The Holy Spirit Part 1

John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

We come now to the third part of the Trinity; The Holy Spirit. Many people in the religious circles have a gross misunderstanding about the Holy Spirit just as they do with God; period. The Holy Spirit is the third part of the Trinity but just as much God as the Father and the Son. In John 4:24 it says “God is a Spirit…” or God is the Holy Spirit. The Godhead is not three separate gods but one single God and He cannot therefore truly be separated. For example most believe the Jesus Christ was incarnate with the entire Son of God but that is not possible because the Son is God and cannot be separated from the Godhead. Well neither can the Father or the Holy Spirit. In creation we read; "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:2 This is not the Holy Spirit alone but rather God moved. In we see the Trinity named together as one and not as three; “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Matthew 28:19

However we do in the scriptures see the Holy Spirit working with people in a personal relationship. For example in Acts 15:28 we read "For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;" There is no doubt that the Holy Spirit works in the life of every single Christian and if He has not worked in your life then you cannot be saved. The first act we recognize is the working of the Holy Spirit in salvation and His dealing with our hearts in quickening them. However there are so many other ways in which He deals with the Christian; the more you are in the work of God the more He deals with you. For example He deals a lot with a Pastor because it is He who moves the pastor to teach and preach His word, every single sermon is from the Holy Spirit or there is no sermon, there is simple a conversation. But also He plays such a role in our Christian life that we simply fail to recognize it. He teaches us the deep things of God “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10 - It is only the Spirit of God which can reveal the counsels of God because we can never understand them on our own. He speaks to our hearts “For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.” Matthew 10:20. Pastors that want to take credit for their sermons or ability to speak well ought to read this scripture several times however a Pastor that takes credit for any of his sermons or knowledge is most likely not called of the Holy Spirit anyway. God reminds us "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches…." Revelation 2:7 – You will hear the Holy Spirit through His Pastors “And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write..." Revelation 2:8 the “angel” is defined messenger which here is the Pastor; so listen to him and hear the message God has for your church. He is also our teacher "For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say." Luke 12:12 - all of you who thought your Pastor taught you such wonderful things remember your Pastor is only a messenger and if he is of God then he will be a teacher. The Holy Spirit also leads and guides us "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." John 16:13 and not only in truth but every aspect of our lives. He also He intercedes on our behalf "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." Romans 8:26 That’s right we have no idea how to pray to the King of Kings therefore the Holy Spirit corrects our prayers and delivers them to the Father in proper form. Oh how wonderful the Holy Spirit is to all Christians. More next week.