Going Sane Part 5, Pneumatic Living

Luke 11:11-13 (NLT) 11  “You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? 12  Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! 13  So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

 

“Did You Receive the Spirit When You Believed?”

Possible answers according to Pastor John Piper*:

• Yes, I have seen the Spirit of obedience at work in my life subduing sin and inclining me to acts of love.
• Yes, I have seen the Spirit of praise in my life filling my heart and mouth with worship to Jesus and God the Father.
• Yes, I have seen the Spirit of courage at work in my life overcoming fear and giving me a will to risk things for the cause of Christ.
• And yes, even though I know that speaking in tongues and the gift of prophecy are no sure sign of God's grace, yet together with other evidences they too are a precious evidence that the power of God is on me.

 

 *www.desiringgod.org/messages/what-does-it-mean-to-receive-the-holy-spirit