The Power Of The Church Is The Spirit

"But you 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" (Acts 1:8).

At GLCC we believe there is an experience of the empowering of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer that is distinct and separate from the indwelling of the Spirit that takes place at conversion. Every believer at the moment of salvation is instantly and permanently indwelt. Paul said, "Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his" (Romans 8:9). But to know the power of the Holy Spirit in our work and witness demands a separate choice of faith. Paul made this clear when he wrote to the Galatian believers, " that you might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith" (Galatians 3:14).

To know the power of the Holy Spirit we must come to God and in faith ask. Jesus declared, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit (refers to the power of the Spirit) to those that ask?" (Luke 11:13). And it is not just asking once and for all for the Spirit's power but every new day, every new decision, every new deed demands that we, by faith, choose to depend upon the Spirit's power.

There is no power for Christian living and serving apart from the fullness of the Spirit. Jesus did not begin His earthly ministry until He was empowered for service (Luke 3:21-22) and everything He did in His earthly ministry He did as a Spirit filled man (Acts 10:38). In the same way the Apostles did not begin their ministry until they were empowered for service (Acts 2:14) and all the work they accomplished they did as Spirit filled men. If we are not accessing the power of the Holy Spirit by faith we are living and serving in the energy of the flesh and Jesus reminded us that, "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profits nothing" (John 6:63).

We believe there is an experience with the Holy Spirit that is distinct from conversion and the indwelling. Some call it an endument with the Spirit, the anointing of the Spirit, the fullness of the Spirit, the baptism of the Spirit or the filling of the Spirit. Whatever term you choose the question is do you have it? Because without it there will be no power and no progress in your Christian walk, work and witness.
 

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