Who Is Holy Spirit?
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· 81 viewsThe Holy Spirit is probably the least understood person of the Trinity. He has been described as a force, a ghost, and a second-class or replacement god. He is confused with the manifestations themselves, and has even been presented as an incidental figure that appears momentarily. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is vital for the church to know the Spirit, learn to relate to Him, and understand how He manifests Himself.
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Who Is Holy Spirit?
Who Is Holy Spirit?
Invisible, perhaps, but real. The Holy Spirit is probably the least understood person of the Trinity. Among the myths and the mistaken concepts that are shared, He has been described as a force, a ghost, and a second-class or replacement god. He is confused with the manifestations themselves, and has even been presented as an incidental figure that appears momentarily. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is vital for the church to know the Spirit, learn to relate to Him, and understand how He manifests Himself.
Who is Holy Spirit? – The Holy Spirit is a person.
Who is Holy Spirit? – The Holy Spirit is a person.
1. Being a person, the Holy Spirit has feelings.
He can become sad or angry, and others can insult Him and blaspheme against Him
But they rebelled
And grieved His Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.
“Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
What is blasphemy of Holy Spirit?
“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
2. He has intentions, shows willfulness and discretion, loves, communicates, testifies, teaches, and prays
“You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them,
Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth,
And You gave them water for their thirst.
“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,
While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;
and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
The Holy Spirit was present during Jesus’ life on earth.
The Holy Spirit was present during Jesus’ life on earth.
The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
Later on, at the baptism of Jesus, which marked the beginning of His public ministry, the Holy Spirit was present and, on this occasion, could be seen in material form.
After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him,
During His ministry, Jesus taught about the Holy Spirit and had a relationship with Him.
Furthermore, He urged His disciples to receive Him in their lives.
The Holy Spirit works in the lives of believers.
The Holy Spirit works in the lives of believers.
Jesus put a lot of emphasis on the Holy Spirit.
He was the subject of intense prayer:
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
The Lord mentions two points: the Holy Spirit was already real and He was about to come.
At that time, the Spirit dwelled with the disciples, but they lacked having Him in them.
If the Spirit of God was so important to the life of Jesus, how much more so for the lives of the believers!
The Holy Spirit is an important figure throughout the Bible.
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
, we find Him moving about the surface of the waters, and in
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.
He and the bride cry with one voice. From beginning to end,
the Holy Spirit has always been active: In the beginning, creating, and at the end of the story, tending to us.
He comforts us,
helps us,
guides us,
reminds us,
teaches us,
comes along side us,
counsels us,
and intercedes and advocates for us.
There is no area of life in which the believer does not need the help of the Holy Spirit.
"Without a life full of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to build the body of Christ."
"Without a life full of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to build the body of Christ."
A gospel with no emphasis on the Holy Spirit is flat.
In certain moments, when there was a special manifestation of God, the New Testament emphatically states that the partakers were filled with the Holy Spirit.
This was the experience of many: John the Baptist was full of the Spirit in his mother’s womb
“For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb.
Elizabeth, when Mary greeted her
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
and Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, when he prophesied
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, was led by the same Spirit into the desert
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness
The disciples were filled with the Spirit in the upper room, and Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, stood up to preach on the day of Pentecost
But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.
The young Stephen, full of the Spirit, saw the glory of God when he was stoned
But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;
and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
and Paul, inspired by the Spirit, rebuked a sorcerer
But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,
and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
“Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.
There is no doubt that in the church a life filled with the Holy Spirit should be the norm.
The filling of the Holy Spirit was even a requirement for serving in the church.
Without a life full of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to build the body of Christ, and we end up limiting God’s work in our lives.
The Holy Spirit works in the world through evangelism.
The Holy Spirit works in the world through evangelism.
Referring to the Holy Spirit, Jesus affirmed in
“And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
The Lord used the legal term “convict” in order to highlight that, even if man can point out an error, it is the Spirit that brings conviction of sin.
He shows the offense, reveals the foolishness of the sin, points out the consequences, convinces of guilt, and leads the sinner to repentance.
He is the church’s greatest ally in its evangelizing effort.
Without the help and the filling of the Spirit, the evangelistic task of the church will fail.
The emphasis on the Holy Spirit does not come from any religious organization in particular, but from Christ Himself.
When the disciples asked the Lord about the future, Christ’s answer was emphatic:
He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
"In order to receive the power of God, one does not need a religious formula, but rather a relationship with a person."
"In order to receive the power of God, one does not need a religious formula, but rather a relationship with a person."
In Acts 1:7, Jesus points out what the disciples are not to know, but in verse 8, the emphasis is placed on what they are to know. With the adversative word “but,” Jesus brings the off-track attention of the disciples to the primary concern at hand: they would “receive power.”
However, this depended on the Holy Spirit’s coming to them.
Perhaps they did not know this person of the Trinity very well, but the idea of receiving power must have caught all of their attention.
For over three years, these men had been witnesses of the continual manifestation of God’s power through Jesus, and now the doors were being opened for them to access this power that they had so admired.
In order to receive the power of God, one does not need a religious formula, but rather a relationship with a person.
When a farmer grows crops, his desire is to receive its fruit, but his relationship is with the plant. It is the plant that the farmer sows, waters, and takes care of, even though he is waiting for the fruit. He knows that, without the plant, there will be no fruit.
The disciples also desired the fruit of the Holy Spirit, but for that, it was necessary for them to relate to Him as a person. Before seeing the divine manifestation, the believer will learn to love, serve, adore, and respect the Spirit, wait in Him and form a relationship with Him.
The power of the Holy Spirit changes lives.
The power of the Holy Spirit changes lives.
Acts clearly states how to recognize someone that is full of the Spirit: “You will be My witnesses” (1:8).
Love is a distinguishing mark of the disciples, while being a witness distinguishes those who are full of the Spirit.
It does not matter how many spiritual experiences one may have, whoever does not testify of Christ does not show evidence of being filled by the Spirit.
If we analyze what Paul says in
This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
we realize that this is a rhetorical question; no one receives the Holy Spirit based on what they do.
We experience salvation freely; there is no reason to relate to God differently in our experience with the Holy Spirit.
It is also a grace-based experience.
In the same way that we receive Christ without doubting whether He will enter our lives or not, we should receive the Holy Spirit by faith and believe that He will respond to our requests without delay.
Jesus skillfully expresses the essence of this experience:
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”
The Holy Spirit is probably the least understood person of the Trinity.
He has been described as a force, a ghost, and a second-class or replacement god.
He is confused with the manifestations themselves, and has even been presented as an incidental figure that appears momentarily.
Nothing could be further from the truth. It is vital for the church to know the Spirit, learn to relate to Him, and understand how He manifests Himself.