Crying Out For More Of The Holy Spirit?

 Crying Out For More Of The Holy Spirit?

The practice of crying out for MORE of the Spirit probably started from the modern Pentecostal movements.

The reason for wanting more is to be filled with more, so that more power of God can be demonstrated through the lives. The desire and zeal are honorable, but zeal without knowledge can result in self-righteousness (Rom 10:2-3), which is not good (Prov 19:2).

God honours faith. Because the Kingdom always works by grace through faith. If we cry out for more of His Spirit by faith, His grace supersedes our wrong view of Him and He grants us our heart desires (Ps 37:4).

Wrong theology does not overcome the grace and the goodness of God. It only affects our own living. We begin to see the Christian worldview and other brothers and sisters through the lens of wrong theology.

When we continually practise crying out for more of His Spirit, self-righteousness will find its way into our lives. Because when we experience more power (as a result of 'faith-crying'), we begin to think that others SHOULD cry out more to Him; others are not walking in more power because they are not that hungry for God. And the list goes on.

Yet the Word is the ultimate Authority. There are so many Scriptures on the goodness, grace and finished works of Christ that are consistently CONSISTENT throughout the Bible, where you cannot use your pentecostal experiences to interpret the truths.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐋𝐘 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. - Titus 3:4-7

'WHOM' He poured out on us RICHLY... ----- referring to the Holy Spirit. There are many passages which establish this truth. God, by His grace and goodness, does NOT withhold His Spirit from us.

To cry out continually for MORE of His Spirit is to misinterpret the nature and the goodness of God. It is as though you have to beg for Him to pour out. We would need to change the verse to 'Whom He poured out on us SPARINGLY'.

The problem does not lie with God giving. He has already done it through Christ. It lies with us believing and receiving (Mark 11:24). Instead of crying out for more, how about changing our mind to thanking Him for the fullness of the Spirit (Col 2:9-10) that He has already poured out into us?

How about praying for wisdom and revelation in the KNOWLEDGE of Him, that the eyes of our understanding be enlightened, that we may know the riches of the glory of His inheritance in us and the exceeding greatness of His power that He put within us (Eph 1:16-21)?

How does this right theology affect our living? We begin to see every believer on the same page. We begin to acknowledge the identity of sonship in every believer. We begin to realise that it is purely by grace through faith (without our own righteousness) that grants us such power from God. We begin to realise that it is all about His Kingdom and not about how anointed we are.

It's time to right our belief and believe rightly.