THE
SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN
JOB 33:4
A. Job
33:4”The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the
Almighty gives
me life. “
A. Gn.
2:7”the LORD God formed the man from the dust of
the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life, and the man became a living being.”
B. Job
32:8”But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the
Almighty, that gives him understanding.”
C.
The Spirit
of man
1)Gal 6:18”The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with
your spirit, brothers. Amen.”
2)1 Ts. 5:23”May God himself,
the God of peace, sanctify
you through and through. May your whole
spirit, soul
and body be kept blameless at the coming of
our Lord
Jesus Christ.
III.
THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPIRIT OF MAN
A. Has to
be the right spirit
1)Ps. 51:10”Create in me a pure
heart, O God, and renew
a steadfast spirit within me. “
B.
Can compel us
1)Job 32:18” For I am full
of words, and the spirit within
me compels me; “
C. Sometimes
it is not right
1)Ps. 78:8”They would not be
like their forefathers—
a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose
hearts
were not loyal to God, whose spirits were
not faithful to
him. “
D.
Stirrs us
up
1)Acts
his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw
the city
wholly given
to idolatry. “
E.
Presses us
on
1)Acts 18:5”And when Silas and Timotheus were come
from
testified to the Jews that Jesus was
Christ. “
F. Can be
fervent in spirit
1)Acts 18:25”This man was
instructed in the way of the
Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and
taught diligently the things of the Lord,
knowing only
the baptism
of John.”
A. Can
purpose in one’s spirit
1)Acts 19:21”After these things
were ended, Paul
purposed in the spirit, when he had passed
through
After I have been there, I must also see
B.
Jealous spirit
1)Num
and he be jealous of his wife, and she be
defiled: or if
the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous
of his wife, and she be not defiled:
C.
Troubled Spirit
1)Job 21:4”As for me, is my
complaint to man? and if it
were
so, why should not my spirit be troubled?”
2)Dan. 2:1”And in the second
year of the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams,
wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his
sleep brake
from him.
D.
Spirit of
Sorrow
1)1 Sm. 1:15”And
Hannah answered and said, No, my
lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk
neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my
soul before the LORD.
A. Deny the
flesh it’s power over your spirit
1)Gal 5:16”This I say then, Walk
in the Spirit, and ye shall
not fulfil the
lust of the flesh.
B. Renew
your spirit to know the will of God
1)Rom 12:1,2”Therefore, I urge you,
brothers, in view of
God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living
sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to God—this is your
spiritual act of
worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the
pattern of
this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your
mind. Then you will be able to test and
approve what
God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect
will.
C. Make it
a willing spirit
1)Ex. 35:21”And they came, every
one whose heart
stirred him up, and every one whom his
spirit made
willing, and they brought the LORD’S
offering to the
work of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and for all
his service, and for the holy garments.”
Conclusion: When we are able to
distinguish the Spirit of God and the spirit of man, then
we can be able to know how to
minister unto the Lord!