How You Can Be Led By The Spirit Of God - Kenneth E. Hagin

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The book explains how believers can receive guidance from God through the human spirit rather than through physical senses or mental reasoning. It teaches that people are spirit beings who have a soul and live in a physical body, and that the inward “lamp” or “candle” of the Lord can enlighten them. Through scripture-based instruction, the work contrasts spirit, soul, and body, introduces inward witnesses and inward voices, and emphasizes learning to listen, perceive, and follow the Holy Spirit.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages115

Reading Time4 h 50 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

The Lamp of the Lord

Man: An Eternal Spirit

Spirit-Conscious

What Is the Difference Between Spirit and Soul?

The Saving of the Soul

Presenting the Body

Number One: The Inward Witness

Know-So Salvation

Fleeced!

Following the Witness

Number Two: The Inward Voice

Effects of the Spirit's Indwelling

Two Experiences

God Inside

Depend on Your Spirit

Tenderhearted

Feelings: The Voice of the Body

Help From Within

Number Three: The Voice of the Holy Spirit

Judging By the Word

My Spirit? The Flesh? Or The Holy Spirit?

I Perceive

Spectacular Guidance

The Spirit Bade Me Go

Guidance Through Prophecy

Guidance Through Visions

Listen to Your Heart

How To Train The Human Spirit

Praying in the Spirit

Preface

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

How You Can Be Led By The Spirit Of God Kenneth E. Hagin Contents 1. The Lamp of the Lord 2. Man: An Eternal Spirit 3. Spirit-Conscious 4. What Is the Difference Between Spirit and Soul? 5. The Saving of the Soul 6. Presenting the Body 7. Number One: The Inward Witness 8. Know-So Salvation 9. Fleeced! 10. Following the Witness 11. Number Two: The Inward Voice 12. Effects of the Spirit's Indwelling 13. Two Experiences 14. God Inside 15. Depend on Your Spirit 16. Tenderhearted 17. Feelings: The Voice of the Body 18. Help From Within 19. Number Three: The Voice of the Holy Spirit 20. Judging By the Word 21. My Spirit? The Flesh? Or The Holy Spirit? 22. I Perceive 23. Spectacular Guidance 24. The Spirit Bade Me Go 25. Guidance Through Prophecy 26. Guidance Through Visions 27. Listen to Your Heart 28. How To Train The Human Spirit 29. Praying in the Spirit Preface In February 1959 in El Paso, Texas, the Lord appeared to me in a vision. He came into my room at 6:30 in the evening, sat down in a chair by my bedside, and talked with me for an hour and a half. I tell more about this in the book, but I want to emphasize something here first. He talked to me about the ministry of the prophet (Eph. 4:11,12) . Then He said, "I did not put prophets in the Church to guide the New Testament Church. My Word says, 'As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.' Now if you will listen to Me, I am going to teach you how to follow My Spirit. Then I want you to teach My people how to be led by the Spirit." I am ashamed that I have let many years go by without teaching too much along this line. Occasionally I would get into the edge of it, but I did not really teach on it. So in recent times, the Lord has stirred me up and now I am beginning to teach more on this subject. This book is a part of that stirring. Chapter 1 The Lamp of the Lord For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. —Romans 8:14 The Spirit itself [Himself] beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. —Romans 8:16 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. —Proverbs 20:27 Children of God can expect to be led by the Spirit of God. Another translation of Proverbs 20:27 reads, "The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord...." Had this verse been written today it might have read, "The spirit of man is the light bulb of the Lord." What it means is this: God will enlighten us—He will guide us—through our spirits. Many times, however, we seek guidance by means other than the way God said. When we do, we get into trouble. We sometimes judge how God is leading by what our physical senses tell us. But nowhere does God say that God will guide us through our physical senses. Too often we look at things from a mental standpoint and endeavor to reason out things. But nowhere does the Bible say God will guide us through our mentality. The Bible does not say that the body of man is the candle of the Lord, nor that the mind of man is the candle of the Lord. It says that the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. God will guide us—He will enlighten us—through our spirits. Now before we can understand how God does lead us and guide us through our spirits, we have to understand the nature of man. We have to understand that man is a spirit, that he has a soul, and that he lives in a body. Chapter 2 Man: An Eternal Spirit And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him. —Genesis 1:26,27 Man is a spirit being. He is made in the likeness of God. Jesus said that God is a Spirit (John 4:24) . So man must of necessity be a spirit. Man is a spirit, he has a soul, and he lives in a physical body (1 Thess. 5:23) . When the physical body of man is dead and in the grave, the spirit lives on. That part

FAQs

How does God guide believers, according to the book?

God guides and enlightens believers through their spirits, as illustrated by biblical references to the spirit as a “lamp” or “candle.” The book emphasizes that guidance should not be based on physical senses or solely on mental reasoning.

What does the book teach about the nature of man?

The book teaches that man is a spirit being, has a soul, and lives in a physical body. It argues that the spirit part of a person is eternal.

What are “inward witness” and “inward voice” in this teaching?

The text presents the inward witness and inward voice as modes of the Spirit’s working within believers. It connects these experiences to learning to perceive and follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance.

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