The Holy Spirit

The Greatest Person on the earth today, The Great Holy Spirit of God. He is God the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a Person, which means He is a personality. It is actually a matter of ignorance when you hear people calling Him a thing, making statements. “When we pray, God sends us the Holy Spirit,and it comes down like a dove!” Unseen yet very present. He is both where you are and where Iam. He is the Power of God. He it is who beautified the heavens. It is impossible to describe Him in totality, but we will talk about His Person in thischapter. Who is He? He is God the Holy Spirit. To better understand His Personality we have to look at Jesus. The Lord Jesus, when He talked about the Holy Spirit, He called Him “ALLOS PARAKLETOS” meaning ANOTHER ONE OF THE SAME KIND AS ME. _ “And I will pray the Father,and he shall give you another comforter,that he may abide with you forever;” John14:16 _ This is what these words are in their original setting here, ‘another comforter’, it means another one of the same kind. This means that the Holy Spirit is exactly like Jesus. Jesus is God the Son; The Holy Spirit is God the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit is not His Name. In fact the Holy Spirit is so much of the same kind as Jesus, that His Name is Jesus! You see, we talk about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. When the Bible talks about how the Lord Jesus got His Name itssays He obtained it BY INHERITANCE; _ “Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” - Hebrews 1:4 _ So we understand that if He inherited the Name, then it must belong to the Father, who gave it to His Son as an inheritance. When Jesus told us to baptize He said; _ “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 _ You must understand that this Name He is talking about here is JESUS. It is the Name of the Father, it is also the Name of the Son, and also the Name of the Holy Spirit. Now you can understand why we are so powerful against demons when we command them to come out in the Name of Jesus. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” - Acts 4:12 _ What is the Holy Spirit here to do? Well, as we have established, He came to bring us ability to cause change! Remember we receive power only after the Holy Spirit is come upon us? The disciples had to wait for the Holy Spirit before they can witness for Jesus. Only with the power of God can we be effective witnesses for Him. Let us look closely at the ministry of the Holy Spirit; we will use a scripture we have used before; _ “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever;” John14:16 _ The word we must put focus on here is the word ‘comforter’; it already tells you what the Holy Spirit will do for you, He will comfort you. I could share testimony after testimony of how the Spirit of God comforted me throughout the testing stages of ministry, for ministry has such intense moments where a man of God indeed needs the comfort of the Holy Spirit. The amplified Bible expounds on this word ‘comforter’ even more deeply, thus revealing to us the Ministry of the Holy Spirit: _ “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever--” John14:16(Amplified) _ These are the things He will do for you. You see, the Holy Spirit is on your side. Sometimes it’s a tragedy to hear Christians saying ‘The Holy Spirit CONVICTED ME’ or ‘I HAD A CONVICTION FROM THE SPIRIT’! He doesn’t CONVICTus! _ “And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.” John 16:8 (NLT) _ He convicts THE WORLD. Not the Church. To the Church, He is a Comforter, a Counselor, a Helper, an Intercessor, an Advocate, a Strengthener, and a Standby. The Body of Christ needs to understand this! They need to so comprehend the Ministry of the Holy Spirit that it becomes a consciousness! We need to assimilate this into our spirits! Look atthe last one, HE IS YOUR STANDBY! That means He will stand by you even if no one elsewill. Should you need to defend yourself, the Bible says He is your Counselor, your counsel for the defense. This Salvation that God brought to us is the most beautiful thing ever! You must understand that the Lord Jesus is in Heaven, physically. Father God is also in Heaven. The Holy Spirit is here with us as well as in Heaven! Completely comprehending the Person of the Holy Spirit is humanly impossible unless He, the Holy Spirit Himself reveals His Person toyou. The Holy Spirit is here to raise us up Spiritually, the same way He raised Jesus up. He is here to ensure that we become like Father God in character and quality. We can only fail Him if our will refuses to side in with His will.