The Holy Spirit goes with you as your Intercessor, but He also carries out His intercessory ministry through you, a believer.
If a Christian has a problem or is in trouble, the Holy Spirit is the One who will pray for him. Does He do this by Himself? No, He doesn’t. How could God pray for you by Himself? It would be illegal for Him to do that. He prays for us only through another believer in Christ Jesus who’s filled with the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not human.
He doesn’t have a human body, so He works through us.
To explain that with the scriptures, let’s take a look at Romans 8:26: “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself (Himself) maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
This means we don’t always know what we should pray for, and how to pray about them, “…but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered.”
Now, if you’ve been following this carefully, you’ll understand that the Holy Spirit is not doing this apart from us but through us, because He dwells in us. That is why the Bible says, “…the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered.” You should understand that this is different from speaking in tongues. “For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful” (1 Corinthians 14:14).
When you’re talking in tongues, you don’t know what you’re saying because it’s your spirit talking. But in this case, the Bible says, the Holy Ghost Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered or as the New Revised Standard Version puts it, ‘sighs too deep for words.’
There are times when you find yourself crying or making loud groans. At such times, you’re actually unable to articulate what you have inside in tongues or any other language because it is too deep for words. The Spirit of God intercedes for His people through other believers. He doesn’t do it all by Himself; He needs to do it through us. He heals the sick and leads men and women to Christ through us.
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