| Re: My Experiences with the Lord [message #3839 is a reply to message #3833] |
Sat, 09 May 2020 09:48  |
john144
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Registered: April 2020
Location: Austin, TX
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I just finished reading "The Unspeakable Gift of the Holy Ghost".
This is me.
"We often judge and disqualify ourselves or others in one way or another. Because of this, it is often more difficult to obtain forgiveness from ourselves than it is to obtain from God. Rest assured, if we have the Holy Ghost, then we are worthy of it and clean of our sins. We can know this because the Holy Ghost does not dwell in unholy temples.
"Know that if you have the spirit, you are worthy because the Holy Ghost does not swell in unholy temples"
"Rather than arguing with God about your worthiness and trying to prove God wrong, believe that if God finds you worthy by granting you his spirit, then you are worthy."
I have received so much, and either discounted my worthiness, did not understand what I received, or lacked the faith to believe that I had received. It really is harder to forgive yourself than obtain forgiveness from the Lord. It really is easier to hear the word of the Lord speaking through the Holy Ghost, than it is to exercise the faith to act on that word.
I kept finding myself going through the article saying to myself: "I knew that, or the Lord showed me that, but I didn't believe it."
For example, the article says: "We must believe that WE ARE Prophets before we can receive the prophecy, etc..." The Lord has been saying to me: "BE who you are, and you will KNOW who you are."
This whole article has been a powerful second witness to me, and a wake-up call to listen to the Lord more intently. I am thankful and amazed that the Lord is still willing to work with me, despite the fact that I often take what I am told too lightly.
Even the part of the article where it talks about experimenting with faith and exercising faith and asking the Lord to teach you how to do various things. I have been getting the impression since my baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost, that the Lord is eager and anxious to show me things. It's like I've passed the test of faith, and now it's time to put that faith to work and receive actual knowledge. But, the Lord isn't waiting for me to ask him. He has been putting me in situations where it's "sink or swim". I have to exercise the gifts of the Spirit in order to solve a particular problem.
So, thanks to whoever wrote that article, and to anybody else thinking to skip the article because they think already know all about the Holy Ghost, my advice would be to read it, and make a list of the things it teaches you, and things that maybe you know you should do, but aren't doing.
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