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Since in Jesus Christ, man is set right with God and is justified to be holy in the sight of God, Holy Spirit now dwells in man. Holy Spirit was a promise until Jesus resurrected from the grave, giving man the power to be called the children of God (John 1: 12). God promised man that He would save man from his uncleanness – which He did by the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ – and give him a new heart and a new spirit; He shall write His laws in the heart of man and man will be His people and He will be man’s God (Eze 36:25-29). These were promises to Israel but have been extended to us who have been adopted into God through the blood of Jesus; hence it was a promise to all mankind. After the resurrection of Christ, Holy Spirit came down into the heart of man on the day of Pentecost to fulfill the promises of God.
Holy Spirit came to engrave the laws of God in the heart of man, empower man, comfort and teach man. He is the third person of the Trinity and therefore He knows all things, even the deep things of God (I Cor 2:10). The counsel of God for your life lies in the heart of God – He thinks about you (Isa 49:15,16) – and He allows Holy Spirit to dwell in your heart to reveal these purposes and plans of God concerning your life, to you. Holy Spirit teaches you the mysteries of God; He directs your path, empowers, protects and comforts you. He does all these things to you only if you allow Him.
3. PRAYER
Prayer is the medium through which man communicates with God; it is the only highway by which man gets into the throne room of God. Prayer is not just rattling words from the lips or going to God only when in trouble but prayer but it is a spiritual visitation into the arms of God; in prayer, our spirits moves into the presence of God. Our spirit taps into the Spirit of God and every word we speak enters into the heart of God and likewise, God also speaks into our heart.
Man is one of nature’s greatest mysteries and the complexity of the nature of man lies in the intentions of God in creating him; God created man so that He can have a mutual relationship with man. In creation, all other creations of God were called into being – even His ministers (Angels) – except man. Bible has it that God took His time and out His infinite craftiness, formed man from the dust of the ground and went further to breathe His own breath into the nostrils of man and man became a Living Soul (Gen 2: 7); out of all the creations of God, man is the only creature the has the breath of God in him. This breath of God transformed the man formed from the dust into the “likeness” of God (Gen 1: 26) and therefore man was like God.
It must be understood that for a mutual relationship to reach its peak of essence, it must be between beings or organisms of the same species; they must be of the same kind. All animals relate better to each other only if they are of the same species; dogs relate to other dogs better than they would to man. Even animals of the same Genus are not completely compatible; offspring of animals of the same Genus but different species are sterile, indicating their incompatibility. The breath of God made man to be of the same species as God – the possession of a spirit that exudes consciousness – therefore we share common traits with God. These traits or characters are known as the Communicable Attributes of God; some of these are: all the emotions – compassion, love, passion, anger and so on; knowledge; wisdom; understanding; will power – ability to choose. This is just to mention but a few communicable attributes of God. The possession of all these coupled by consciousness makes man like God. Man being like God means there can be a viable mutual relationship between God and man; that is the whole duty of man – Fearing God and Keeping His commandments (Eccle 12: 13). Fearing God means reverencing Him.
Also, the basis of every relationship is communication. Communication is an act of using language – language is a term used to describe the organizational tools by which messages are transferred from one individual to the other; language is either verbal or non-verbal. Verbal language is simply the organization of the sounds produced in the larynx (voice-box) to transfer message; it is the commonest medium of communication is humans. Non- verbal language is an infinite use of signals and activities to convey messages; this is commonest in animals but quite evident in humans too. From all these, we realize that the basis of man’s relationship with God is prayer – communication. Prayer draws you close to God.
In prayer, when we call on God, He reveals His counsel for our lives and shows us things our minds cannot fathom (Jer 33: 3). Prayer is the only medium through which we exercise that unseen part of us; our spirit links up with God and our soul experiences the awesome refreshing in the presence of God – all our anxieties and needs are laid before God through prayer and we in turn, receive comfort and satisfaction in His abundant riches in glory (Philippians 4: 6, 19). In prayer we get access to God’s unlimited resources and we are empowered to stand tall over sin, the devil and his cohorts because we have received immunity against them through the blood of Jesus Christ. Prayer keeps you focused on God.
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