The Holy Spirit, In and Upon You

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me . . . —Luke 4:18

The Father gave mankind a promise. He promised the day would come when the anointing would be made available to man, and this anointing would break yokes and destroy burdens. This promise could only be fulfilled after Jesus suffered, died, and rose, so that the new birth and new creation could accommodate it. Not only would the Christ come to live in man, but the Spirit would be sent upon man. The Spirit was not sent alongside man to work for him and apart from him, but upon him to work and co-labor with him. God arrives on the scene—in Him, you arrive on the scene. You are the vehicle of God. He lays hands when you lay hands; He speaks His Word of power when you speak His Word of power. The Spirit of the Lord is upon you!

Pastor Tom Kehres

He’s Here Now

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you. —1 John 2:27

The disciples were commanded to tarry until the Father sent the promise. Today there is no reason to tarry, because on the Day of Pentecost, the promise of the Holy Ghost was poured out on all flesh. He is available to every child of God and to all the people of the world if they will receive Him. Child of God, tarry no longer, because He now lives in you and abides with you forever! You just need to be aware of the promise you have received and expect His workings in your life. Stop waiting, and go with the promise of the Father.

Pastor Tom Kehres

We Need Him

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem,
until ye be endued with power from on high. —Luke 24:49

The disciples had just been through the best Bible school training you could have. They walked and talked and lived with Jesus for three years. They heard every sermon He preached; they saw every miracle He performed. If anybody was ever qualified to go out and make an impact on the world, it was them! Yet Jesus said not to go, not to leave Jerusalem, without the promise of the Father. If they needed the promise to go, to be effective, we still need the promise today. Do not go—to work—to the store—to the event—anywhere— without the promise of the Holy Ghost.

Pastor Tom Kehres

​Your Righteous and Holy Standing

Read Ephesians 4:1–6.

He hath chosen us in him . . .
holy and without blame before him in love . . . [adopted as] children . . . [and] accepted in the beloved. —Ephesians 1:4–6

According to the good pleasure of His will, you have been chosen by God. Before the foundation of the world, you were chosen to be before God, in His presence, to be holy, without blame, accepted in the Beloved as part of the family of God. This was God’s desire, God’s plan, and accomplished by God’s provision! God’s will is for you to have a close, intimate relationship with Him, a righteous and holy standing before God. What Adam lost in the Garden, God restored on the cross! You are a child of the living God. Guilt-free! Condemnation-free! With a legal right to come boldly into His presence. You are no longer a stranger or a foreigner to God, but a fellow citizen and a member of the household of God (Ephesians 2:19). Stop begging and pleading for the things of God as if they do not belong to you. Stop trying to convince God to do for you what He has already provided and desires for you to have! Come holy, come righteous, come unblamable, come chosen, come accepted— before Him in love—and obtain all the mercy and find all the grace you need. He is waiting daily to make all blessings for you come alive to you! You have no excuse! Come boldly!

Pastor Tom Kehres