There’s a significant difference
between the conviction of the Holy Spirit and the accusations of the enemy... a
difference of both method and substance. The Word of God calls our enemy the
prince of devils, diabolos, “devil”, and satanas, “satan”, his nature defined
by his names: The nature of our enemy is
to slander, defame, accuse, and destroy, standing in opposition to all that is
godly and attempting to separate man from God through false information... he
is the father of lies. He uses the shotgun approach to overwhelm us with a
sense of condemnation and unworthiness to the point of despair... even
hopelessness. Within the confines of our conscience
our heart sides with the enemy’s accusations igniting the debilitating paralysis
of self-analysis...Self trying to fix itself. As “the accuser of the brethren”
the enemy’s goal is to separate us from the enabling Grace of God by
obstructing our fellowship with God, causing us to withdraw from the throne of
His Grace.
On the other hand the conviction
of the Holy Spirit is always gentle, specific, and purposeful, as He shines the
light of Christ’s nature on an area of our life where repentance and change is
needed. As saint’s we are all on the road to Christlikeness... to more of Him
and less of Self, changing bit by bit as
the Holy Spirit manifests Christ’s nature in us as an alternative to Self. As
our “Comforter”, the Holy Spirit’s goal is to ignite a passion for Jesus so the
Holy Spirit will always manifest Christ... will always point us to Christ... will
always encourage us to approach His throne of Grace with great boldness: “For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and
knows all things.” God is greater than our heart... greater in love... greater
in compassion, no less than in knowledge. We must always remember, we
stand in the virtue of the shed blood of Jesus... which has never lost its
power to save... to heal... to restore... to make us Christlike, it is still
the way we overcome.
GOD IS GREATER...
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