It is interesting to see people's approach to their disobedience toward God in their life.
When the Holy Spirit confronts them concerning their wrongdoing, responses may be varied.
Let me give you some examples.
1) Sometimes the Holy Spirit speaks to a heart through someone else's words. When this happens, the guilty may blame it on the speaker when, in reality, it is not the words that hurt but the conviction. John the Baptist lost his life by decapitation because of this kind of situation.
The opposite can happen as well. Some considered Peter and Paul to be gods when God used them.
2)Sometimes people listen to the Holy Spirit, but try to make light of it. They busy or clutter their lives enough to become sidetracked and fail to make a change.
3)Sometimes they hear what the Spirit has to say and feel bad about their guilty. They may become real upset and cry and mourn and apologize... and then go right back to what they were doing.
4)However, sometimes the words stick, the message is heard, the effort is made, and the Spirit enables, and great change comes. That is what John the Baptist was talking about this morning that really laid on my heart. He stated a very simple but powerful statement in John 3.8- Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
If we are truly sorry when the Spirit convicts us, we won't shrug it off or cry it out, but we will live it out. When we live it out, we will be fruitful in our effort for the Lord.
Be fruitful today!
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