The Spirit is the Answer

My brothers and sisters in Christ I have found the answer to my last post. The Spirit is the whole reason for Peter preaching at Pentecost. He is also the whole reason for us to preach in the name of His Son to this day. The Spirit takes away all of our earthly problems and makes their burden light. Here's another comforting thought... The Spirit prays for us!

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God. Rom 8:26-27

Living in the Spirit is the answer my dear family in Christ! If we live in communion with the Spirit we will live a righteous life, as Jesus did. Jesus also gave us one last commandment before He left us. Love one another. If we love one another we are following the law because it does no harm to a neighbor. Live in the Spirit and show an outward extension of the grace given to you. And Paul writes...

And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. Rom. 13:11-14

Pray a lot on this my brothers and sisters. By the Spirit's power, which is not ours but God's, we can accomplish great things for His kingdom.