Are you led by the Spirit?

Even if you are a rich man or woman with trillions of dollars, you still cannot buy or bribe God to give you eternal life, healing or any of the other gifts which only God can give. All gifts from God come only by our obedience, which means we are to be exclusively and directly led by the Holy Spirit. Godly things cannot be purchased with money or with any other thing such as diamonds, gold or silver. Jesus says “If any one hears my voice and opens the door (of his heart), I will come in and eat (all spiritual things) with him, and he with Me (meaning He will direct you and I by His spirit) – Revelation 3:20.

Knowledge is nothing if you’re not led by the spirit of God. Knowing the Bible is nothing unless you are led by the Holy Spirit and our life is nothing unless we are led by the Holy Spirit, of the triune God.  We need the spirit to get the right understanding of scripture; it is also the spirit that empowers us to overcome the enemy in his tracks as we prayerfully stand in the Word. Romans 8:14 ‘for as many as are led by the Spirit of God; they are the sons of God’. Being led by the Spirit of God is the ultimate standard whereby we may know someone is a son of God. This raises the question, "If you aren't led by the Spirit of God, are you not born again?" It is true that everyone who is not born again is not led by the Spirit of God and everyone who is born again is led by the Spirit of God but that needs some explanation, being led by the Spirit does not cause us to be a son of God, but being a son of God causes us to be led of the Spirit. Every believer does have the Spirit of God to lead him but that doesn't mean every believer heeds His leading. In context, Paul has just spoken about denying the flesh through the power and leading of the Holy Spirit. Now he is simply pointing out that every Christian has the leading of the Holy Spirit available to accomplish this.

We hear ministers that are excellent speakers, I love that but if the message they bring is not given to them from God through the Holy Spirit, that message is meaningless and does not fully serve for the kingdom of God. Also as ministers of God, we should always watch lest we become men pleasers in our ministries. (1 Corinthians2:4-7) 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: In a sense, God has communicated His wisdom in code so that no one can perceive it except those to whom the Holy Spirit reveals it. The Holy Spirit offers God's wisdom to every person starting with the revelation of their need for Christ as their Savior. If they receive that truth by putting their faith in Jesus, then they receive the mind of Christ in their heart. They also receive as much revelation of the things of God as they will believe and receive. If a person rejects the revelation the Holy Spirit seeks to give, then God's wisdom remains a mystery. That person is denied access.