Who is the Holy Spirit? How can we know Him?

Read John 14:15 -17 & 26

The Holy Spirit and Holy Ghost are exactly and precisely mean the same thing .

What is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is not matter. Matter has material substances and as such it  possess size, weight, color, dimension. It can be measured, weighed and has an extension in space but  the Holy Spirit  is not material, He does not have an extension in space, dimension, form , cannot be measured , has no color or size.

One feature of the spirits is they can penetrate matter or any substances.   Our spirit penetrates our body without hurting us and dwells in there. When Jesus resurrected, He was no more a mere matter; He went into a room despite the door was locked in John 20:26 .He could not have done that before His death ,  but He did it after His death.

Spirit can penetrate a personality. A personality can penetrate another personality. The Holy Spirit can penetrate personality. 1 Corinthian 2:11 says for what man knows the things of man except the spirit of the man is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God can penetrate the Spirit of Man.

The Holy Spirit is not enthusiasm. Some have got enthusiasm and we imagine it is the Holy Spirit. We have seen people who get worked up over a song and we think it is the Holy Spirit , not necessarily because some of this people go outside and live like the world (drink alcohol and fornicate). The Holy Spirit will never enter a man and let him live like the world, you can be sure of that. That is why most of them do not want to be filled with the Holy Spirit. They want to live their life the way they want it and want the Holy Spirit as an addition or extra. The Holy Spirit will not be an addition, He must be Lord or He won’t come at all.

The Holy Spirit is a Person. He is not energy, enthusiasm, courage. He is not the personification of good qualities. He is a person and has all the qualities of a person.  He has will, He has intelligence, He has feeling, He has knowledge, and Similarly He has the ability to love, see, think, hear, desire, grieve and rejoice. Jesus said I will send Him unto you another comforter, I will not leave you comfortless but He will come and when He is come He will take the things of Mine and show them unto you. The Holy Spirit is here now but Jesus in His body is at the right hand side of God interceding day and night, Romans 8:34. He will be there until He comes again but He said I will send another comforter, the Holy Ghost, He will be my representative and HE will be all that I am.

The Holy Spirit  has memory, He can be grieved, He can be hurt, and He has individuality. He is not substance but a Spirit.

Who is the Holy Spirit? Holy Spirit is God. The scripture gives the Holy Spirit the attributes that belong to God for example Psalm 139:7 says where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? That is Omnipresence, not even the devil can claim omnipresence. Only God can claim omnipresence and the Psalmist attributed Omnipresence to the Holy Spirit.  In Job, the Holy Spirit is given the power to create, Job 26:13 says By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.  Job 33:4 says the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. The breath of the almighty also know has the Holy Spirit . In this verse the Holy Spirit is said to be the creator, He issues command and only God can do that.

Matthew 28:19 says baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  I want to ask how it will sound if I say I baptize you in the name of God the Father, and of the Son and of Mary or St Paul. Will that not be a horrible thing? We cannot attribute deity to St Paul or Mary .Or if I say the grace of the Father, the Son and the communion of Angel Michael, you will surely shout heresy! It will be a horrible thing to introduce angel Michael In the place of Holy Spirit, so the Holy Spirit is God.

The Holy Spirit is present here,-a knowing, feeling personality. He knows our response; He knows how we think, He knows what we are going to say, He is present here. Jesus said in John 14:16 that I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper that He may abide with your forever. The Holy Spirit is abiding with us now. We cannot see Him but we know He is here. He comes from God the Father and Son. He is all God, and exercise all rights of God and He merits all worship and love and obedience too.

 The Holy Spirit is exactly like Jesus, Romans 8:34 says He will be all that I am. Jesus is exactly like God; Jesus says in John 14: 9 , He who has seen me has seen the Father.  What does the Holy Spirit think of babies, well what did Jesus think of babies?  Well He thought of babies just like the Father did. The Father must think wonderfully well of babies because the Son took the babies in His arms and put His hands on the little boys head and say God bless you , Matthew 19:14-15 .  What does the Spirit think of sick people? What did Jesus think of sick people?  What does the Spirit think of sinful people? What did Jesus think of the woman that was caught in adultery was dragged to Him – John 8:1-11?The Holy Spirit sees things as Jesus sees things. Jesus sees things as the Father sees thing . Therefore the Holy Spirit sees things as the Father sees things.

The Spirit feels exactly the same way Jesus feels about everything. He is the Spirit of Jesus, He acts exactly the same way Jesus acts. Jesus was so magnetic that everyone came to him. Jesus was the most loving, most kind, most tender and all while He was on the earth. Jesus was demonstrating the Spirit and that is the why the Holy Spirit is, most loving, most kind, most tender and so on .  I want you to think of the Holy Spirit as cultured, kind, gentle, gracious, loving just like our Lord Jesus himself.

The Holy Spirit is friendly; because He is friendly, He can be grieved; we can grieve Him by doubting Him, ignoring Him or refusing to obey Him, by turning our backs on Him. Love must be present to grief. He can be grieved because He loves. For example imagine a man has a 17 year old who joined a gang. This man was called down to the station and when he got there he saw his son with other boys in hand cuffs. The man feels sorry for the boys but grieves for his son. A mother grieves for her child because she loves her . If you do not love you cannot grieve and that is why Ephesians 4:30 says grieve not the Holy Spirit in other words the Holy Spirit loves us so such that when we ignore Him or do not trust Him He is grieved.

He can be pleased. We can please Him by obeying Him and He responds just like a pleased father responds or a pleased mother respond. He responds when He is pleased. The Holy Spirit can leave a church, a man, a woman when He is grieved.

The Holy Spirit is not a Prophet. He is a Spirit and the Prophet was a man. He is not angel , Acts 7:55 says but he (Stephen) being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Stephen was not filled with an angel but the Holy Spirit. He is not angel Gabriel or Michael.

We need the Holy Spirit .Zechariah 4:6 says it’s not by power or might but by My Spirit says the Lord. The Holy Spirit makes the impossible to become possible. In Luke 1:34-35, Mary asked the angel how a virgin could become pregnant without knowing a man and the angel replied, through the Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit the impossible can become possible . In 1 Samuel 16:11-13, with the help of the the Holy Spirit  David went from a shepherd boy to become the  King of Israel.After he was anointed the Spirit of God came down on him and from that day his lot change.

  The Holy Spirit can also help a man to excel above his pairs. Although Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael , and Azariah were ten times better than magicians and astrologers-Daniel 1:19 , Daniel excelled amongst the four because of the Holy Spirit. Daniel 6:3 says an excellent spirit was found in Daniel.

The Holy Spirit can also give strength and power. The Spirit of God came down on Samson and He tore a lion into two, Judges 14:6-5.

Jesus achieved so much in such a little time. What is the secret behind Jesus success - the Holy Spirit? Acts 10:38 says how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil ,for God was with Him.

How do I receive the Holy Spirit?  We receive the Holy Spirit by giving our lives to Christ. We receive Him at the moment of Salvation.  1 Corinthians 12:13 says for by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. Romans 8:9 says but you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he is not His. Ephesians 1:13 -14 teaches us that the Holy Spirit is the seal of salvation for all those who believe: “Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.”

We receive the Holy Spirit at salvation in a measure. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we can now be filled with the Holy Spirit. The speaking in tongues, gift of working of miracles, gifts of prophecy ,gifts of discerning of spirits are all manifestation of the Spirit , 1 Corinthians 12:5-11 .

This is how to be filled with the Holy Spirit

1 – To present your vessel (body) as living sacrifices, Romans 12:1-2.Only a presented vessel will be filled. We need to present our personality as a living sacrifice.

2-Ask for it, Luke 11:9-13

3-Obedience, Acts 5:32. There must be obedience to the word of God. The spirit of God will not give a disobedient child His blessings.

4- Faith, Galatians 3:2. You don’t get filled by law keeping but through faith.

No one will receive the Holy Spirit without giving their lives to Christ. You want the impossible to become possible you need the Holy Ghost, you want to rise above your pairs you need the Holy Ghost. You want success you need the Holy Ghost.

The bible says in Romans 3 v 23 that for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 6 s 23 says for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. The gift was explained in John 3 v 16 , For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. What shall we do to be saved? The bible says in Romans 10vs 9 that if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10 v 10 – For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with our mouth that you confess and are saved.

Pray this prayer from your heart today!

Dear Jesus, I believe that You died for me and rose again on the third day. I confess I am a sinner. I need your love and forgiveness. Come into my heart. Forgive my sins. I receive Your eternal life. Confirm You love by giving me peace, joy and supernatural love for others, Amen.

Welcome to Christ brethren, Please join a bible believing church.

Samuel Oluwatoki

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