When the Holy Spirit Speaks, There is Nothing Anyone Can Say

Mike  Hosey, Elder

Jesus tells his disciples in Matthew 10:16-20 that he is sending them out into a dangerous world that will persecute them severely.  He tells them that they will be handed over to religious courts and beaten. He tells them that they will even be handed over to important political leaders, like governors and kings, because of their association with Him. Interestingly, He tells them that in this abuse, they will be witnesses for Him to the nations.

And most importantly, He tells them not to worry about what they will say in those situations. The Spirit, He says, will give them declarations in that very hour.  In other words, the Holy Spirit will witness through them in powerful ways.

And this is exactly the kind of thing the Holy Spirit does in the world.  He witnesses (Romans 8:16, 1 John 5:6-8, Acts 5:32, John 15:26). 

Consider how the Holy Spirit, through Peter and John, healed the crippled Man in Acts 3:6-8.  The Holy Spirit by healing him, made that man into a witness for the power of God. But the witness of that crippled man didn’t stop in chapter 3. In Acts 4:5-14, Peter and John (and that man) are brought before the religious leaders who want to know by what power, and by what name that man was healed.  Peter boldly WITNESSES that the man was healed by the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 4:10).  The Holy Spirit makes the mouth of Peter and the life of that man (once again) a witness to the world!  The witness of that man’s change was so strong that the religious leaders had nothing to say in response to Peter (Acts 4:14).

This very thing is also true of you, if you are a born again believer. There will be times when the Holy Spirit will make your life a witness for others.  Don’t resist that!  Whenever he heals you from a hurt, or from an addiction, or from a sin, or from a physical ailment, or from anything, jump up and leap and celebrate like the man in Acts 3:8 

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Instead of hiding that victory, be a witness for the nations! Know that even if people ridicule you, there is nothing they can really say about the gift of your victory.