When we live in the Spirit we are to walk in the Spirit
(Galatians 5:25). The Holy Spirit lives within the believer’s
spirit to teach, comfort, and to give us God’s power and to give us the fruits of
His Spirit. These gifts of the Spirit
are listed in Galatians 5:22. Love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and
self-control are the Holy Spirit’s gifts to us when He enters into our human
spirit.
It is not natural for us to be loving, joyful, peaceful,
patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and in control of self, all of the time,
in our human nature. God promises us
that when we come to Him believing, He will give us His Holy Spirit, who gives
us the manifestations of these gifts in our lives. Our spirit is re-born; we experience the new
birth when we receive God’s Spirit into our human spirit. Growing in His Spirit and in these gifts is a
process. These gifts mature in us as we
live our faith, study the word, and walk with the indwelling Holy Spirit in our
redeemed and changed lives. God gave Christ,
His Son, to the world. When Jesus went
back to the Father, Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit to continue His ministry in
us and in the world. Our Salvation, our
spiritual re-birth, is a one time event but the maturing of our faith is a
continuous growth process. We mature,
grow, and become more filled with the Holy Spirit as our faith increases. Our human spirit and human ways have to
diminish as the Holy Spirit fills us and takes up more space in our being. Our nature changes as we are filled with more
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and
self-control because of the supernatural indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our
lives as Spirit filled believers.
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