The Craziest of Crazy.

 

Considering Jesus went away so the Holy Ghost would come, it is crazy not to get all the Holy Ghost we could possibe get.  Considering Jesus died to give us the promised Holy Ghost, it is crazy for people not to get all the HOly Ghost they could get.  Satisfied with just a work of regeneration?  Join the crowd of crazies.  But, that is not for me.  Yes, it is good to be born again, to be made a new wineskin.  It is crazy not to understand a wineskin exist to put wine in. Considering the Bible says no one can call Jesus Lord except by the Holy Ghost, it is crazy not be constantly filled with the Holy Ghost. so you can better call Him Lord   Considering the the Holy Ghost is the earnest, the downpayment, the seal of our salvation, it is crazy not to get all you can get and then go for some more.  If the Holy Ghost had not come, there would be no Christianity. We would be lost forever.  Yet, crazy people ignore, reject, minimize and redefine the wonderful gift continuously.

   The beauty of the Holy Ghost is that He is presented to us as liquid. Wine and water!  Things you drink. Wine that warms the heart, makes the face shine, rids us of the spirit of mourning and heaviness and evens intoxicates.  Water, that keeps us from being spiritually dehydrated, dead, withered and joyless.  Like liquid, like water, you can never speak in past tense about drinking.  Don't get too excited about that drink you had twenty-five years ago.  Like water, if that is the last drink you can recall - you is in big trouble.  Some of the driest people in America are Pentecostals who brag about being filled with the Spirit forty years ago. Bone dry!

Don't be crazy.  Be filled!  Don't be unwise concerning the will of God but be ever filled with the Spirit until praise boils out of you, thanksgiving rises up out of your belly and your mouth is filled with laughter and your tongue with singing.  Anything less is crazy. Real crazy.  Don't be fooled by what the world around you says is "normal".   You know, that dead, dry, ritualistic, programmed, people friendly version of Christianity. That is crazy.  You are normal.