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Intercession of the Holy Spirit

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In connection with the subject of intercession, the question is to whether the Holy Spirit is not presented in Scriptures as an intercessor.

(Rom. 8:26). “In like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered; and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”

One explanation has been given that the Holy Spirit is here referred to as dwelling in us and thus making intercession. The Divine Spirit is said to be a Spirit of supplication, Zachariah 12:10.

The distinction which is made between the intercession of Christ in heaven in His priestly office and that of the Holy Spirit interceding within the souls of believers, referred to by Shedd (see Commentary on Romans), must be carefully used, for if pressed to its extreme it would lead to the materialization and localization of the Divine nature. Moreover, may not the intercession of Our Lord be regarded as being partially exemplified in that of the Spirit whom He has declared to be His agent and representative? If Christ dwells in believers by His Spirit, His intercession, especially if subjective in and with their spirits, may properly be described as the intercession of the Holy Ghost.

The Scripture makes it clear that the battle is not our personal battle. We are part of the war but the battle is the Lord’s. We are led by the unconquerable One. The battle rests upon His ability and He has already won the war! Read (Jn. 14: 15-27).

A Mighty Engine in Thy Hand

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Intercessory prayer is the sweetest God ever hears, for the prayer of Jesus Christ is of this Spirit. In all the incense which our Great High Priest now puts into the golden censer, there is not a single grain for Himself. His intercession must be the most acceptable of all supplications. Moreover, the more like our prayer is to Christ’s, the sweeter it will be; thus while petitions for ourselves will be accepted, our pleadings for others, having in them more of the fruits of the Spirit, more love, more faith, more brotherly kindness, will be. Through the precious merits of Jesus, the sweetest oblation that we can offer to God, the very fat of our sacrifice.

Believer, thou hast a mighty engine in thy hand, use it well, use it constantly, use it with faith, and thou shalt surely be a benefactor to thy brethren. When thou hast the King’s ear, speak to Him for the suffering members of His body. When thou art favoured to draw very near to His throne, and the King saith to thee, “Ask, and I will give thee what thou wilt,” let thy petitions be, not for thyself alone, but for the many who need His aid. If thou hast grace at all, and art not an intercessor, that grace must be small as a grain of mustard seed. Thou hast just enough grace to float thy soul clear from the quicksand, but thou hast no deep floods of grace, or else thou wouldst carry in thy joyous bark a weighty cargo of the wants of others, and thou wouldst bring back from thy Lord, for them, rich blessings which but for thee they might not have obtained

Father, we stand in our authority as Your children and ready to push back the powers of darkness. We belong to You by the virtue of the price Jesus paid. Your Word says, “. . . Upon this rock (Petra) I will building my church; and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.” We are a majority here, because Jesus Christ and just one person is more powerful than all the powers of darkness. Jesus gave us this promise: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” In Jesus’ name means that it is for His glory and to carry out His purpose.

Women and Salvation

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Can, “salvation” be as a real and practical experience for a woman equal to a man? Is she redeemed from her past equally as a man? Do you truly believe that the original sin of a woman is still held against her after she commits her life to Jesus, while the original sin of a man is forgiven? Can you believe that women are truly equal in Jesus Christ or just an appendage to the men of the church? “It was for freedom that Christ set us free … do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” (Gal. 5:1). I am persuaded that new life, joy, blessing will be experienced by the Church when every follower of Jesus can enter the liberty to understand who he or she is in Christ.”

The story of creation in Genesis recounts, “The curse” woman’s “fall from grace” in the eyes of God and men. Though Jesus’ redemption of all humans, women continue to labor under such a curse throughout the ages that has been imposed upon her by Christian men. Traditionally, the church world has gone beyond the curse in its subjugation of women to her husband by severely limiting the roles scripturally available to them in the ministry and placing them under the subjection of all men.Do you really believe that women are inferior to men? Does the creation story imply that man, is in some sense, higher or better than women? What biblical evidence shows that women have equality with men? In what sense are they equal to men and they are not?

Your Father the Devil

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John 8:42, — “Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.”

Jesus is speaking to a group of people here who were separated from Him because they belonged to another god, and were not true Believers. He clearly shows these people are not being able to receive Him or His anointed because they were living under a different spirit and power, their “father the devil.” He clearly shows that they persecuted Him because there of the spiritual separation of the being under the influence of their god whom he names as “Ye are of your father the devil.”Jesus then sets forth the evil activities of the people who were imitators of their father the Devil. They worship this false god and copied his evil ways.

John 8:44-47, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.”KJV

The next verse is very important for true believers to understand. Unbelievers that follow another god cannot understand or hear the Lord’s Word. They only understand the lies of their father. In John 8:43, “Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.”.[Why do ye not understand my speech?] Teen lalian teen emeen, This my mode of speaking-when illustrating spiritual by natural things: Lalia refers to the manner of speaking; logos, to the matter or subject on which he spoke. For lalian, the Codex Bezae had originally aleetheian: why do ye not acknowledge this TRUTH of mine? [Because ye cannot hear my word.] That is, ye cannot bear my doctrine: it comes too close to you; it searches your hearts, detects your hypocrisy, and exposes your iniquitous intentions and designs; and as ye are determined not to leave your sins, so ye are purposed not to hear my doctrine.