November 11, 2019 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Holy Spirit Does Not Forget

The Holy Spirit is part of the Trinity of God—He is that important! But often we do not let Him do His Job. We have simplified His importance and duties within the Body of Christ. God forgives all sin but refuses to forgive sins against the Holy Spirit (remember the story of Ananias and Sapphira in the 5th chapter of Acts). When one sins against the Holy Spirit, God does not take this lightly. I must allow the Holy Spirit to do His work in me and others.

It is the job of the Holy Spirit to “convict/cleanse the world of sin”—that’s you and me and everyone else. Sin has brought all that is wrong in this world. This is why Jesus came to rid us of our sin so we might have a relationship with God. It is just that simple!

Judgment is coming and has begun against whoever sins and are refusing to repent. The pattern in how the Holy Spirit works is the conviction of sin, the restoration of righteousness and then on to judgment. One’s rejection of God’s forgiveness and refusing to allow and accept His righteousness guiding our lives only leads to judgment. What a sad scenario.

A few days ago, the Holy Spirit began working on unconfessed sin in my life. He does this often in my life and at times it may continue for weeks—I never know. However, this time He moved from me to others. He began showing me their sin and asking me to intercede for them. I began confessing their sin and asking God to forgive them—this lasted for days.

I do not know why people do not recognize their sin or are unable to confess their sin so to find forgiveness and freedom from sin that has a hold on their lives. There are all kinds of sin and many different ways to find freedom from sin through forgiveness. We must not only continue in a state of repentance and brokenness (as David said, “God’s mercies are new every morning”), but we must be in a state of constant mourning for the sins of others.

We find examples of this in the Old Testament and instructions within the New Testament. We must pick up our cross daily, as Jesus said. This cross is bearing the burdens of others whatever they may be—their bondage to Satan, their bondage to sin, and their bondage to sickness and pain. Jesus did this for you and me and we are to do this for others. We must care for others, but we can only do this with the Holy Spirit working in our lives and through our lives.

Here are some of the sins that I was interceding for others; praying that God forgives and delivers them from these overwhelming sins.

ü Fear and worry—Satan wants us to be in a constant state of worry and confusion.

ü Your typical 10 commandments sins, seeking freedom sin’s bondage by not getting release from the hold of these sins on their lives.

ü Never receiving the joy of their salvation and being a Christian; while always looking to what is wrong in this world.

ü The sin of thinking that they do not have enough money or things in order to be content and safe.

ü Being critical of God, the Body of Christ, and not being in the Unity of the Holy Spirit.

ü For not taking a stand against Satan—it is our job each day to fight the good fight of faith—to be ready and willing to fight against darkness no matter where we encounter evil.

ü For compromising our faith—keeping one foot in the Kingdom of God and the other in the kingdom of earth. With God one must be all in—no compromises or the mixing of earthly wisdom with Godly wisdom.

I want to encourage everyone to mourn for others—to intercede for others. Just as Jesus and the Holy Spirit intercedes for us, we must intercede for others. We must cry out to God for mercy and forgiveness. We must cry out often and our intercession must not just come from out heart and mind but from our soul.

It must be intercession of strength, purity, and with great emotion. This is the kind of mourning that comes to me—I cry not just for myself but for others. Yes, I cry for others. I cry with tears flowing, I cry as if their freedom depends on me helping them.

Jesus loves me—I must love others. This is what Jesus would want me to do.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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