Why We Need the Holy Spirit's Guidance Ephesians 5: 17, 18

Read the passage Ephesians 5

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(Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.)

(And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;)

                The way of the Spirit is reliable.  John 16: 7, 13, 14, 15

                v 13- essential to understanding

1. It protects the believer from usurping God’s authority.

So that the believer acknowledges God- God’s will, God’s work.

v.21- the fear of the Lord.

2. It guards the believer from being a spokesman for God when he has no such 

direction.

v.19  speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns …

3. It protects the child of God from drawing wrong conclusions.

Pointing the believer to God’s ways and the seeking of them.

4. It frees the believer from man’s planning; that which would be apart from God.

5. It protects the believer from having to figure everything all out, particularly when

  crises comes.

A believer may rest in Christ.

6. It removes the pressure from the believer’s soul.

7. It maintains honor which is directed towards God.