Upon describing the contents of A Way of Escape to a brother in the faith, one of his first comments was, “Yes, how we need the Holy Spirit! How can we have more of the Holy Spirit?”
On another occasion, the Holy Spirit was the topic of a Sunday morning Adult Bible Fellowship class. The discussion leader opened with I Peter 1:15-16:
But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, Because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
He then asked the class, “How can we live holy, as He is holy?” All in the class agreed. Our only hope of living holy is with the help of our Holy Spirit Helper. But, again the question, “How can we have more of the Holy Spirit?”
HAVING MORE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Every Christian has the same Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit does not have every Christian the same [1]. Am I a born-of-the-Spirit child of God? If so, then the Spirit does have a hold on me. But could He have more of a hold? Do I want Him to have more of a hold? Will I allow Him to have more of a hold? I can have more of the Holy Spirit by simply allowing Him to have more of a hold on me.
I can have more of the Holy Spirit by simply allowing Him to have more of a hold on me.
A GAME-CHANGING BOOK HAS ARRIVED
In A Way of Escape, readers learn how to have more of the Holy Spirit by allowing the Spirit to have more of a hold on them. Readers learn how to step up the degree to which they “walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16). They learn how to build a library of Spirit-anointed, flesh-diffusing apps. Apps that are uniquely fitted to them, and their unique Spirit-filling triggers (Ephesians 5:18b-19).
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh (Galatians 5:16).
The still-struggling now have another option. The still-struggling now have fresh hope for discovering that long-sought-after way of escape from temptation and resulting sin (I Corinthians 10:13). A way that—because it is wholly Spirit-powered—does not require enlisting the aid of an accountability partner or group. Truly, a game-changer!
THANK YOU, HOLY SPIRIT!
REFERENCES
1. Savchuk, V., 5 Steps to Knowing the Holy Spirit More, Vladimir Savchuk Ministries, P.O. Box 5058, Pasco, WA99302 (https://youtube.com/watch?v=NDf9yo-XlfY beginning at the 20:20 mark), 2023
