No Empty Words, Nor Powerless Actions

Salvation through Christ Jesus is, according to Jesus, the Only Way humanity and creation are made right with God (John 14:6). Plus one's default, eternal destination is re-routed from Hell to Heaven (Colossians 1:13). 

In addition to providing the Christian's eternal pardon, Christ also provides empowerment. The believer's acceptance of salvation through Christ declares - "I am going about life wrong. I could never live the perfect life. Jesus you lived the life I could not live and died the death I could not die. I will live for you King Jesus."

Therefore, salvation should spur or ignite the believer to words and actions that would continue to spread His compassionate salvation. To do this, the Holy Spirit has been promised to those who ask for Him to reside within. 

The Holy Spirit living within the believer, acting as Advocate, Comforter and Counselor is necessary for the believer to have a more personal connection with the Lord and be empowered to perform His will. A Christian not having or inviting the Holy Spirit into their life does not mean you miss the Heaven-bound train - salvation took care of that - the Disciple of Christ with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit has an enhanced, enriched lifestyle until then.

Moving forward with the Holy Spirit, the challenge becomes to not only acknowledge and confess God's omni-presence in our lives as Christians, spoken about in Psalm 139 - 

"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you." - Psalm 139:7-12

but to pray the prayer of Moses documented in Exodus 33:15-16 - 

"Then Moses said to him [God], 'If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?' "

If Christians go through life with simply "follower" or "believer" of Christ as their spiritual description, instead of Son, Daughter and Disciple as an added, intimate descriptor, then Scriptural knowledge and experience are the sharing qualities.

However, for the Spirit-filled Christian, the one who has that intimate relationship with Christ through the Holy Spirit - he or she is not only called follower, believer, Son, Daughter and Disciple with Biblical knowledge and experience but is deemed Ambassador as well. 

And for this reason - representing Christ well - the Holy Spirit has been sent to help us in our faith journey. Paul stated it like this to the believers in Corinth -

"We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God." - 2 Corinthians 5:20

Wherever we go, Christian and non-believer alike, all of us represent somebody other than ourselves as we network within society. Everybody serves as a first impression of your family whether good or bad, whether intended or not. The same with employees of a company, the players of a sports team or simply the members of any organized group of people you claim attachment.

However, living the Spirit-filled life for the Christian means our words and actions are empowered and supported by God as we daily represent Him and His ways. Christians do this by reading and applying His Word every day, exemplifying strong, enriched testimonies of God's love and provision and wherever we go everyone should sense God's presence because there are No Empty Words, Nor Powerless Actions.