The Holy Spirit groans and intercedes (Romans 8:26-28)
Under the influence of some American pastors who only emphasize the appearance of the Holy Spirit, the so-called New Apostolic Movement is taking place in Korean churches.
The last time I went to Argentina, the movement was active there too.
The question is whether the church can offer an alternative to their spiritual breakthrough.
Faith must include faith in God's existential existence, faith in His presence, and faith in His indwelling, work, and filling work.
Because the knowledge of the Holy Spirit is not properly established, they are caught up in emotional enthusiasm.
However, intellectual pietism that only insists on the Word is also just a fleshly religion.
The Holy Spirit unifies human reason and emotion, strengthens will, and manifests itself in action.
Q. Why does the Holy Spirit groan and intercede?
“Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” (Romans 8:26)
A. Because although we are heirs of God, we are weak.
The Holy Spirit is with those who patiently wait in longing for the redemption of their bodies, and He Himself groans and intercedes for them.
The Holy Spirit protects us like horses of fire and chariots of fire, and is with us like a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night.
Creation sighs and waits for the glorious freedom of God's children, and even we, who have received the first fruits of the Holy Spirit, sigh inwardly and long for our own salvation, and the Holy Spirit groans and intercedes as He helps us in our weaknesses.
This is our spiritual environment.
In perfect situations like these, we are moving closer to God.
If we think about it carefully, we are truly walking down a good path.
Although we do not know what we should pray for, the Holy Spirit is still groaning and praying for what we should pray for.
The Holy Spirit intercedes.
With a sigh that cannot be expressed in words...
The groaning of the Holy Spirit is like a mother's heart.
She is a mother who does not express whether her children are doing well or not, but she looks at her children anxiously, sighing indescribably.
However, when her children actually go and see her, she seems relieved and asks them if nothing has happened.
That is an expression of the mother's passionate heart that we know nothing about.
We need to get to know the hearts of our parents.
If you know the heart of your parents, you will also know the heart of God.
The Holy Spirit groans with the same heart as a mother.
why? This is because the Holy Spirit itself is the house of God’s children.
Just as a mother is house to her children...
Therefore, even if we only have an earnest heart, earnest thoughts, and earnest intention in our prayers, it will one day manifest as fervent passion.
How can I know more about Jesus Christ?
How can I move closer, closer to God?
At first, it was really daunting, but at some point, like a burning flame, a strong passion for the gospel appeared, asking, ‘Where is my place in dying for the Lord?’
Q. What does the Holy Spirit pray for?
“And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”(Romans 8:27)
A. The Holy Spirit prays on our side for God's will to be accomplished in us.
It is natural that the Trinity God knows each other.
Since God knows the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit knows us, and the Holy Spirit knows God, the Holy Spirit knows both sides, so He can intercede and groan and pray for us.
The mother knows children's father and the mother knows her children's situations, and she groans while looking at both sides in the middle.
Mother speaks for both sides, right?
The Holy Spirit does so.
The meaning that the One who searches the heart knows the thoughts of the Holy Spirit means that he knows what the Holy Spirit is planning and what the Holy Spirit is foreseeing.
This is because the Holy Spirit intercedes for the saints according to God’s will.
Therefore, let us always honor the Holy Spirit who is present in us.
As I write this, I am once again alert to the Holy Spirit.
If we make the Holy Spirit live within us by faith, we live.
“It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63)
We must live according to the Spirit to enjoy the blessings of heaven, but if we quench the Holy Spirit and kill our spirit and life, how will we live in this harsh world?
Therefore, always respect the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.
If He is not working in us, we die.
Those who eat the Word of God as their bread always listen to the Word of God.
However, those who try to learn the Word of God sometimes listen and sometimes do not listen.
why? People who try to learn are so confused that they can't go any further.
Those who want to eat can eat without limit because God makes their stomachs bigger.
People who want to learn will feel full after just a little bit, and that's enough.
That's why, after learning a little bit, they don't want to learn any more.
This is something to be very careful about.
When children forget the taste of breast milk, they leave their mother’s side and play.
They just play with entertainment and toys and don’t go to their mom.
If you have a spiritual concept, the Holy Spirit will work powerfully in practice.
If you always have a desire for the Lord in your heart, the moving of the Holy Spirit, teaching, and reminding will always last.
A certain pastor asked this question.
“How do I know the Holy Spirit? How do I know the truth? How do I know Jesus Christ?”
So, just have a heart that longs for Him, and God will guide you.
He will let you know God. This is my answer.
If you do not have a concept that connects with the Word and the Holy Spirit, you will wither away.
So, if Peter wants to become a faith of the Rock, he tells us to long for spiritual milk.
It is said that if you do this, you will become a temple and a holy priesthood. (1 Peter 2)
Faith of the Rock makes one yearn for pure, spiritual milk like a child.
If you long for it, you will become a temple, a chosen people, a royal priesthood, and the kingdom of God.
Therefore, we must believe in God’s existence, presence, and work.
You must always believe in these three factors.
But some people only believe in existence.
And there are some people who do not believe in existence but only believe in presence.
Some people only believe in work but do not believe in God's existence, so they cannot connect the work with God, so they go about their own ways.
He must believe together in existence, presence and work.
Only then can he work as a complete person.
It becomes a true faith of the Rock.
This means acknowledging, longing for, and pursuing the work of the Holy Spirit.
This does not mean understanding, but accepting with faith.
Q. For what kind of people does everything work together for good?
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
A. Those who love God. From our perspective, we come to love God.
If the Word comes true at this point, you will finally come to love God.
Love isn't something to squeeze out.
Romans 8:18 begins with ‘for I reckon,’ but now it says, ‘we know.’
‘I reckon’ and ‘we know’ have different meanings.
When you suffer for God, kill your own desires, long for His invisible glory, and beat your body into submission to wait for Him, you will automatically say that you love God.
Confessions such as “I love you Lord” and “I love you Father” come out very naturally.
Those who love God are those who have been called according to God’s predestination (Romans 8:29-30)
This is God's position in calling us into Christ.
From our perspective, we are people who love God, but we are people who have been called by God.
So God's position and our position become the same.
God calls us and we come to love God.
We should not love Him one-sidedly, and God should not love us one-sidedly.
The word predestination means that an object has been limited to Jesus Christ.
It means that we are predestined (limited) in Christ.
This is not an individual's fate.
When we are predestined, we will definitely love God on our side.
Although they are limited people, once they are within the limited boundaries, they know the area measured by a line (Psalm 16:6).
This is the limit and the predestination.
When we enter the area measured by that line, we come to love God.
So love is not in return for some reward, it just becomes love.
We do not love because God has given us great grace and helped us so far, but we love because of the love that made us love God.
It is the mysterious mechanism between God's call and our response.
Just because our parents worked hard and passed on their wealth to us, doesn't mean we have to love them.
No matter how bad the parents are, children should naturally have a heart to love their parents.
That is the way for me to become happy.
My parents raised me well, and they still have a lot of assets left to pass on, so love is conditional and not true love.
Jesus Christ comes into us and makes us love God.
There is no pride or shame in the face of love.
For people like this, all things work together for good.
But what does it mean to work together for good?
That doesn't mean that “we can't predict good or bad things in the world.”as people say, or “A disaster turns into a blessing.”
The explanation comes immediately following in Romans 8:29-30.
Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.
Translated by Nancy Chung
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