In the Old Testament and in the four gospels of the New Testament, we read about the Holy of Holiest. The Holy of Holiest was the dwelling place of God in the Tabernacle. O Espírito de Deus; the Holy Spirit dwelled in the Holy of Holiest. No one was allowed to enter the Holy of Holiest, except the high priest. Once every year, the high priest was allowed to enter the Holy of Holiest. No entanto, not without the covering of the blood of animals, which was sacrificed for himself and for the errors and sins of the people of God. Na Nova Aliança, the Holy Spirit no longer dwells in a building, but in the heart of the new creation. No entanto, these days, the Holy Spirit is not always welcome in the lives of Christians. In many Christian’s lives, the Holy Spirit is banished from the heart and put back in a building. The Holy Spirit is only welcome and may present Himself during church service, mas é isso. Why is the Holy Spirit banished from the heart of many Christians?
The veil was rented in twain
Quando Jesus died on the cross, and took all the sins and iniquities of humanity upon Himself, the veil that separated the first tent from the second tent; the Holy of Holiest, was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. The first tent didn’t exist anymore. Now, the way to the Holy of Holiest, the way to God was open, para todos. Todos, quem acreditaria em Jesus Cristo, o Messias, and would accept Him as Saviour, and Lord would be reconciled with God.
When Jesus was resurrected from the dead, Jesusascended to the Father. Jesus went with His own blood, para o lugar sagrado and obtained eternal redemption for everyone, quem acreditaria Nele.
From the moment that Jesus died and the veil of the Holy of Holiest was rent in twain, the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit was not in the Holy of Holiest, behind the second veil, não mais. God assigned another dwelling place for His Holy Spirit, namely in the heart of every new creation, who would belong to the Body of Christ.
Born into the Body of Christ
Porque em Cristo Jesus nem a circuncisão tem valor algum, nem incircuncisão, mas uma nova criatura (Gálatas 6:15)
From the moment that you become renascido etorne-se uma nova criação, you belong to the Body of Jesus Christ. The only access into the Body of Christ; the Church is through regeneration; being born again. A membership of the local church will not give you access to the Body of Christ.
Você é circuncidado em Jesus Cristo. This means that you have laid down your natureza pecaminosa, and buried it through batismo.
The old you don’t exist anymore and therefore you will not be able to walk in sin. Because your sinful nature is dead:
Pois Nele habita corporalmente toda a plenitude da Divindade. E você está completo Nele, que é a cabeça de todo principado e potestade: Em quem também estais circuncidados com a circuncisão feita sem mãos, em despojar-se do corpo dos pecados da carne pela circuncisão de Cristo: Enterrado com ele no batismo, onde também você ressuscitou com Ele através da fé na operação de Deus, que o ressuscitou dentre os mortos (Colossenses 2:9-12)
Your spirit is raised from the dead, by the power of the Holy Spirit. You have been given a new heart of flesh. Seu heart of stone, which was full of adultery, fornicação, (sexual) Impureza, imoralidade, lascívia, idolatria, feitiçaria, ódio, variação, Emulações, ira, luta, sedições, Heresias, Invejando, Assassinatos, embriaguez, Reveling, etc.. has been replaced by a new heart of flesh. Para que, the Holy Spirit can dwell in you.
Now that you have been given a new heart of flesh and the Holy Spirit dwells in you, a vontade de Deus; His commandments are written upon your heart. You have everything you need to walk after His commandments and do His will on this earth, assim como Jesus.
The Holy Spirit dwells in the heart of the new creation
O espírito Santo, Who first dwelled in the Holy of Holiest of the Tempel, behind the second veil, and whom no man could approach, except for the high priest, now lives in the heart of every new creation. Your body has become a temple of the living God and the Holy Spirit dwells inside of you.
O que? não sabeis que o vosso corpo é o templo do Espírito Santo que está em vós, que tendes de Deus, e você não é seu? Pois fostes comprados por um preço: portanto glorifique a Deus em seu corpo, e em seu espírito, que são de Deus (1 Coríntios 6:19-20)
Quando você se tornou uma nova criação, você deve não walk after the flesh anymore, but you shall walk after the Spirit.
You shall do what the Word, a Bíblia, diz para você fazer. If you allow the Word in your life. Because you decide if you want to walk after the Spirit or after the flesh. Because you can raise your flesh, from the dead anytime you want.
How do you raise your flesh from the dead? By listening to the lusts and desires of the flesh and feeding your flesh and by walking after the flesh.
Quando você anda segundo o Espírito, você deve entrar os mandamentos de Jesus, a palavra. You shall do what He tells you to do, instead of doing what your flesh (ou seja. sentidos, sentimentos, pensamentos, mente, emoções, etc.) tells you to do.
Thoughts, sentimentos, and emotions belong to the flesh and can be deceptive, therefore you can’t rely on them, nor build upon them. There is only one Truth: a palavra. Therefore you can only rely and build upon the Word.
The sons of God are led by the Holy Spirit
‘Pois todos os que são guiados pelo Espírito de Deus, eles são os filhos de Deus (Romanos 8:14)
A Palavra diz, that the sons of God are (constantemente) being led by the Holy Spirit. Como uma nova criação; um filho de Deus, you have received the Holy Spirit in full, and not just a part of Him.
You don’t have to go to church to have a meeting with the Holy Spirit. Because when you are born again in the spirit, and speak in new tongues, then the Holy Spirit lives in all His fullness inside of you. You have become a temple of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit dwells in you.
Quando você conhece alguém, who has a problem, like a sickness, a mental problem, a family problem, a marriage problem, a financial problem, etc., then you won’t have to send that person to church, in order to get help.
It is good, claro, to invite a person to church. But you have what this person needs, namely the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is able, and the Holy Spirit wants to help every person on this earth, if the person allows Him. And you must also allow Him to work with and through you.
The Holy Spirit shall grant power to the words, that you speak over this person’s life or situation. You will work together; you are one team and together you witness of Jesus Christ; the Word and give glory to Him.
You have not received the Holy Spirit, to have a pleasant feeling. But you have received the Holy Spirit to be witnesses of Jesus Christ, to bring the good news to the people, to distribute life, to set the captives free, e para curar os enfermos. You have received the Holy Spirit, to serve Jesus Christ and to serve people.
The Holy Spirit banished from the heart
But what happens today, is that many hearts are filled, and polluted, with the things of the world, and the ‘self’ still sits on the throne. There is no room anymore for the Holy Spirit and therefore the Holy Spirit is banished from the heart.
The Holy Spirit is suffocated, pelo concupiscências e desejos da carne, and by the things of the world.
Many Christians fill themselves, with the things of the world, instead of filling themselves with the Word of God.
They seek the things of this world instead of seeking the things which are above, onde Cristo está sentado à direita do Pai.
Por causa disso, the Holy Spirit has been given His old place back, namely a building, made by the hands of man.
We don’t want the Holy Spirit constantly with us, because that would mean, that we should listen to Him and keep His commandments all the time. It means that we must live after His will instead of our possuir vai. Significa, that He will confront and correct us and reveal things or habits in our life that we should remove.
Não, we don’t like that. We’d rather have the Holy Spirit in the church; in a building, far away from our hearts, so that we can keep living our own lives. Only during Sunday service, and weekday services, the Holy Spirit is allowed to show up.
Is the Holy Spirit causing pleasant feelings?
Many methods, e técnicas, are used to ‘evoke’ the Holy Spirit, such as loud music, singing songs, and repeating the chorus over and over again. Singing songs like ‘Holy Spirit fill this room’, ‘Holy Spirit rain down’ etc. to awaken the emotions. By using these methods, the Holy Spirit is invited for an hour or two, so that people can be touched, and experience pleasant feelings and emotions and enter some kind of ecstasy.
But as soon as the service is over, the Holy Spirit has to leave. Because the Holy Spirit is not allowed to come with us, to our homes.
As soon as the service is over, it’s time to pick up our daily life, and doing what we want to do. Because imagine, that the Holy Spirit hinders you in something you want to do. That’s out of the question! Therefore we leave the Holy Spirit, where we want Him: na Igreja, in a building. Assim como na antiga aliança, and the rest of the week we live like there is no God and when we go to church we quickly repent and want the Holy Spirit to give us some nice feelings again.
You are a son of God 24 hours a day, sete dias por semana!
But that’s not how it works. You are a new creation; um filho de Deus 24 horas por dia, sete dias por semana. The Holy Spirit is therefore 24 horas por dia, seven days a week present in you. At least, é assim que deveria ser. If you don’t banish the Holy Spirit out of your heart.
O Espírito Santo é uma Pessoa, and not a force, to create a pleasant feeling or emotion. Deus lhe deu Seu Espírito Santo, so that you can do the work that Jesus has commanded you to do.
The Holy Spirit is your Comforter, and the Holy Spirit is there, to guide you into all truth, para te ensinar, to correct you, so that you will grow up into the sonship of God, e ande segundo a Sua vontade; Seus mandamentos.
God is not created to please and to serve you,
but you are created to please God and to serve Him
Vamos, portanto, tome cuidado, with the way we speak about the Holy Spirit, and how we treat the Holy Spirit. When you sing in church, songs about the Holy Spirit, and ask the Holy Spirit to descend from heaven, you don’t acknowledge, that the Holy Spirit already lives inside of you. You compare the Holy Spirit with a feeling. But God is Spirit and not a feeling.
By comparing the Holy Spirit with a feeling, and by singing that He has to come down from Heaven, you indirectly say that, what you have isn’t enough for you. Você diz indiretamente, that you’d rather have a pleasant feeling and manifestations in the natural realm, including your flesh.
But the Holy Spirit has not come for that purpose, nor has Jesus Christ died, for that purpose. He didn’t come to entertain you, but to guide you into all truth.
God has given His Holy Spirit, to dwell in the new creation and not in a building made by hands. That was His place in the Old Covenant. Vivemos na Nova Aliança. God has given His Spirit, para que we can serve Him and exalt Him.
Give the Holy Spirit His place back. O lugar, which belongs to Him; seu coração; your life. Let the Holy Spirit be your Comforter, and let Him guide you into all truth, te ensinar, corrija você. Submit yourself to the Holy Spirit, ouça-o, and work together with Him. Only then shall you grow up, e ande como filho de Deus.
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