How to Live in the Spirit

[Music] hello this is david diego hernandez and you are watching spirit church here on the encounter tv network i want to show you from the scripture what it truly means to live in the spirit and then i'm going to show you how to do it but first stephen martizuma is here with me he's going to lead you in some very anointed worship and then we're getting right into this message here is stephen maktazuma [Music] humbly i still an offering [Music] with open heads lord i breathe everything and nothing left my best my all you deserve my every breath my life my soul [Music] i surrender i surrender all [Music] i surrender i surrender all [Music] oh i surrender i surrender all i surrender i surrender all [Music] everything and nothing less i give you everything and nothing less [Music] lord my life is yours completely everything and nothing less i give you everything and nothing less [Music] lord my life is yours i surrender i surrender i surrender i surrender all i surrender i surrender on i surrender i surrender [Music] [Music] you are a spirit who has a soul that lives in a body you are a spirit who has a soul that lives in a body first thessalonians chapter 5 verse 23 says now may the god of peace make you holy in every way and may your holy spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our lord jesus christ comes again first i want to talk to you about your physical being your body now i want you to notice that in scripture we see physical descriptions of the sun we see physical descriptions of the father but rarely do we catch glimpses of the physical description of the holy spirit he's true to his humble nature though he inspired the scriptures though he himself inspired every single word he stays true to his humble nature by pointing instead to christ john chapter 16 verse 14 tells us that the holy spirit will glorify jesus so he points to the son however if you study the scripture you will notice that there are certain glimpses that we get of the holy spirit he is the man of fire in ezekiel chapter eight verses one through four he's the dove who descends upon jesus one of the references to that is luke chapter 3 verse 22 he's seen as a fire and felt like a wind in acts chapter 2 verses 2 through 4. now every time the holy spirit seemed to show up in physical form he vanished relatively quickly his only lingering tangibility was the ones he moved upon in other words when the holy spirit would show up on the scene people who caught glimpses of him would only capture that glimpse for a moment and then that visualization that manifestation of his being would disappear and the only thing that was left from that encounter was the person that the holy spirit graced or empowered in 1st corinthians chapter 6 verse 19 we see the bible says this don't you realize that your body is the temple of the holy spirit who lives in you and was given to you by god you do not belong to yourself so the physical body is the holy spirit's vehicle to move within this world and to operate within this world the holy spirit's physical body is you you are the carrier of the presence of the holy spirit so the physical body is not evil unto itself it is not itself something that is sinful unless you make your physical body operate under sin through the decisions that you make the physical body can be a carrier of the glory of god and can be god's holy presence within the earth your physical being is how you interact with the world around you your senses give you the experience of the world in which you exist so the physical body is your earth suit your means of interacting with the world around you and then we see the soul the soul is the realm of decision the neutral ground it's the mind the will emotions your personality it's your mind what you think it's your will what you desire your emotions what you feel your personality how you behave now everybody has a soul every living human being has a soul the wicked have souls proverbs chapter 21 verse 10 says the soul of the wicked desireth evil his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes the godly have souls the scripture says in 3rd john chapter 1 verse 2 beloved i wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth every human being has a soul job chapter 12 verse 10 says in whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all mankind so the body is your physical vehicle it's how you interact with the world around you the soul is the neutral ground it's how you make your decisions it's how you manifest your personality it's where you feel and think and once again it is the neutral ground the realm of decision now the spirit is your connection with god first corinthians chapter 2 verses 10 through 12 says this but it was to us that god revealed these things by his spirit for his spirit searches out everything and shows us god's deep secrets no one can know a person's thoughts except that person's own spirit and no one can know god's thoughts except god's own spirit and we have received god's spirit not the world spirit so we can know the wonderful things god has freely given to us in other words god's holy spirit who knows his mind his will his nature his power communicates with your spirit revealing everything there is to know about god so the holy spirit who is eternal and all-knowing and who knows the mind of god and the will of god reveals that to your spirit so the part of you that is complete is your spirit in your spirit you know god in your spirit you are complete in your spirit you have all things in your spirit you are perfected why because you are connected with the lord first corinthians chapter 6 verse 17 says but the person who is joined to the lord is one spirit with him so you are already one with god you belong to him he belongs to you you have perfect fellowship perfect union and it is out of that perfect union that we live so the believer is not fighting to connect with god rather the believer is looking to let that connection bring about the manifestation of godly things in their lives in other words i don't pray to connect with god i pray from connection with god i don't worship to connect with god i worship from connection with god i don't read the word to connect with god i understand the word because of my oneness with god it is out of that oneness that my my spiritual life flows it is out of that oneness that i have my spiritual being so the body the earth suit your connection with the world around you your soul the neutral ground the realm of decision your spirit is that perfect union with god 24 7 whether you realize it or not you're communing with the father right now you're connected with him right now therefore all spirituality can be attributed to how you respond to that physical being and how you live in that reality now i want to show you a portion of scripture here in ephesians chapter 2 verses 1-5 once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins you used to live in sin just like the rest of the world obeying the devil the commander of the powers in the unseen world he is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey god all of us used to live that way following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature by our very nature we were subject to god's anger just like everyone else but god is so rich in mercy and he loved us so much that even though we were dead because of our sins he gave us life when he raised christ from the dead it is only by god's grace that you have been saved again that's ephesians chapter 2 verses 1 through 5. now i want you to think about what the scripture is saying here before you were born again your spirit was dead before you were born again you had no connection with god i didn't i didn't choose god god chose me i was dead in my sin i had no desire to be drawn to him everyone who's ever been saved has been drawn by the holy spirit of god before you were saved you functioned from the body and the soul there was no spirit so your decisions were based upon your physical cravings lust and desire your decisions were based upon your soul your mindsets your culture your philosophies your emotions your selfishness you live from the outer layers of who you are rather than the innermost being which is your spirit you lived from the physical being you lived from the soul this is why some of you were very emotional up and down inconsistent and living a chaotic life but now that i've been brought to life by the spirit now that you've been brought to life by the spirit your spirit has been brought to life and your connection with god has been restored you had no spirit you were dead you were existing but not living you were living out of the outer shells of who you really are you were on your way to hell soul and body word look at this in matthew chapter 10 verse 28 don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body they cannot touch your soul fear only god who can destroy both soul and body in hell think about that jesus there did not mention the spirit why because only bodies and souls are destroyed in hell those who are alive in the spirit are not sent to hell we're destined for heaven so before you were born again it was just body and soul and it was out of those natures that you lived it was out of those natures that you perceived all things it was out of those nature natures that that you sought after those things which you desired in those natures now john chapter 3 verses 5-7 tells us about the reality in which we live now jesus replied i assure you no one can enter the kingdom of god without being born of water and the spirit humans can reproduce only human life but the spirit gives birth to spiritual life so don't be surprised when i say you must be born again now remember what i said that you are connected with god you're a body a soul and a spirit your body is your physical being your soul is the neutral ground mind will emotions your spirit is already connected with god first john 2 27 you know all things where do you know all things in your spirit do you know all things in the natural mind no that's why revelation is not the receiving of knowledge rather it's the releasing of what you know in your spirit into the natural mind so then when i live in the spirit it means i'm living out of that in a reality when i live in the spirit it means i'm living from that oneness with god i'm not living to try to remake that connection i'm not living to try to gain connection with god rather the believer lives out of that oneness with god for the bible says in first corinthians chapter 6 verse 17 but the person who is joined to the lord is one spirit with him now i want to show you something i want to show you a visual aid now i want you to look at these three men right here the first one represents the spirit and then we have the soul and then we have the body now the spirit remember is your connection with god the spirit is the one who knows him the one who is connected with him the one who already knows what god knows by the holy spirit the soul is the mind the will emotions this is where decisions are made this is where the neutral ground is and then there is the physical being the physical being is what exists in this world some of us used to live from the outer man we used to live from the physical body now here is what most believers do i want you to think about this most believers when they live their lives rather than receiving from the spirit most believers live facing the outer reality we live based upon financial situation we live based upon relationships we live based upon circumstances and challenges in life here's the problem when you live like this you are up and down why because outer circumstances consistently change when outer circumstances change and you're living a life facing the outer man you change in your emotions this is why many of you are emotional this is why many of you feel like going to church one week but the next week you can't commit this is why one week you commit to the word and the next week you can't do it this is why many of you pray for weeks at a time only to find yourself in prayerlessness again it's because you live facing the outward circumstances and when i live facing the outward circumstances whatever happens out there impacts me in here it affects my mind it affects my emotions it affects my ability to exercise my will it affects my personality and so long as the believer is living from the outside in then he is living cut off from the reality that the spirit has the everyone has the holy spirit every believer i should say romans chapter 8 verse 9 every believer has the holy spirit but so long as there is love and joy and peace and patience and power and grace and holiness all within the spirit and you're living facing the outer man you're never going to be able to receive what god has for you remember here you're complete here there is oneness here there is perfect union it's done that oneness is now but because we're not living out of that oneness we don't see the results of it now when you live this way it doesn't matter what god does in your spirit because you're not allowing him by your will to affect you because you're living from the outside in now you've been praying possibly for a breakthrough maybe you've been praying god if you would change my circumstance god if you would bless me financially god if you would give me that spouse god if only you did this for me then i would begin to live in the spirit if only i had my own place to live then i could devote to prayer without distraction if only i had enough finances then i wouldn't have to worry about anything then i could focus on the things of the spirit and we make excuses that sound legitimate to us but in the spirit we know they're not real in the spirit we know they're not legitimate excuses and we say things like that and we wait for the ideal situation to begin living in the spirit thinking that we have to have everything in order first you see we imagine that our breakthrough is going to come about through some dramatic change in outward circumstances we think that once everything is perfected out there then we'll begin to feel good in here and start committing to the things of the spirit within us you think that breakthrough is a dramatic transformation of outward circumstances when in reality breakthrough is a small internal shift once you begin to face the things of the spirit it doesn't matter what happens out here because you've got the spirit in here your circumstances out here can be up and down life throws you different curves life begins to change things around you that which is familiar is shaken things on the job things in the family things in your relationships things in your finances things in your health go up and down they change and you can never really rely on anything that has to do with this world but when you live like this it doesn't matter what happens out here because you have all of the joy the peace and the power that you need right here it doesn't matter how things might change here because you have stability in here it doesn't matter what life may throw at you because you're living in the spirit cut off from the influence of the world thank you gentlemen so then the bible says in romans chapter 7 verse 20 but if i do what i don't want to do i am not really the one doing wrong it is sin living in me that does it that's romans chapter 7 verse 20. in other words when you make a mistake when you sin when you begin to live from the outer man sure it's you making this the decision sure it's you exercising willpower and causing that thing to come about and yes you are held responsible for the decisions that you choose but in reality that's not you that outer man isn't you that outer shell isn't you when you act according to the old nature you're acting according to a nature that's outside of who you really are romans chapter 8 verse 6 says so letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death but letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace when you live from the inside out you learn to receive from the inside out when you live from the inside out you learn to base your identity on the spirit and not on the exterior when you live in the spirit you live grounded in the reality that you already belong to god and he already belongs to you you're already one perfect union not something you have to work for not something you have to beg for it's something you have to by faith live in knowing confidently that you are already one with the holy spirit i want to pray with you now i want to pray that god would reveal things to you in your life that really are a distraction that are causing you to live in the flesh so to speak god help us to face the spirit father in jesus name i pray for that one receiving now and i ask you lord to cause them to see according to your holy spirit not according to the world not according to outer circumstances but lord let us live according to that oneness with the spirit we have within help us father to live by the spirit in jesus name we pray and i want you to say it because you believe it say amen well that is it for the lesson i want to welcome now the new members of spirit church there you are up on the screen we love you we are praying for you i always say that because i always mean it if you'd like information how you can join the spirit family go to davidhernandezministries.com spiritchurch and join our online church today when you join you're going to get a free email every single week with content that's going to help you grow and it's really going to bless your life and now to your comments these comments come from last week's teaching titled victorious living and this right here was a message of breakthrough for many of you and i know that because we receive messages from all over the world from people who found victory in christ after listening to this message if you haven't watched that yet make sure to go check that out and while you're at it make sure you're subscribed to our youtube channel and when you subscribe click that notification bell and if you'd like me to potentially read your comments on next week's edition of spirit church then go ahead and leave a comment in the comment section right now so here are the comments from last week's teaching victorious living and gachari writes god bless you abundantly pastor david again this message was for me i felt like the world was against me and that everything i was doing didn't count now i know better that in all things through christ i am victorious hallelujah the next commenter writes yes i am victorious i really needed to hear these words of wisdom i'm going through tough times thank you jesus mary jane gomez writes thank you david hernandez for this timely message these past weeks i've been struggling and dealing with difficulties i'm in pain but thankfully god is so great that he never leaves me he has sent one that would comfort me thank you for all these reminders indeed god is so faithful in his promise god bless in your ministry may the good lord pour into you abundantly and the final commenter writes this message was totally for me i was so anxious and depressed about my tribulations which don't seem to end but god and his love for me spoke to my spirit through this anointed message i'm encouraged that he has me and nothing can ever subdue me because i'm victorious in him god bless you pastor and your ministry may the lord keep expanding his kingdom through you amen well we are praying for ministry expansion and let me tell you something that we found out about here at the ministry i want to share something with you that is really quite disturbing and you need to hear this if any believer out there listening i know this will stir your heart i recently challenged people and i went on record publicly and i normally don't do things like this because i'm not necessarily political i'm prophetic i don't i don't get involved with political things but this is not a political thing um recently netflix has aired and it is now streaming netflix has put on their platform child pornography no if ands or buts what they have put on their platform is child pornography period and it's wicked it's evil and this is how the enemy does it generation by generation year by year he slowly chips away at people's sensitivities and slowly chips away at the moral fabric of society now we need to take a stand as believers so here's the challenge i issue to believers all around the world you need to cancel your netflix cancel your netflix account i may get in trouble for saying this i really don't care we need to take a stand now you may say but brother david we're in the world not of the world we all live in and do things that can contribute to something evil like for example if you own a car if you're watching this on your phone or on a computer obviously the computer company you bought that from probably doesn't fund the gospel they probably fund wicked agendas but there's a difference between a company that funds wicked things with their profits and a company that exists to create and publish filth when you give your finances to netflix you are giving them more power and you are giving them more means to create filth like what they're airing right now or streaming i said i should say on netflix i've heard people try to excuse what's on that platform i've heard them try to say it's art i've heard them try to say it's not that bad it doesn't matter what they have on that platform is wicked it's demonic and we as the body of christ need to take a stand against such things for the protection of those children this cannot become a normal thing in our society that is my challenge to you i want to challenge you to cancel your netflix subscription if you have one and instead partner with our ministry now you may say brother david i don't have a netflix account i've never had one i never will good we still need your support what we need to do is fight back what we need is an army of supporters who are sick and tired of the darkness in this world who are sick and tired of hollywood and ungodly organizations pushing wickedness on this generation you and i need to stand together and i'm looking for an army of believers who will stand with us and back and support the gospel message this ministry needs your financial support to continue spreading the gospel through media and events and the holy spirit school online all of it we give away for free help us to permeate the world with the gospel of jesus christ and the power of the holy spirit my challenge to you today if you have a netflix account cancel it right now don't fund filth fund the gospel if you don't have a netflix account find a way to support this ministry because we need to push back against the darkness look i understand that the world is going to get darker and darker but that doesn't mean that we should give up on the gospel we are supposed to be that bright light help us be that light in a dark world go to david hernandez ministries dot com donate right now and give a one time gift give a one time gift to help support everything that's going on or partner with us davidhernandezministries.compartner to sign up for a monthly donation that will automatically go toward our ministry every month i promise you this it will be worth the sacrifice that you have to make knowing that you're investing in souls so stand with us today be a part of our army of supporters from all around the world stand with us as we spread the gospel again one-time gifts go to davidhernandezministries.com donate if you'd like to become a partner with us go to davidhernandezministries.compartner and while you're there check out all of the wonderful benefits that you will get when you 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Length: 30min 2sec (1802 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 28 2020