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Receiving the Holy Spirit

7/3/2021

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Last week we discussed Having begun in the Spirit. This week we are  going to look at Receiving the Holy Spirit. The Apostle Paul was a great  proponent of justification by faith, but he didn't stop there. His writings tell  us again and again that as justified people we cannot live a life of victory in  Jesus unless we are filled and sealed by the Holy Spirit. He tells us: 
"How did you receive the Holy Spirit? Was it by the preaching of the law,  or by the preaching of faith?" 
He could point back to when there was a great revival through his  teaching. It had such a impact on the Galatians that they had to confess: 
"Yes, we have got the Holy Ghost: accepting Christ by faith, by faith we  received the Holy Spirit." 
Friends, it is my concern that many of us as Christians don't really grasp  that when we accepted Jesus as our Savior, we received the Holy Spirit.  We readily admit that we received forgiveness and that gives us peace, but  I wonder how many of us, if we were asked; if we have received he Holy  Spirit, we could readily say, "yes I have." And even if we do confess to 
have the Holy Spirit, do we really even know what it means to walk in the  power of the of the Holy Spirit? I hope each of us can take hold of this all  important truth: The beginning of our walk with Jesus starts when we  receive the Holy Spirit. And my responsibility as your pastor is the same  as Paul's — to remind you that when you gave your life to Jesus you  
received the Holy Spirit and it is our duty and privilege to allow Him to  guide and demonstrate His power through our lives! 
If the Galatians who received the Holy Spirit in all the power of the early  church were tempted to try and perfect themselves by their efforts when  they begun in the Spirit, how much greater danger are we, who hardly  even recognize that we have received the Holy Spirit? Or even if we do  recognize it as a matter of belief, we hardly think to praise our Lord for this  great and awesome gift! Next week we are going to explore the dangers of  Neglecting the Holy Spirit.
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    Pastor Brad Traxler is the pastor of the Wrangell SDA Church. Brad Traxler is the husband of forty years to Cheryl, father to Kimberly and Ryan, and grandfather to Brad, Kevin, William, Eamon, Zairhen, Seraphina, and Zeelyah. He holds a BA in Theology and has been pastoring churches for twenty years. The greatest passion of His life has been to share Jesus. 

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