Key Message:
We are not smart enough to run our own lives!!
We require the Spirit of God to run our lives!!
Homily:
Our Lord Jesus commissioned His Apostles to spread the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ to the whole world. But He asked them “NOT” to start till they receive the Holy Spirit, with all the gifts and charisms.
Why?
Once the Spirit of God is in us, the Spirit of God will work in us and through us.
We read in Acts 10:38, that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power so that He went about doing good.
Our Lord Jesus Christ waited for thirty years before starting His ministry. Only after receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, He began His ministry. All the miraculous healing powers flowed from Him. When the sick woman touched the hem of the garment of Jesus, power flowed away from Him without the knowledge of our Lord Jesus. It was because our Lord Jesus was filled with the Spirit of God.
We see in the life of the Apostle Peter who was a simple fisherman. The shadow of the Apostle Peter was sufficient enough to cure people of incurable sickness after He received the Holy Spirit.
Do we doubt whether we will receive the powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit?
Let us again consider the life of the Apostle Peter. In his own words, He said that he does not know our Lord Jesus. On the day of Pentecost, when He preached more than 3000 people believed in our Lord Jesus Christ. So our past sins cannot stop us from receiving the Holy Spirit.
Who can receive the Holy Spirit? Are only the Apostles anointed to receive the Holy Spirit with full power?
In Luke 11:13, our Lord Jesus says, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.”
Our Lord Jesus Christ did not say “Specially anointed people”. He only says “those who ask Him”.
What is the specialty of the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
In John 20:22, we read “When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit”.
The Apostles received the Holy Spirit straight away from our Lord Jesus Christ. But not yet with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So they were not able to do mighty miraculous works like our Lord Jesus.
The more and more anointing of the Holy Spirit in us, the more and more gifts will operate in us.
What to do to receive the Holy Spirit?
Our Lord Jesus instructed us to ask and receive the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13). He is looking for a real yearning heart for receiving the Holy Spirit. Our longing heart for the Holy Spirit is sufficient enough for Him to grant us the Holy Spirit.
We hardly have a week more for the ‘Day of Pentecost’. Let us utilize our time fully in preparation for receiving the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Readings: 29 May 2022 – The Ascension of the Lord
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Readings: 29 May 2022 – The Ascension of the Lord
Key Message:
We are not smart enough to run our own lives!!
We require the Spirit of God to run our lives!!
Homily:
Our Lord Jesus commissioned His Apostles to spread the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ to the whole world. But He asked them “NOT” to start till they receive the Holy Spirit, with all the gifts and charisms.
Why?
Once the Spirit of God is in us, the Spirit of God will work in us and through us.
We read in Acts 10:38, that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power so that He went about doing good.
Our Lord Jesus Christ waited for thirty years before starting His ministry. Only after receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, He began His ministry. All the miraculous healing powers flowed from Him. When the sick woman touched the hem of the garment of Jesus, power flowed away from Him without the knowledge of our Lord Jesus. It was because our Lord Jesus was filled with the Spirit of God.
We see in the life of the Apostle Peter who was a simple fisherman. The shadow of the Apostle Peter was sufficient enough to cure people of incurable sickness after He received the Holy Spirit.
Do we doubt whether we will receive the powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit?
Let us again consider the life of the Apostle Peter. In his own words, He said that he does not know our Lord Jesus. On the day of Pentecost, when He preached more than 3000 people believed in our Lord Jesus Christ. So our past sins cannot stop us from receiving the Holy Spirit.
Who can receive the Holy Spirit? Are only the Apostles anointed to receive the Holy Spirit with full power?
In Luke 11:13, our Lord Jesus says, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.”
Our Lord Jesus Christ did not say “Specially anointed people”. He only says “those who ask Him”.
What is the specialty of the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
In John 20:22, we read “When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit”.
The Apostles received the Holy Spirit straight away from our Lord Jesus Christ. But not yet with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So they were not able to do mighty miraculous works like our Lord Jesus.
The more and more anointing of the Holy Spirit in us, the more and more gifts will operate in us.
What to do to receive the Holy Spirit?
Our Lord Jesus instructed us to ask and receive the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13). He is looking for a real yearning heart for receiving the Holy Spirit. Our longing heart for the Holy Spirit is sufficient enough for Him to grant us the Holy Spirit.
We hardly have a week more for the ‘Day of Pentecost’. Let us utilize our time fully in preparation for receiving the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Do we long for a spirit-filled powerful life?
Readings: 29 May 2022 – The Ascension of the Lord
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Blessings 🙏🏿