Friday, April 26, 2013

Holy Spirit, Direct Access; Ephesians


May the mumbling commence!

As I read from Ephesians this morning, I noticed a couple more things that we can learn about the Holy Spirit.  First, let’s review:  The Holy Spirit is our signet ring, our personal trainer, our gift distributor, our protector, and our revealer of mysteries.  That’s what we’ve learned so far.  Now, let’s look to chapter two of Ephesians:

                        For through [Jesus] we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.  In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.  And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. (Verses 18-22)

The Holy Spirit gives us direct access to God.  And that access goes both ways.  We have access to God, and God has access to us through the working of the Holy Spirit.  God dwells in us – the church, not the brick and mortar church building but the people of the church.

Through the Holy Spirit, we have direct access to God.  Let us allow God’s Spirit to saturate our entire beings.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out

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