Holy Ghost Control

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Co. 6. 14-17).

I read Pastor David's blog, in which He was writing about the necessity of giving the Holy Ghost full control. In his essay, He quoted John 1.16: And of His fulness have all we received. Pastor Dave wrote, "The Holy Spirit is not fully received until He is fully in charge. We simply haven't received Him if we haven't given Him complete control."

The Lord gave me the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, as He promised, in Ep. 1.17. I asked Him for revelation concerning the first chapter of Ephesians. In vs. 18 - 21 we read of the infinite power we, as believers, have in Christ Jesus. Vs. 19 declares the power toward us to be the very power that raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at God's right hand. There is no greater power than that!

But we can't have that power if we present ourselves as some blemished sacrifice unto God. It's simply a contradiction to reserve for ourselves some manner of sinfulness and expect, on the other hand, to be filled with the Holy Ghost and wield the power that raised Christ from the grave.

The Holy Ghost impressed upon me the importance that you are His inheritance. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's (1. Co. 6.20). You are His holy temple. The Spirit of the Living God dwells in you. Shouldn't I have some manner of respect for God's temple? The Bible declares the fulness of His power rests within.

After Pentecost, the fulness of God's power was clearly in the disciples. The promise of Jesus was we would do greater miracles, if we would believe. I've been asking the question for nearly 32 years now. Why is it not evident now? The answer some give, "It was only for the first century" is neither satisfactory nor scripturally acceptable. To go that way is a lower form of criticism which caused this country to fall to the depth of sin and condemnation it is now in. The above answer is not of God.

The answer is in giving the Holy Ghost complete control. We can start by praying, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done."

I'll be glad to read any other answers.