Not by Might Not by Power But by My Spirit

The anointing of the Holy Ghost alone breaks the yoke. The Kingdom of God does not move except by the Holy Spirit. "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." (John 6:63) That is not to say that God does not depend on His servants. We are indeed laborers together with Him, but it is the spirit of man that Christ anoints and not the flesh. The flesh must be crucified, die, and be kept under the grace of sanctification so that the resurrection life of Jesus Christ can be manifest by the Holy Spirit. Man is a three-part personality – body, soul, and spirit. The body’s nature is sin and selfishness, but the spirit of man is God-like after it has been renewed in redemption. In the unconverted soul, the spirit is dead, hushed, and locked in the prison of sin’s bondage. When the soul is born again, that spirit of man is renewed, released, set free, and soars like an eagle if allowed to do so by the death of the flesh.

Man’s flesh must die daily – kept locked in the death of the cross – so that the spirit can be free to grow in the new nature of Christ. Apostle Paul said, "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." (Romans 8:5-7) This new life is explosive and dynamic, but only in the disciplined life of surrender. Even the body where flesh used to reign will be set free from the self-nature and worldliness to walk in holiness and purity. Paul did not fail to say this plainly. "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you." (Romans 8:11) The Holy Spirit will aid the new convert to break loose from sin’s past and to become the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost. Your body was meant to be a temple, a dwelling place of God by His Spirit, but the multitudes of religious folks have been taught to keep on sinning. What a travesty over truth.

The Holy Ghost, if given complete mastery, will give you the unction to rise above the bondage of flesh. With the yoke of flesh broken by the blood, your spirit will begin to yield to His Divine Spirit and life will be like a river of living waters. ". If any man thirsts, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." (John 7:37b-38). The Word of God plainly says, ".Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." (II Corinthians 3:17) The only life worth living is that life under the control of the Word of God and His Spirit. "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:2) Any man that preaches anything else, but this, is misguided and wrong.

So much of the church world, even when they seek righteousness, seek it by the flesh and the rules of men and forsake the righteousness which is of God alone. We need the commandments of God and all the principles of righteousness revealed in His Holy Bible, but just doing them by our own works is not God’s plan. We must seek righteousness by faith and cling to the sanctifying powers of His blood and then obey truth out of a pure heart. When the heart is pure by His grace and blood, pure conduct and holiness living will be the natural results. It will not have to be forced and contrived. If you must force a man to live right, his heart is unconverted and his flesh is untamed.

The Holy Ghost was given to enable man to become all that God intended. The Spirit is a person, a divine being, and the third member of the Godhead. He is on a mission for Christ. He is careful to never take honor to Himself. He is limited by your surrender to Jesus Christ and His Lordship. His only tool or sword in your life is the Word of God. While He is the Spirit of Truth, He can only use in your life the truth that you have written upon your heart. His place of labor is Christ’s church, and lone rangers have no right to Him. His mission is to empower you with His gifts of supernatural power. He will seal you and set a guard at the door of your heart. He is the porter before the Holy of Holies, and He guides the seeking soul to the throne room of prayer. Angels and cherubims move in His wake,’ and He is restraining the Antichrist until the Christ has come.

The kingdom of God is ".Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts." (Zechariah 4:6) If we are willing to deny the flesh and its mastery and turn wholly to faith, God the Father and God the Son will send God the Spirit to empower His church for victory. Flesh cannot inherit the kingdom; flesh is earthbound and will never appear in His presence. Christ has come to defeat flesh for the willing and to create a whole new man. That new man will be indwelt by his Spirit, filled with His baptism of the Holy Ghost, and sent into the world just like the Father sent Him. Will you go for Him?