Do Not Worry

[Christsfreeservant]

“When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” (Luke 12:11-12 NASB1995)​

Before Jesus Christ left this earth, and he went back to be with the Father in heaven, he promised his followers that he would not leave them comfortless, but that he would send them the Holy Spirit to live in them. And he said that the Helper, the Holy Spirit, will teach us all things, and he will bear witness about Jesus, and he will guide us into all truth. And he will empower us to be Christ’s witnesses. And he will speak to us and lead us in the way that we ought to go, and he will warn us of danger, and gift us with spiritual gifts.

And the Holy Spirit gives us the words to speak when we are witnessing for Jesus Christ, and when we are accused falsely of what we did not do, and when we are brought before the authorities on account of we are speaking the truth of God’s word. He will teach us what we ought to say in all kinds of circumstances so that we are not speaking from our own flesh, but so we are being guided by the Holy Spirit in what to say for the glory of God. For we are to be being led by the Spirit of God if we are the children of God.

And the Holy Spirit will not only grant to us certain spiritual gifts, but these gifts will then be empowered by and led by the Holy Spirit and not by our own flesh. And when God pours out his Spirit on us, some of us will prophesy, which is not all future telling, but merely means to speak the words of God, which all of us are called to do, to proclaim the excellencies of him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light. And some of us will see visions and dream dreams, too (Acts 2:17-18; 1 Peter 2:9).

So many people are limiting the power of the Holy Spirit to the point to where they are not being led by the Spirit because they don’t believe they can hear the Spirit’s voice speaking to them in their spirits showing them the way that God would have them to go, and giving them the words to speak to others, and showing them what gifts they have been given and how they are to use them, and when and where, and with whom. Thus, so many preacher’s sermons are not being directed by the Holy Spirit, either.

But if we can’t hear the Spirit speak to us in our spirits then we can’t hear the voice of God speaking to us, leading us specifically in what he wants us to do each day, and where he wants us to go, and to whom we are to speak, and what we are to say. And how will we know God’s callings on our individual lives? Yes, the Scriptures themselves guide us in what we should do and not do, but they don’t give us our individual callings of God, for none of us existed when the Scriptures were written. So we need the Holy Spirit.

For the Christian life is not just about following the teachings of the Scriptures, but it is about being led by the Spirit day by day in what God has for us for that day. I could not do what I do each day without the Holy Spirit guiding me in what passage to read and in what to write about each passage. And I would not be doing this at all if the Holy Spirit did not speak to me and let me know that God wanted me to write down what he is teaching me each day and to then put these writings on the internet.

And I know I just recently wrote on this subject, but the Lord is having me write on it again, for someone needs to hear this. But what we believe the Spirit is speaking to us must not contradict the Scriptures. They cannot be anti-biblical. And a lot of people reject the working of the Spirit because so many people are claiming the Spirit is speaking to them but in ways which do contradict the teachings of the Scriptures.

For example, the Scriptures teach the fruit of the Spirit as self-control. But many are claiming the Spirit is making them do things out of their control. Demonic spirits make us do things out of our control, not the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit may lead us to do some unconventional things, just like God led his servants to do all throughout biblical history. But unconventional is not to translate to out of control or directly in contradiction to the teachings of the Scriptures. And it is important we make that distinction.

And this goes to the subject of false teachers, too, who speak as though they are from God but who are speaking what is contrary to the Scriptures, particularly in the area of the gospel of our salvation. We need to be in tune to the Spirit’s voice so that when we hear someone speak what they say is the gospel we can be discerning as to whether or not what they are saying is the truth or if it is a twisted half-truth, which is a lie. For by faith in Jesus we must die to sin and walk in obedience to his commands, or it is not faith.

[Mark 13:11; Luke 2:26; Luke 4:18-19; Luke 10:21; Luke 12:11-12; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2; Acts 20:23; Romans 8:9,14; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Romans 12:1-8; Ephesians 4:1-16; Romans 6:1-23; Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23; Galatians 5:16-24; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 3:4-10]

My Sheep

Based off John 10:1-30 NIV
An Original Work / June 24, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

My sheep hear me. They know me.
They listen to my voice and obey.
I call them and lead them.
They know my voice, so they follow me.
They will never follow strangers.
They will run away from them.
The voice of a stranger they know not;
They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that
I am the gate, so you enter in.
Whoever does enter
Will find forgiveness and will be saved.
Nonetheless whoever enters
Not by the gate; other way,
He is the thief and a robber.
Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,
Who laid his own life down for the sheep.
I know them. They know me.
They will live with me eternally.
The thief only comes to steal and
Kill and to destroy the church.
I have come to give you life that
You may have it to the full…

They know my voice, so they follow me.

Do Not Worry
An Original Work / August 9, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love