The Holy Spirit Speaking to Us (Episode 106)

Everyone who is a Christian has the Holy Spirit living inside himself. How do we know that? Because, according to Romans 8:9, “If any man has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” But the Holy Spirit was never meant to be dormant in our life, as is the case with some believers, but alive, empowering our life.
On the other hand, the Holy Spirit does not impose Himself upon us. We must allow Him to be a relevant part of our life. This episode focuses on the Holy Spirit speaking to us. Jesus taught His disciples that the Holy Spirit would do that very thing.
“But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say,” Jesus said to them (Matthew 10:19, NASB). “For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you” (verse 20).
But how many believers today really believe that?
Evangelist Frank King argues that the idea of the Holy Spirit speaking to us is not far-fetched. Because when you pray to God and you seek an answer from Him, you are in effect expecting Him to communicate back to you. And He often does that through the Holy Spirit. But how much of that kind of interaction with the Holy Spirit are we experiencing in our life.
In this episode, Frank gives some practical guidance on how you can more effectively experience the Holy Spirit speaking to you.

Living a Spirit-led Life (Episode 85)

To live a Spirit-led life simply means to live your life in unity with the works and leadership of the Holy Spirit. This is the will of God for us. He does not indwell us with His Spirit just for the sake of indwelling us. But He has given us the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth, to help us effectively live for Him, and to empower us to do the work He has called us to do. This podcast episode provides practical guidance on how Christians can live a Spirit-led life.
In his letter to the church at Galatia, Paul gives us a simple guide for living a Spirit-led life. He writes, “Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16, NASB). Even as Christians, we will have wrong desires of the flesh. Having those kinds of desires are not necessarily wrong. What is wrong is when we carry out those wrong desires. But based upon the verse above, if we follow the lead of the Holy Spirit, we will not fulfill those wrong desires in our flesh.
But realizing that lifestyle is easier said than done. Though we have been born again, we are still clothed in human flesh. Every Christian must contend with the resulting tug of war between the flesh and the spirit. Duration 13:38
 

Receiving the Baptism with the Holy Spirit (Episode 14)

On the day of Pentecost, after Jesus had returned to heaven, something phenomenal happened in a place called the upper room. The Spirit of God was poured out upon the people who were assembled there. This experience was not limited to the apostles. But it was experienced by approximately 120 men and women. 
Furthermore, after the day of Pentecost, the Bible records several other times where groups of people had the same experience. In the Bible, that experience is referred to as the baptism with the Holy Spirit.
This experience was spoken of in the O. T. in the book of Joel the prophet. There, God said, “I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions” (Joel 2:28, KJV). Apostle Peter cites that prophecy on the day of Pentecost.
It is important to distinguish between one being born of the Holy Spirit and the baptism with the Holy Spirit. Everyone who repents of his sins and places his trust in what Jesus did on the cross is immediately born again of the Holy Spirit. That person has everything he needs to live for the Lord and to go to heaven.
The baptism with the Holy Spirit, however, is another experience administered by the Holy Spirit that empowers our life. In Luke 24:49, Jesus refers to the experience as being endued with power from on high. In Acts 1:8, Jesus told the disciples they would receive power AFTER the Holy Ghost had come upon them.
In some Christian circles, they passionately argue that the baptism with the Holy Spirit is always accompanied by speaking in other tongues or by prophesying. It is acknowledged that that was the case in the instances recorded in the book of Acts. But the purpose of this experience, Jesus says, is to empower our lives.

Practical Insights on Spiritual Gifts (Episode 13)

The basic work of the Holy Spirit is to bring about spiritual rebirth in the life of those who accept Christ as their Savior. Except a man be born of the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. But the work of the Holy Spirit does not stop at spiritual rebirth. This podcast episode provides some practical insights on the subject of spiritual gifts. These gifts are imparted to believers by way of the Holy Spirit.
This a broad and fascinating subject. It is way beyond the scope of this podcast episode. A series of episodes would be required to do the subject justice. However, the points shared in this episode are basic to the subject of spiritual gifts. As such, no matter how deeply you want to go into this subject, the biblical truths shared in this episode apply.
In Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth, he addresses the gifts of the Spirit. “Now concerning spiritual gifts, I would not have you ignorant,” he wrote (1 Corinthians 12:1, KJV). In chapter 12, Paul reveals nine phenomenal gifts of the Spirit. And as we consider that list, we get a feel for the breadth of the works of the Holy Spirit in the life of Christians.
Some believers are turned off by the subject of the gifts of the Spirit. That’s because of the exploitation and misuse by some church leaders. But this in no way diminishes the importance of this work of the Holy Spirit. Rather, it underscores the importance of gaining a better understanding of spiritual gifts.
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are not given to us to bring attention to ourselves. Nor to be used as a basis of showing how spiritual we are. Rather, they are for ministering to the body of Christ—nothing more, nothing less.