The Ministry Of The Spirit
We are living in a unique time spiritually. We were born for such a time as this.
Sadly, many in churches miss out on the unique yet powerful time we are in due to being misled regarding the ministry of the Spirit.
They are led to believe that a promise of heaven is pretty much all there was to what Jesus did. They live clueless ot the beauty and power of the Holy Spirit promised by the Father to believers.
They are clueless because many fail to preach the good news of the New Covenant to the church.
As an apostle, Paul declared the following,
2 Corinthians 3:4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
Since the people of God under the Old Covenant witnessed His power on display for their benefit. Why shouldn't those of a covenant that is more glorious be recipients of the supernatural power and work of the Holy Spirit for their benefit?
Many are missing out on the help the Holy Spirit can bring into their existence because they are being taught it must be earned. Instead of seeing it as a gift received according to faith, they are made to think they must earn the right to walk according to the Spirit, and that results in self-effort interfering with a true experience of the Spirit.
Others have been taught that the role of the Spirit is reduced to merely making one aware of the truth, or convicting them of sin, or just making them a little bolder than usual. The supernatural attributes of the Spirit are stripped away, and the person is told they have all of Him they'll ever have when they get saved. They walk in glory less attractive than that of the old, and it forces them to revel in the stories of the Old Testament as opposed to having stories of their own here and now.
I like having stories of my own of how the Holy Spirit moved mightily to confirm both the truth of the gospel concerning Christ and the glory of His New Covenant that is now in place and the only Covenant God recognizes. The glory of Covenant mixture is confusion and a lackluster glory devoid of real power in the Spirit. I prefer the ministry of the Spirit over my most convincing argument at any time. Which covenant are you called to minister?
