It is so easy to think that the Holy Spirit is not a person, but as some godly influence or power. But He is not. He is God too. I know that we are not to worship the Holy Spirit, but without Him, we would never know Jesus or be able to understand the Word of God. He is our teacher and revealer of all truth. He always points us to Jesus. Without Him we would never have a relationship with our God.
We believe that Jesus is our Lord and Savior.We accept the adoption of our Father as sons and daughters, but we so often neglect the importance of the Holy Spirit as a person too! Is He not the person who prays through us in agreement with Jesus in Heaven? Jesus sent Him from the Father to replace Himself on earth when He left to be at His Father's right hand. He did not want to leave His disciples as orphans. As His disciples today in 2019, the same is true. We are not orphans. The Holy Spirit's work continues among us.
Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice and they follow me". How can we hear His voice except through the person of the Holy Spirit in us? The Holy Spirit is like the sheep dog that rounds up the sheep at the command of the Shepherd's whistle and herds them into a pen. He takes his orders from the Shepherd only.
Peter preached saying,"repent, be baptized, received the Holy Spirit.? Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? " We were baptized into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit, but have we ever acknowledge Him or allowed Him to baptize us in the power of His Love?
Let us not neglect to acknowledge Holy Spirit as an important person in the Godhead, and thank the Lord Jesus for sending Him to take His place. Through the Holy Spirit we will experience the presence of God, the fellowship of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Throne room is open all the time. The blood of the lamb avails for us to enter in. Our born again spirits ignite with excitement and joy as we enter into fellowship with the God of this universe. Come let us worship our God together: The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
We do forget about the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that He (the Holy Spirit) will NOT speak of Himself. But whatever He hears that will He speak. That means he is humble, and only wants to reveal God to us. I believe the Holy Spirit is the part of God that He shares with His people. When we are one with the spirit we are one with God to the extent that we can be.
ReplyDeleteWhen we consider the words of the Lord that it is BETTER that I go away so that the Spirit of Truth will come to you, it makes us realize the importance of this member of the God-head. It is better and more important to receive the Spirit and to walk with the Spirit than it would be to live and walk every day with the Lord Jesus when he was on the Earth in the flesh.
Thank you for this reminder to not forget this most important gift!
I remember hearing a sermon where the teacher said to imagine a dove on your shoulder who was your connection with wisdom and the will of God. As long as he stayed on your shoulder you were connected. Would you not walk circumspectly and avoid those things in life that would cause him to fly away?
We would behave so differently if we were aware when we grieved the Spirit of God.
Great to hear from you Phil. I agree with your comments. Without the Holy Spirit we would never really understand the Word of God or know Jesus revealing the Father. You are right He does not like to draw attention to Himself and that is good, but praise the Lord He draws us to our Savior and enables us to obey His commandments.
DeleteDear Dottie,
ReplyDeleteThank-you for sharing Biblical wisdom about the Holy Spirit. It warmed my heart that you reminded the reader about the Spirit and the discerning heart that God gives us through Him.
Blessings to you for your ministry.