through ignorance, scantiness of the word of God and stubbornness. They also feed them through faithlessness, ingratitude, prayerlessness, and carelessness.
They ignorantly think that witches and demons are their problems, yet the problem is within them. The solution is within them. The Kingdom of God is within them.
Luke 17 verse 21 says, the kingdom of God is within you.
You are not helpless. You are not a spiritual orphan because you have the Holy Spirit, the mighty man of war.
Jesus has defeated death. Revelation 1 verse 18 says that Jesus has the keys of Hades and of Death.
All power belongs to Jesus, and nothing can happen without God's permission. It is better to submit completely to God by paying the price than to constantly blame witches, demons and Satan.
Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed Satan. Satan did not blame anyone because he knew that he did his job successfully.
His job was to test them, and their job was to obey God and successfully resist him. They failed their spiritual tests and examinations.
Jesus passed all his spiritual tests, trials and examinations.
Hebrews 4 verse 15 says that Jesus was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Make up your mind to pass all your spiritual tests, examinations and trials and win Satan.
Adam and Eve failed their spiritual test, examination and trial of faith and loyalty to God. God judged Adam and Eve.
Satan still has the same job of testing and trying human loyalty to God. He tested righteous, blameless Job, and Job passed all his spiritual examinations. Satan did not win righteous, blameless Job.
Job suffered so much when his faith was being tested, but he never accused God.
Job 1 verse 22 says, in all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
Learn how to fight spiritual war and stop shifting the blame to Satan and his witches and demons.
They are doing their job. It's a battle that God has commanded you to win, so fight by the rules and win. It is a battle between life and death, light and darkness.
But know that Jesus has defeated death for you. He died so that you can have life, power and grace in all its fullness.
Second Timothy 2 verse 5 says, if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
If you begin to blame Satan and witches, you are indirectly saying that you don't want to fight the spiritual battle.
You must make up your mind to win the battle. You can trample the powers of witches and demons if you pay the price.
Luke 10 verse 19 says, behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy.
Rise up! Wake up, great men and women of valor! Pick up all the weapons and armor of our warfare and fight! Stop sleeping spiritually.
Do not be a runaway soldier.
Stop being unconscious spiritually. Be awake in Christ. Be filled with God's word and Spirit.
Crave spiritual gifts. Put on the garment of fire and power. Be filled with all the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Be led by the voice and direction of the Holy Spirit.
Stop resisting and ignoring the Holy Spirit with your spiritual laziness, stubbornness, cowardice, and indiscipline. Submit completely to the Holy Spirit.
Surrender all to Jesus. Cast all your burdens and cares upon the Lord.
First Peter 5 verse 7 says, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
Humbly bow before the Lord and tell Him to equip you and teach your fingers how to fight and make war spiritually.
Psalm 144 verse 1 says, blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.
Ask for His help and stop depending on your flesh.
Power is your birthright. Wake up and start putting on the power and fire of God and demons will scream and run away from you.
Witches will fear and respect the fire of God on you because they cannot withstand the fire of God.
May great grace be upon you, in Jesus name, amen.
May God make you an untouchable, in Jesus make, amen.
Receive fire and power for complete protection, in Jesus name, amen.
May God’s great power strengthen you to cut off every association that serves as a point of contact with the gates of hell, in Jesus name.
May God reveal to you the secrets of His Word and teach you how to walk continually in His divine protection and power, in Jesus name.
Win Satan by getting rid of points of contact with the gates of hell.
Point of contact is the big secret that Satan has hidden from believers.
Communication, contact, and association are the gateways that demonic people and witches use to get access to believers.
Talking, chatting and having phone calls with demonic people are demonic gateways and portals. Watching demonic people and celebrities and looking at pictures of demonic celebrities are also demonic gateways and portals.
Those celebrities know it. That is the way they obtain energy and power. That is why they love to be scantily clothed.
Watching demonic people, talking, chatting, and having unequally yoked friendships with demonic people is like falling into a pit and walking into the gates of hell.
Second Corinthians 6 verse 14 says, do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what communion has light with darkness?
If you are hungry for complete deliverance and power, cut off the demonic gates, links, points of contact and doors.
No contact is your biblical instruction and medicine.
Be watchful, be vigilant, be full of God's Word, and hear the voice and direction of the Holy Spirit.
If you do not understand and know God's secrets and deliverance secrets, you will give Satan the upper hand and space.
The Word of God reveals God's secrets.
Second Corinthians 2 verse 11 says, lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
God has given you complete redemption and deliverance. But you can unconsciously and ignorantly give away parts of the liberty and freedom that Christ purchased for you with His blood.
Galatians 5 verse 1 says, stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free.
Cling to your freedom and liberty.
You are not helpless. You have control. You have the authority.
Luke 10 verse 19 says that Jesus gave His disciples authority over all the power of the enemy.
But if you do not know how to apply that authority and control, you will be controlled by Satan and his witches and demons.
Satan, demons, and witches are not the problem. Your inability to know and apply God's secrets and the fullness of God's Word is the problem. Deception is the problem.
Deception and lies are their highest weapon.
To resist the devil is to reject his lies, tricks and deception.
May God show you His secrets.
May the Holy Spirit fill you with light and lead you into all the truth that sets you completely free, in Jesus name, amen.
May God visit you mightily and crown you with His deliverance and power.
There is no sickness, affliction or spell that the Holy Ghost fire and the blood of Jesus cannot destroy.
But the question is: are you willing to pay the price and pray with fervent, stubborn, persistent, fierce faith?
Master how to beg God for grace, ability, mercy and power. Don't be proud.
If you don't ask for the power of God, it means that you are proud and self-dependent. You have not learned the lesson that your flesh cannot save you.
Recognizing your need for the Holy Spirit is humility.
Hebrews 4 verse 16 says, come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Matthew 15 verse 22 says that a Canaanite woman came crying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.
And the woman begged Jesus for the children's crumbs. And Jesus rewarded her faith. Nothing could discourage her from obtaining deliverance for her child.
James 5 verse 16 says that the prayer of a righteous man is very powerful and effective.
Pray. Pray!
Fill your heart with the fullness of the word of God, faith and the complete armour of God. And pray like you have never prayed before.
Believe in the goodness, mercy, and love of God and pray fervently without giving up, and you will experience mercy from the throne of grace.
Be very very stubborn about meditating on the word of God, prayer and seeking God's presence. That is your only protection and medicine for complete deliverance every day.
Stop using your prayer time to play and watch nonsense on social media. Stop watching immoral things that open demonic gateways and pollute your spirit.
Be very serious about spiritual power. Power is taken by force, not by carelessness, irresponsibility, recklessness and laziness.
Matthew 11 verse 12 says, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
Spiritual power is not for lazy people.
Cry out to God from the bottom of your heart.
Cry out to God persistently day and night like the persistent widow, and don't give up.
Luke 18 verse 7 says, shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him?
Cry for the highest level of God's power and protection. Cry to God for His fire. You need fire. You were born for fire and power, not demonic oppression.
May God be a wall of fire all around you to cleanse you, fill you, surround you, and deliver you.
May great grace be upon you, in Jesus name.
Crave the fire and presence of God with all your heart. Crave spiritual gifts.
It is the fullness of the presence of God in and around you that protects you and crushes every sickness, curse and all your enemies.
The Holy Spirit constantly tells me that He wants passion-passion for His presence. You must be hungry for the power and grace of God in order to enjoy it.
Passion, thirst, hunger, need and desire are mandatory for attracting God's presence and glory.
If you do not ask, you will not receive.
The biggest mistake believers make is to depend on the flesh.
If you notice that you keep praying but never ask for the fullness of the presence of God or the full baptism of the Holy Spirit, you are praying amiss.
You are praying backwards. You are depending on your flesh. You are fighting with your flesh.
Your flesh cannot win a spiritual battle.
Romans 8 verse 8 says that those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
John 6 verse 63 says, it is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
Of yourself you can do nothing. Man's power is of no use at all.
Sicknesses and demons are only afraid of the fire and presence of God.
If you carry God’s fire, demons will be tormented by the fire of God that you are carrying, and they will flee.
Jesus is the presence and power of God. Jesus is all you need.
Moses knew what he was saying when he said in Exodus 33 verse 15, if Your presence does not go with us, we will not leave this place.
He understood his absolute need and dependence on God. Numbers 12 verse 3 records that Moses was the humblest man on earth in his days.
Jesus said in Matthew 11 verse 29, learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart.
Luke 5 verse 16 says that Jesus often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
Jesus constantly went to lonely places at intervals during the day to renew the presence and fire of God. That was the secret to His success.
He knew how to walk in the Spirit and with the Holy Spirit. He knew how to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and follow Him.
It is the truth you know that sets you free.
Hosea 4 verse 6 says, my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
If you ignore the Holy Spirit and keep fighting spiritual battles with your flesh, you will be very weak spiritually, because you lack spiritual food.
The presence of God is the spiritual food you need. The word of God is the spiritual food for your mind and soul.
It is the word of God that convicts and convinces you to seek the presence of God at intervals every day.
You must be filled and overflowing with the Word of God before you can be filled and overflowing with the glory, fire, and presence of God.
The ultimate quest is the presence and fire of God. The presence of God is what gives you unlimited results and great victory.
Fight! Pay the price!
Pray aggressively and persistently, because it is the spiritually violent and aggressive that experience the presence of God by force.
Let absolute desire and need for the presence of God take over your mind. This is how to walk in the reality of the fullness of truth that sets you free.
Jesus died so that you can constantly taste and enjoy the fullness, power, fire and presence of God.
Jesus has given you the keys to the presence of God.
Do not waste the grace of God by depending on your own flesh to crush demons and evil. Only the presence, power and fire of God can crush evil.
Ask. Ask for the fire of God.
James 4 verse 2 says, you do not have because you do not ask.
Constantly ask for the full baptism of the Holy Spirit and renew the presence of God daily.
If you do not ask, you will not receive.
May the fire of God fill you, surround you, and consume the roots of your problems.
May God's presence come upon you and transform you from glory to glory into the highest dimensions of His power and glory, in Jesus name, amen.
