The Spirit's Voice Of Restraint

The Holy Spirit is what Jesus Christ gave His disciples (us included) to help them in His absence. The Spirit does two things that involve restraint. When we stray, the Spirit leads us into all truth. When we continue to error, the Spirit interceeds for us to bring us back into fellowship with Christ. When we sin after a warning, it is called grieving the Spirit which is the sense of guilt a true Child of God will have when they sin. If our intentional sin becomes a recuring problem, it quenches the Spirit. This is the bigger problem because we no longer agree with the Spirit concerning what is good and right, but choose our own path again, thus hardening ourselves to the Spirit's restraint. Justification means to have good standing before God. It means we are in agreement with Him regardless of our ability to walk in the light. Fellowship is the confession and repentance from our sins which brings the wayword Christian back into God's blessing to live for Him instead of for yourself.

Daily Prayer: Lord, I know that we grieve You because we continue to stray from Your good will. Father, we confess our sins and ask for restoration to You by way of the Spirit based not on our own goodness, but on the goodness of Jesus Christ. Change our inner man so that we not only agree with You, but are transformed by You to seek and obey You. In Jesus name and for His sake I pray Amen.