Satan lies about the Holy Spirit

[Tim Temple]

In Luke 11:9-13 Jesus asks us to ask, seek and knock -- in other words, pray. What for? in Verse 13 Jesus says it's Gifts from the Holy Spirit! How many of us pray for more Spiritual Gifts? In 1 Cor. 12:31 Paul tells us to earnestly desire the Spiritual Gifts, evidently by prayer. In 1 Cor. 14:1 Paul tells us again to desire the Spiritual Gifts, especially that we may prophesy.

In James 1:5-6, James tells us how to get the gift of Wisdom. We do it through the prayer of faith. That must hold true for the rest of the gifts.

In 1 Cor. 12:29-30 Paul writes we may not get all the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Why not? In James 4:3, James wrote, "You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures." If the value of some of the gifts are going to corrupt us due to our lack of maturity, He may withhold them until our spiritual maturity catches up. In other words, keep asking, seeking and knocking. And take a spiritual gifts inventory on an annual level to see what else you have accumulated.

[Tim Temple]

That verse could possibly be taken as the gift of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit at salvation, but Jesus was telling Christians to ask, seek and knock, which precludes that interpretation. Only believers can claim God as their heavenly Father. Salvation comes with but one prayer.

So, any other possibilities?

[Reimagine Curator]

Good reminder , Tim ...

Technically, in Luke 11:13 Jesus tells us to ask for the Holy Spirit (the one who gives us spiritual gifts).

13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"