The Sovereign Spirit Click | View Series “The Christian’s life in all its aspects, intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness, is supernatural; only the Spirit can sustain it.” –J.I. Packer

He Will Help You Read the Bible

The Holy Spirit is the Author of Scripture; therefore the Word of God is inseparable from the Spirit of God. The Scriptures introduce the reader to the Holy Spirit and the Spirit applies the truths of the Word to the hearts of the reader. Scripture must be interpreted in the immediate context of personal prayer. Prayer is the medium that brings individuals into contact with the same Spirit who inspired the writers of the Bible. To hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying through the Word you must encounter God through prayer. Prayer is the means that we must use to understand the Word of God. Without the assistance of the Holy Spirit in prayer, our Bible study will be in vain. Let us ask for the Spirit to speak to us through the Word.

He Will Give You Power

We can receive power to be witnesses for Jesus Christ because of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Jesus promises that we “will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8). He has promised the power—all we have to do is ask for it. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, “It is always right to seek the fullness of the Spirit—we are exhorted to do so.” We are told in Luke 24:49 that we should tarry until we are endued with power from on high. Maybe we need to wait on God a little bit. Sometimes we get in too much of a hurry to receive what he has for us. The Bible promises over and over that when we seek God, he will be found. The same is true if we seek his power. Don’t be ashamed to ask for the Holy Spirit to give you power to witness because it’s a Bible promise. In Acts the church prayed, “Grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness” and then it says that when they finished praying “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness” (Acts 4:29-31). Ask the Lord for boldness, open your heart, and let the Holy Spirit give you power to be a witness. Get the free ebook on the Holy Spirit, complete with discussion questions for each chapter.