04/20/23 SEEING CLEARLY

04/20/23 SEEING CLEARLY

We can realize we are corrupt or filthy, but we don't know how corrupt or filthy until we are cleansed. My misperception was in my own eyes, but new lenses allowed me to see clearly.

True spiritually as well as physically.

"I once was blind, but now I see..."
I received the miracle of spiritual sight when I was Born of the Holy Spirit, but I received even clearer understanding through the miracle of a pure heart when I was filled with the purifying presence and work of the Holy Spirit.

First, God regenerates us when He imparts His Holy Spirit to us.
Second, God purifies us when He fills us with His Holy Spirit.

Remember, Jesus told the Disciples to, Go into all the world... and make disciples of all nations...

AFTER THEY TARRIED "in Jerusalem to be endued with power from the Holy Spirit."
We receive the Holy Spirit in our salvation but we are filled with the Holy Spirit (His purity, His power, His presence) in our entire sanctification (full salvation).

We are entitled to eternal life by being born again, we are enabled for ministry by death to the world, the flesh and the devil in our total surrender.