Churchwork
01-16-2006, 04:05 AM
We often say that “the Holy Spirit rules over man.” By this we mean He works in us to make us obedient to God. But if we should mean that He directly controls our total being we are in complete error. We can distinguish right here between the work of the Holy Spirit and that of evil spirits. The Holy Spirit indwells us to witness that we belong to God whereas evil spirits manipulate people to reduce them to robots. God’s Spirit asks for our cooperation; evil spirits seek direct control. Hence it is plain that our union with God is in the spirit and not in the body or soul. Should we misunderstand the truth and expect God to move our mind, emotion, volition, and body directly, we open wide the door to the counterfeit of evil spirits. While a Christian should not follow his own thought, feeling or preference, nevertheless after he has received revelation in his spirit he ought to execute with his mind, emotion and will this charge which has come to his spirit.
It is often said calvinists believe they are robots because they claim they were premade for salvation; pentecostals are robotic too in their false tongues mantra. In both cases the evil spirits induce passivity. While the former goes passive through a thought of their brain, the latter loses control through an appeal of emotion.
It is often said calvinists believe they are robots because they claim they were premade for salvation; pentecostals are robotic too in their false tongues mantra. In both cases the evil spirits induce passivity. While the former goes passive through a thought of their brain, the latter loses control through an appeal of emotion.