I Tim. 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

What does this scripture mean?  The meaning is we are not on our own after we get saved.

The Sweet Holy Spirit is there within us giving us the power to live according to God’s will

for our life.  He is there to lead us unto all truth. When we received salvation, we didn’t

just turn over a new leaf. Our spirit was regenerated by the Sweet Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit brings about in us, the fruits of the spirit. Which are found in

Gal. 5:22  Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self control.

The Love that the sweet Holy Spirit brings is different than what the world calls love.

Jesus spoke about this Love in Luke 6:27 Jesus said love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who hate you, pray for those who mistreat you.

I will stop there, I don’t want to put more on you than you can bear. Now we might be able to force ourselves to do good to someone who hates us, but to love them will take us yielding and depending on the sweet Holy Spirit to help us be able to love like God.

We as the church need to understand the spirit who dwells within us.

Jesus once told his disciples they new not what spirit they were of.

Luke 9:51-56

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

Jesus told His disciples that the one who abides in Him will bear “much fruit” and that apart from Him they can do nothing.

Getting back to our main scripture 1 Tim. 3:5  We must always remember to yield

and depend on the sweet Holy spirit to bring about the fruit of Love in our lives. For

He is there always wanting to work in our life, to bring about His purpose in us.