John Bevere - There Is No Christian Life without the Holy Spirit
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There is virtually no Christian life without the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit, Christianity becomes dry, monotonous, and mundane. Remove the Holy Spirit from the church, and it will morph into a social club or become a religious institution. There is no love without the Holy Spirit; there is no revelation without the Holy Spirit. In fact, the Scriptures become lethal without the Holy Spirit because 2 Corinthians 3:6 says, "The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." There is no vision without the Holy Spirit, no joy without the Holy Spirit, no peace without the Holy Spirit, and no freedom without the Holy Spirit. Paul states in 2 Corinthians 3:17, "The Lord is the Spirit."
That's interesting right there: the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Now hold on a minute; where the Spirit of the Lord is, He’s omnipresent—He’s everywhere. So we need a better understanding of what He’s really saying here. A better translation of what He was saying is, "Wherever the Spirit is Lord, there is freedom." He is not allowed to be Lord. What does "Lord" mean? Supreme authority. He’s not allowed to be Lord in every home, in every Christian's life, in every church. Where He’s not allowed to be Lord, you don't have freedom; you end up becoming dry, losing your joy, losing your rest, and lacking passion for life.
I'm over 50; I can’t believe I just said that, and I'm still as passionate about life as when I first got filled with the Spirit of God at the age of 19, back in June of 1979. So now you can tell how old I am. The purpose of what we're teaching here is to introduce you to the person of the Holy Spirit. Volumes could be written; I could preach for weeks on the Holy Spirit. I mean, can you imagine if I stood up here and tried to tell you about Lisa Bevere in four sessions? There’s no way! I’ve been married to this amazing woman for 30 years now, and I’m telling you, I am still growing in my knowledge and understanding of her personality and ways every single day.
There is absolutely no way I could tell you everything about her in four sessions. I could introduce you to her, tell you how to contact her, how best to interact with her, how to listen to her, and how to work with her—I could get you started—but I won't tell you everything about her. So if you're expecting me to tell you everything about the Holy Spirit in these sessions, forget it, because you know, Lisa's only 30; she's from everlasting to everlasting.