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WALKING IN GODLY CONSCIOUSNESS (with Expository Footnotes)

This is a virtual layman's compendium of experiences from being on the journey of life led by the Holy Spirit

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FOREWORD<br />

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,<br />

they are the sons of God.<br />

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;<br />

but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,<br />

whereby we cry, Abba, Father.<br />

The Spirit itself beareth witness <strong>with</strong> our spirit,<br />

that we are the children of God:<br />

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,<br />

and joint-heirs <strong>with</strong> Christ; if so be that<br />

we suffer <strong>with</strong> him, that we may<br />

be also glorified together.<br />

------Romans 8:14 - 17<br />

Holy Spirit is the divine Being that Jesus Christ promised would<br />

become the companion of any child of God after His ascension<br />

to Heaven. Among the works of the Holy Spirit is to convict man<br />

of sin and produce repentance and conversion and make a<br />

born-again new creature (2 Corinthians 5:17); enable a child of<br />

God to remain faithful in God and to do exploit for the Kingdom<br />

of God even while yet on earth (John 15:26; John 16:12 – 14), etc. By<br />

Its operation, Holy Spirit turns believers into the ambassadors<br />

of the Heavenly Kingdom on earth (2Corintnians 5:20). Anyone on<br />

the journey of life <strong>with</strong> the Holy Spirit as a companion should<br />

be full of divine grace in running errands for God and making<br />

things happen on behalf of Jesus Christ on earth (Romans 8:9).<br />

Therefore this project is neither intended to show how<br />

powerful a man of God is nor is it to show any scholarly ability,<br />

but to demonstrate and give testimonies to the great power,<br />

faithfulness and authority of the God of man who enables the<br />

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