(Clip) Trying To Live The Christian Life Without the Power of the Holy Spirit — Zac Poonen

The Necessity of the Holy Spirit for Christian Living

Fills us with the Holy Spirit. You see you can't live the Christian life without the power of the Holy Spirit. I don't care how much you believe. You can believe you can read the Bible. But I'll tell you you'll never never be able to live the Christian life unless you're filled with God's Holy Spirit even Almighty God did not expect anyone to live the Christian life without the power of the Holy Spirit and the person who treats that as.

The Holy Spirit Is Not an Optional Extra

Some sort of extra, you know, like the ice cream at the end of the meal. Oh, well, it doesn't matter if I don't have the ice cream either because I had my lunch. No, it's not that. It's everything. If you don't have the Holy Spirit you got nothing you got knowledge.

The Old Testament Contrast and the Source of Christian Problems

You're no better than anybody in the Old Testament. They didn't have the Holy Spirit there in the Old Testament dwelling in them and I believe a lot of problems that Christians face today their fundamental sources.

They have not sought to be filled with God's Holy Spirit they're trying to live the Christian life and they live a good life like a lot of heathen people live a good life and. You think this this person who believes in Jesus lives a good life because he believes in Jesus.

The Distinction Between Moral Living and Being Born Again

You say he's born again that heathen fellow lives just as good a life. He doesn't believe in Jesus. You say he's not born again. It's all crazy. The difference is that a Christian is filled with the Holy Spirit not want to ask you all of you this question.

Are you sure that you are filled with the Holy Spirit? If you are not what in the world are you doing? Why aren't you disturbed about it? Why aren't you disturbed about it? Why aren't you concerned? That the power of the Holy Spirit is not there I Mean if you ask if you build a house and you ask the Karnataka Electricity Board For electric power connection, you won't get it.

Seeking the Holy Spirit Through Persistent Prayer

By the way, if you don't ask for it, it's the same with God got to ask for it. The only thing is with God, there's no corruption. You don't have to go bright to receive the Holy Spirit. You don't need an electrical contract or anything, but you apply to the Karnataka Electricity Board for electricity connection and they don't give it to you.

What do you do to tell your wife? Let me sit in darkness. No, I've never heard anybody who does that. They keep going to the office and say we got to get we got to get our connection. We applied for it.

We applied for it two months ago. Why haven't we got the connection? Why can't we go to God like that? Why can't we go to God and say God I've received Christ in my life. Why can't I be filled with the Holy Spirit?

Praying for Spiritual Power

Give me a power connection. My fridge is not working. My tape recorder is not working. The lights are not burning. The fans are not running in my life. Give me a power connection Lord. I Really believe you need to pray.

I believe there are many of you here who need to earnestly seek God. Because God sees your content to live in the darkness. That's why he doesn't fill you and It's this Holy Spirit that's supposed to communicate to us that mighty resurrection power of Jesus Christ.

The Resurrection Power That Overcomes Sin and Fear

The power of the Holy Spirit is the same as the power of his resurrection. The Bible speaks about the power that raised Jesus from the dead. That means lifted him up over the worst thing the devil could do to him death.

God says that's nothing I can overcome that. That's the power that God wants to give us the power that lifts us up over fear and sin and discouragement and gloom and bad moods and Every wretched thing the devil has put upon us through Adam and Eve.