The Holy Spirit!

The Holy Spirit!

The spirit of God! Who is the Holy Spirit? How does it transform me? How do I listen to the Holy Spirit? How do I live by the Holy Spirit?

How important is the Holy Spirit? John 16:5-7 The advocate is the Holy Spirit and Jesus said it was better for Him to leave and the Holy Spirit to come. God's spirit was given to us to help us in ways that even the physical Jesus could not. Walking with the Spirit is better than walking with he physical Jesus.

Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:14;

The spirit coming to live in us is the one of the reason Jesus had to come and die.

John 4:24; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11; John 3:8; John 16:13

Who is the Holy Spirit? The spirit is the very should of God. God does not have a physical form and He is 100% God and 100% Spirit. God described the Spirit as a "He" and not an "It". Why is that important? The Spirit is not a thing. The Spirit is not a tool. The Spirit cannot be controlled or used. In the same way when we view a person as an object we abuse them. The Spirit is not an object. The Spirit is a being that deserves respect and worship!

Isaiah 63:10 The spirit can grieve. You cannot grieve and object.

Hebrews 10:27; Romans 8:11 Romans 15 The Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead! What kind of power does that convey? The power of the Spirit is beyond our understanding! With all that power, is there anything He cannot do? This powerful Spirit lives in me!!! Is there anything that He cannot change in my life?

Psalms 139:7-10 our humanistic view of the Spirit limits his divinity and in reality the Spirit is everywhere. We cannot escape Him and He wants to lead every aspect of our lives! There is not any area of our lives that the Spirit cannot impact.

Revelations 22:17 the Holy Spirit is one of the most important part of our relationship with God. The Spirit is full of power, truth, and the essence of God!

Acts 8:36-39 the Ethiopian Eunuch was baptized in one day and then Phillip left him, but God did not send the Eunuch home alone. God sent him back to Ethiopia with the Spirit!

Acts 2:38 -- the goal of repentance and baptism is so that you can become a pure vessel for the Spirit to live in! 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Revelation 22:17; John 15:24-27; Titus 3:7. The Spirit transforms us as sinners into a pure and holy being that God can live in!

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 the Spirit is transforming me. The Spirit is the power that is allowing me to be more like Christ. It not about my power of what I do, it's about what the Spirit is doing through me! 2 Peter 1:3-9 also says to make every effort to but even our best effort is still short. We need the Spirit!

Galatians 5:22-23 the outcome of God living in you produces the fruits of the spirit! Love, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control!! If you are a Christian, God is living in you and transforming you into his likeness through these Godly characteristics!

1 Corinthians 2:10-16 we have received the Spirit so we can understand God more fully. Through the Spirit we have the mind of Christ! The Spirit revels who God is through scripture as well. Ezekiel 36:25-27

I need to learn to listen to the Spirit. The Spirit does not just take over and force us to do something that we don't want to do. I should allow myself to be moveable and be compelled by the Spirit. The spirit also speaks through other people in my life.










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