Jesus prophesied several times about the coming of the Holy Spirit. Jesus made the Holy Spirit known to His disciples and promised His disciples the Holy Spirit. But when do you receive the Holy Spirit from God? What is the requirement for receiving the Holy Spirit?
God gives the Holy Spirit to them that obey Him
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey Him (使徒行传 5:30-32)
在使徒行传中 5:32 这个已经写完了, that God has given the Holy Spirit to them that obey Him. And that’s still the case. God gives the Holy Spirit to them that obey Him. Obedience to God and His Word is a requirement to receive the Holy Spirit. (另请阅读: 为什么服从比牺牲更好?).
那些, who rebel against God and don’t do what God says in His Word and don’t walk in the will of God, shall not receive the Holy Spirit.
Because why do you need the Holy Spirit if you won’t submit to God and refuse to do what the Word says?
Many times Christians consider the Holy Spirit as some kind of energy or a power, manifested in a feeling or emotion.
But God the Holy Spirit is not an emotion or feeling.
The Holy Spirit is a Person. 圣灵是另一位保惠师, Jesus spoke about. The other Comforter, Whom the Father would send in the Name of Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus Christ. Just like those, who belong to Jesus Christ and are His witnesses
如果你爱耶稣, you obey Him and do what the Word says
If ye love Me, 遵守我的诫命. 我会向天父祈祷, 他会给你另一位保惠师, 使他永远与你同在; 甚至真理的灵; 世界无法接受的人, 因为它看不见他, 无人认识他: 但你们认识他; 因为他与你同住, 并将在你里面 (约翰 14:15-17)
耶稣说, that if you love Him, you will keep His commandments. This means that you do what He says. And if you love Jesus and obey Him, by keeping His commandments, Jesus promised He would pray to the Father and the Father shall give you another Comforter,
This other Comforter is the Holy Spirit. If you love Jesus and do what He says, you shall receive the other Comforter. And He shall be with you forever.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth and shall be in those, who obey the Truth
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning (约翰 15:26-27)
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 然而当他, 真理的灵, 来了, 他会引导你进入一切真理: 因为他不会谈论自己; 但无论他听到什么, 他要说的话: 他会向你展示未来的事情. 他要荣耀我: 因为他将领受我的, 并将向你展示. 父所有的一切都是我的: 因此我说, that he shall take of Mine, 并将向你展示 (约翰 16:12-15)
The world doesn’t see the Holy Spirit. The world doesn’t know the Holy Spirit. Therefore those, who belong to the world can’t receive the Holy Spirit, Who is the Spirit of truth.
但那些, who believe in Jesus the Christ and are saved through Him and have laid down their own lives and through regeneration in Christ are reconciled with God and have become a new creation, and submit themselves to Jesus Christ and follow Jesus and obey Him, they shall receive the Holy Spirit; 真理的灵.
They shall see the Holy Spirit and they shall know the Holy Spirit personally. And together with the Holy Spirit, they shall testify of the Truth and preach the truth of God.
The Holy Spirit shall be with them and shall be in them. And as long as they stay faithful to Him and obey Him, the Holy Spirit shall abide in them forever.
你什么时候接受圣灵?
And so those, who believe in Jesus Christ and become born again in Christ and become a new creation and follow Jesus and obey Him, shall receive the Holy Spirit from God.
Obedience to God and His Word is a requirement to receive the Holy Spirit. That is how you recognize the sons of God and the sons of the devil. (另请阅读: ‘神的诫命和魔鬼的诫命', ‘顺服上帝‘ 和 ‘悖逆神').
When people say that they have the Holy Spirit abiding in them, but they refuse to submit to God and don’t do what Jesus; the Word says and don’t confess Jesus the Christ and are no witness of Him, but they walk after the flesh and live like the world, 做肉体的事 (圣经中记载的), you might ask yourself whether they have the Holy Spirit or the new age spirit? (另请阅读: ‘圣灵与新时代精神, which spirit dwells in you?')
Because those, who are born again in Christ are reconciled with God. They are sons of God (both males and females) and belong to God. They shall walk after the Spirit and be continuously led by the Spirit. Because they obey God and do what the Word tells them to do.
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