WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT?

The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Godhead. He is the Power by which God made the whole world. The Holy Spirit, the Bible says, is the One Who garnished the heavens (Job 26:13). When God speaks, the Holy Spirit is the One who brings it to pass. He's the Doer of the things of God. So, when God wants to do something in your life, it will have to be by the Holy Spirit. This is why you need the Holy Spirit in your life today. Even the Lord Jesus Christ had to have the Holy Spirit. It was only after the Holy Spirit came into His life that His ministry and the miraculous began. Remember that when He was on earth, even though He was the Son of God, He didn't operate or minister as the Son of God. He operated and ministered as a man, the son of man (1 Timothy 2:5; Matthew 12:8). If you have the Holy Spirit and let Him take charge of your life, it doesn't matter what your situation is, He'll turn it around for your good. If the Holy Spirit takes over your family, your business or your health, it doesn't matter what troubles you've been experiencing or what's been going wrong, you will begin to go from strength to strength, from grace to grace, from faith to faith, from success to success and from greatness to greatness. When the Holy Spirit takes over your life, He'll drive every sickness out of your body; He'll make right everything that was wrong.

God's Promise of The Spirit Is For Everyone.

In John 14:16-17, the Lord Jesus said, "And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." Here, we're shown that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth the Spirit of Reality. Everything in this world is but a shadow. It's the Spirit of reality Who helps us know what is real. "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 - The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know {and} recognize Him. But you know {and} recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you" John 14:16-17 Amplified. From the Scripture above, the Amplified Version shows us six synonyms for the word translated `Comforter' from its Greek expression, `Allos Parakletos.' The word `another' in the first place, translated from the Greek `Allos' is very instructive. You see, the Greek language used two words which the English commonly translated `another' these two words are `Heteros' and `Allos.' Properly expressed, `heteros' meant another of a different kind, while `Allos' meant another of the same kind. In referring to the Holy Spirit, Jesus called Him "allos" - `another One of the same kind,' thus inferring the Holy Spirit to be exactly like Him. So the Holy Spirit is exactly like Jesus. He looks like Him, loves like Him, cares like Him and talks like Him. This is the Holy Spirit sent by the Father to be with us. All seven words - Comforter, Counsellor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener and Standby rendered from the Greek `Parakletos' help to show us the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Our lives should always be full of joy and excitement. We've got a Helper, Comforter, Intercessor, Advocate, Counsellor, Strengthener and Standby. How could we lose? It's impossible! The trouble with a lot of God's children is that they're not informed of things like this, and many don't know how to operate in the realm of the Spirit. You'll be wrong to look at us born again, Spirit-filled folks and think that all you see is all there is about us. Make no mistakes about it! There's someone who’s not only with us, He's also in us! You may not see Him with your optical eyes, but He's right there. In fact, He's more present than our adversaries. The Psalmist calls Him a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1). When he said `a very present help,' he wasn't saying there are some other helps apart from Him. He just wants us to know, by attaching the `very' to the `present help,' that he's referring to a definite article, in spite of the generic tone that the `a' gives it. He could simply have said He's `a present help' in trouble, but instead of just saying that, he strengthens it by saying He's `a very present help.' In other words, it's something you shouldn't doubt at all. You don't have to look for Him; He's a very present help in trouble. This means if you ever get into trouble, you might as well laugh and say, "Thank You Holy Spirit, I'm not alone!"

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ACTS 2 : 1 - 39; GALATIANS 3 : 13 - 14; 2 CORINTHIANS 12 : 10.