Lioncub you asked for scripture affirming what I said in my last post. After praying and looking in my bible I have found a few that I was led to by our Lord through the Holy Spirit.
1corinthians12:1-11 Now concerning spiritual gifts brethren, I do no want you to be ignorant; You know that you were Gentiles carried away to these dumb idols, however you
were led. Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed and noone can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all; for one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy to another discerning of the spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each on indiviually as He wills.
In the above verses we see that a person truely speaking by the Holy Spirit will never curse Jesus; by the same token noone can genuinely proclaim the Lordship of Christ without enabling of the Holy Spirit. (from the footnotes of my King James New Faith Partner Study Bible).
There is one Lord, one God and One Holy Spirit and together they make the GodHead or Trinity and God through the Holy Spirit as seen in the above verses bestows on each believer the gifts He sees fit and there is a list given of all the gifts including that of tongues...it was one of the many gifts given to us...we are all members of the body of Jesus Christ and each member though given different gifts work together to make the whole body of Jesus work...Just as it takes many parts of the human body to make it work as a whole so it takes many believers and the many gifts given by God through the Holy Spirit to make the Body of Christ work.
Acts5:3-4 But Peter said, Ananias why has satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit
and keep part of the price of land for yourself? while it remained was it not your own? And after it was sold was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? Have you not lied to men but to God?
in these verses we see that lieing to the Holy Spirit is also lieing to our God and why is this..because the Holy Spirit was given to us from our Lord and is part of Him...so lie to the Holy Ghost you lie to God Himself.
Matt.28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them int he name of the Father, And of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
This verse makes it pretty clear that God is one in three persons...He is God the Father, He is our Lord Jesus and He is the Holy Spirit...so when we accept Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior we accept the Holy Spirit and His conviction which leads to our Lord Jesus because why He is of God Himself.
I've used this before and will do so again...Father, Son and Holy Spirit are three in one you can't have one without the other just as you can't have an egg without the shell, yolk, and white...three seperate things but they come together to make a whole egg...just as the Father God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are three different parts of God but come together to make a whole which is called "The God head or Trinity".
NicoleK, I am praying for you and knowing that God is manifesting Himself to you and helping you to grow in Him daily...God bless you and keep you and your husband in His tender loving care always and forever!
:boy_hug: Mike
