We are continuing our series of the teaching of the Holy spirit but this time we are in part 9!!! In this segment, we shall be discussing hindrances to receiving the Holy Ghost ; I enjoin you to sit back and let the Holy Ghost speak to you through me!!! You are blessed……
HINDRANCES TO RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT
Acts8:17-24
In 1Cor10:21- ” You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons”.
You already know by know follow our subsequent series that the Holy Ghost baptism is for all the children of God. Joel2:28 says “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see visions”. This is the promise of God. Jesus Christ even amplified this prophecy when he shouted in John7:38- “He that believeth on Me, as the Scriptures has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water”.
Yet, in spite of this divine promise, many believers continue to live the spiritual poverty line with the attendant sufferings from the hands of the oppressors, since they have no Holy Ghost fire to fight them back with. When such believers try to fight back, their punches are too feeble to make any impact. Have you been fighting back or you just look in confusion as the enemies of your soul lead you to captivity.
Without the genuine baptism of the Holy Ghost you cannot fight “the good fight.” There are some powers, whose function is to hinder man from receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit……
Now what are the conditions that hinder man from not receiving the Holy Spirit:
1) HAVE YOU ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOUR
The first and fundamental condition for anyone to receive the genuine baptism of the Holy Spirit is for the person to be born again… You must have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and saviour.. As long as you have not done so, you are not qualified to receive the genuine baptism of the Holy Ghost… It is as simple as you cannot enter any university in any country; for instance, Nigeria; without Jamb or at most five(5) credits including english n mathematics in WAEC, NECO, GCE…. Also, you will still write the university exam, even in a polythenic, you will write Poly jamb.. This are the first steps with regarding your admission to any university, so also, is receiving the genuine baptism of the Holy Ghost, the first step is being born again.. In Rom8:16- ” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God”. For more emphasis read Rom8:11-17.
2) IGNORANCE OF THE PERSONALITY AND PROMISE OF GOD
In Hosea4:6a- ” My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge”. It is difficult if not impossible to move in the power of the Holy Spirit if you are ignorant of him…. Even when God decides to use his sovereign power to pour the Holy Ghost fire upon you, you may scuttle the divine decision and begin to resist. For, as long as the believer remains ignorant about the personality and power of the Holy Spirit they will continue to operate at the valley level…. Read Acts19:1-8
Beloved, I would love to drop my pen here…. Before I go, I pray for anyone that has been hindered from receiving the Holy Spirit, thou art free in Jesus name….. You are free…. Halleluyah…. You are blessed…… In part 10, we shall see more conditions that may hinder people from receiving the Holy Spirit…. I enjoin you to carefully study this points with the help of the Holy Ghost and God will bless you……..
Beloved, I believe I have been able to impart into you another session of teaching that has had so much impact on my life and has made me 2 excel bountifully beyond measures. I pray as you have read and continuing reading the Spirit of God will minister more to you as the bible says in Ezekiel2:2- “And the Spirit entered me as spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me”.
As I wrap up this teaching, note that there are various teachings under various segments that come under the the our topic for this month”THE HOLY SPIRIT” . I will be teaching under the Inspiration of the Holy Ghost, You can’t just afford to miss those gracious ministrations. I am sure that this teachings has had enormous impact in your life, therefore I enjoin you not to miss the any segment of this gracious teaching! We shall continue on “HINDRANCES ON RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT” and as you follow, the Lord will bless you….. Don’t miss it for anything. You can reach out to my blog at wordpress.com(pastor89) and get over 30 impactful teachings!!! Remain blessed!!!! Jesus is Lord!!!!!
Yours-In-His Vineyard
Yomi Akinnola
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