Holy Spirit

I heard a great sermon last night about the Holy Spirit... (by the way, Holy Spirit, thanks for prompting me to go to the service!)

So who has the Holy Spirit?
See John 14:15ff...
Those who are following Christ in obedience!
Some quotes that popped out at me:
"True belief = obedience"
"If I'm not your Lord, I'm not your Savior"
"Do you love Christ... obey God's commands"
and what are God's commands again....? :) One that pops to my head right away when I ask that question anymore is... GO... :)
"Do I love Christ by obeying him without hesitation, with enthusiasm, joy-full, eagerly...?"

So... what are we gonna do? Resolve to be better right... try harder to obey God's commands... right, and how long will that last? Not long on our own...

"Jesus tells us to love him and obey his commandments, but he knows we can't do it on our own. We need a helper, a counselor (an advocate...lawyer to stand for us in front of the judge!), a person of the Trinity, God himself!" ENTER: the Holy Spirit!!

AMEN!!

And when we fail... Jesus Christ's blood covers it all... we belong to an amazing God. Our hope is built on nothing less, than Jesus' blood and righteousness... I dare not trust the sweetest gain, but wholly lean on Jesus' name! On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand. All other ground is sinking sand..."

That's grace folks...AMAZING GRACE. How sweet the sound! :)