When you are speaking to an unbeliever, it doesn’t matter how persuasive you are or how compelling and logical your arguments sound, if the Spirit of God does not work in that persons heart, your words will simply fall on deaf ears. Therefore, when we do evangelism, we must be completely reliant on the Holy Spirit to use our words and make that person’s heart … Continue reading Speaking the Truth in Love

Yesterday, I looked at “Signs of the Spirit,” and today, by way of follow-up, I want to look at “The Work of the Holy Spirit.” This morning I was reading from Murray Brett’s book “Growing up in Grace” that deals with this matter. He explains, “When we receive by faith the manifold works of the Spirit as a Convictor, a Regenerator, an Indweller, an Illuminator, … Continue reading The Work of the Spirit

Two days ago, I wrote a blog entry where I argued that we Christians don’t always use the most biblical methods when we try to determine Christian versus non-Christian. This is a critically important question, because as I said in that earlier entry, it affects how we pray for and communicate with the person in question. If you learn that someone who you thought was … Continue reading Signs of the Spirit