Job 33:4
King James Version
4 The spirit of God hath made me,
and the breath of the Almighty
hath given me life.
This has been in my heart the past three days.
How, through the HOLY SPIRIT, I was led to Bible prophecy.
On the very same day GOD made me born again, too -- some six years ago.
And how the HOLY SPIRIT made me understand Scripture quite easily, too.
Wherein He taught me to "rightly divide" Scripture, in words, phrases, and verses, which aided in my studies, and writing ministry.
2 Timothy 2:15
King James Version
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
How?
By stages.
As I got better at each.
By letting each Word sink in first.
What a GLORIOUS TEACHER the HOLY SPIRIT Is!
First , He made me focus on each word.
Second, He grouped a set of words for me to understand,
Third, He made me comprehend one verse at a time.
Every verse He made me study, and share, had to be taken a word, a phrase, or a verse at a time.
Then we graduated on to chapters.
But He also taught me about "context".
Wherein a verse in not isolated, but part of the bigger whole.
What a neat way to study GOD's WORD!
I had no idea His intention.
Until we started creating blogs.
One blog created more blogs.
Eventually, we ended up creating 113 blogs.
Each blog had dozens of articles, even hundreds.
Every blog explored what the world was doing.
And what GOD wanted us to do instead.
How is this all possible?
It's all SPIRIT.
How can I have very few hours sleep, and yet wake up refreshed, mind buzzing, heart singing, as the world still sleeps in slumber (well, at least in my similar time zones).
But you also know the "sleep" this born again watchman speaks of.
And it is a slumber that is precarious.
For those who have no care, or knowledge, of CHRIST.
I only understand the Bible because of the HOLY SPIRIT.
I only love GOD even more, because of Him.
I only appreciate JESUS, because of SPIRIT.
I only write articles daily, because of Him.
There is no other SPIRIT that does that for me, in me, and through me, but the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD.
I've been there, folks!
Those days when I'd look at any other book, BUT the Bible.
When I was intimidated by the thickness, or "gravity" of such book.
When I didn't know how to interpret it, or make sense of it.
But the day came when I was ready for it.
At a time GOD decided.
Only because five months before GOD made me born again, I had made a declaration.
That I was sick of sin, and self.
I needed to change.
I wanted to know ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
I repented of my many sins.
I wanted REAL change in my life.
I was tired of the old.
That seems to be all GOD was waiting for, at least, in my case.
But would I hold the cause?
Could I sustain the desire for change?
Would I see it through?
Who could help me get through the process?
That's why I felt GOD showed up only five months after.
That was the essential "waiting" period.
"Addictions" had "withdrawal" periods.
Were my "addictions" over?
Was I through with the old self?
Seems I had enough determination to do so.
So, GOD showed up on 6 September 2019, and led me to Bible prophecy right away.
Starting with Zechariah.
Then the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
And of course, SPIRIT imprinted upon my mind that we need to start from the VERY beginning.
And in the first two verses alone, the old self was wiped out.
For these words virtually captivated me:
Genesis 1:1-2
King James Version
1 In the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.
SPIRIT was RIGHT there!
the "Spirit of God"
He was the ONE I was LOOKING FOR, all along!
That, in essence, was how GOD made me born again.
Mention of His SPIRIT made me acknowledge His POWER.
I finally got to know ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
GOD loved us, and sent His SON.
When the Jews rejected JESUS, and He went back to the Father, sitting at His right hand, giving us the promise of Resurrection, He did not leave us orphaned.
He prayed to the Father for the HOLY SPIRIT.
And now, every TRUE believer is being taught by SPIRIT.
How else can we interpret the Bible?
How else can we know the world's ways?
How else can we know man's ways?
How else can we know the mind of the enemy?
How else can we know the past, present, and future?
How else can we understand GOD, and JESUS?
Again, only through the HOLY SPIRIT.
Throughout my studies -- for over six years now -- SPIRIT led me to the truth, and supporting verses, I had been searching for ALL my life.
You can find my early discoveries here:
You see, I had been a bookworm all my life.
I lived, and breathed, books and words.
GOD made me "wired" for words.
And now, His SPIRIT wired me for His WORD.
How can you keep a parched child from the LIVING WATER that is CHRIST?
His WORD fed me every single day.
I drew my articles from His WORD.
The veracity of everything was tested through Scripture.
Every news in the world had to conform to what Scripture says.
Never again did I buy, or search other books for ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
They couldn't give it to me anyway.
They had not, and could not.
Only the Bible sufficed.
And that's all the work of the HOLY SPIRIT.
My being born again.
My turning to Scripture.
My understanding of it.
My writing turning better.
My thoughts getting clearer.
My increasing knowledge of JESUS.
My increased love for GOD.
That's all, through SPIRIT.
And that's why I would never want to lose that "anointing".
When you've got His SPIRIT, you would never want to stray again.
GOD made me childlike all my life.
That's why it's easy for me to grasp His knowledge.
Because I'm excited to know His truth.
And I'm teachable.
I'm a thirsty child for His TRUTH.
I'm an expectant child for His answers.
I'm a deliriously happy child when I get those answers.
I'm jumping jelly beans at the prospect of sharing those discoveries with you.
My "method" for getting answers, or seeking protection, was simple.
I just pray to GOD as a child would.
"Please help me, GOD!"
"Please show me!"
"Please help me understand!"
I'm not sophisticated.
That is of the world.
I am purposely simple.
Because I am nothing without GOD.
John 15:5
King James Version
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
He makes everything possible.
Matthew 19:26
King James Version
26 But Jesus beheld them,
and said unto them,
With men this is impossible;
but with God all things are possible.
And one day, I shall know everything.
John 21:25
King James Version
25 And there are also
many other things which Jesus did,
the which, if they should be written every one,
I suppose that even the world itself
could not contain the books
that should be written. Amen.
All these initial, preparatory knowledge, the SPIRIT of the LORD gave me, the day He made me born again.
You have got to be born again, to know what born again feels like.
Nothing in this world is more exciting than to be with JESUS.
Nothing is more magnificent than knowing His TRUTH.
To know Him, to love Him, and to be SAVED by Him.
He already set His eye on me many decades ago.
Through a dream where He was "in place of a tabernacle".
He actually gave me THREE dreams about Him.
And one on the HOLY SPIRIT.
Yes, decades before GOD made me born again.
Of course, SPIRIT showed me all that.
And helped me understand, now that I'm born again.
He was tasked to -- especially for sinners.
JESUS did promise this about SPIRIT:
John 14:26
King James Version
26 But the Comforter,
which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 15:26
King James Version
26 But when the Comforter is come,
whom I will send unto you from the Father,
even the Spirit of truth,
which proceedeth from the Father,
he shall testify of me:
Pray to know more about JESUS.
GOD's SPIRIT will take care of the rest.
But you can also start by being aware of your sins.
And repenting of it.
And lastly, to sin no more.
But you'll need the HOLY SPIRIT to teach you all that.
In the clearest way only GOD can.
In the simplest way He designed for you to understand.
And in a way that pleases Him, with us conforming to His WILL.
Each our path is HOLINESS.
Being made perfect for the LORD.
And being ready for when JESUS comes.
Acts 3:19
King James Version
19 Repent ye therefore,
and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing
shall come from the presence of the Lord.
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How the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD taught me
The PURPOSE of the HOLY SPIRIT
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