Prepper Recon

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Luke 11:13

Were you under the impression that you got all the Holy Spirit you were ever going to get the day you got saved? Today’s scripture doesn’t seem to line up with that idea.

In fact, Paul approaches a group of Ephesian believers in Acts 19, asking them if they’d received the Holy Spirit. They tell him that they were baptized with John’s baptism, which was a baptism of repentance, but they hadn’t heard that there was a Holy Spirit. Paul prayed for them and they received the Spirit.

So what do we need the Spirit for? Jesus told his disciples in Acts 1, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” So we need Him to give us power. Power to live godly lives and to be good Christian witnesses to the uttermost part of the earth.

Furthermore, Paul tells the Ephesians, “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.” That’s a call to action. He speaks of being filled with the Spirit as something they have control over, just like not getting drunk. Paul would never tell someone to do something that they had no say in. So, how do we fulfill Paul’s command? Just ask, because If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

That power that Christ told his disciples of, is the power to live a godly life. If you’ve tried and failed to overcome some sin, ask for a fresh filling of God’s Holy Spirit and give it another shot; only this time, you’ll be doing it in the spirit, rather than in the flesh.

Jesus said “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his own soul?” Prepper translation: “What good will it do you to survive the coming economic collapse, nuclear war, or even a zombie apocalypse if you don’t know you will go to heaven when you die.” A recent study found that 10 out of 10 people die! On that day we will meet our Maker. It only makes sense to be prepared for that day. Click here to learn more about knowing GOD.

Have a blessed day and happy prepping!

Mark