Holy Spirit
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:08
The Holy Spirit is the third person in the Trinity: God Father, God Son, and God Spirit. All three members consist of just one God. To explain this divinity is not difficult. To put it another way, it is very easy to understand. God is a title for the Trinity and this clarifies everything. The human race gets confuses because it is hard to understand the fact that one being is three people. For instance, thinking about one person being divided into three, it is hard to imagine. That is to say, they can’t sustain this condition. In other words, if anyone accepts the fact that God is a title for the three members then it is more understandable.
Jesus confirmed that he and the Father are one (John 10:30). Jesus also gave another example about when a couple gets married saying: “Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together” (Mathew 19:06). What’s more, this is not the only evidence that supports this conclusion. For instance, Stephen is another proof that compels acceptance by the mind of a fact. Stephen was a godly man who preached the message in a loud voice. Prior to his assassination, the Bible says: “But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand. And he told them, ‘Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand!’ ” (Acts 7:55-56).
What did Stephen see? He saw the Son of Man (Jesus). What Jesus was doing? He was standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand. How many members did Stephen saw in heaven? Stephen saw two members: God Father and God Son.
Where is the third member of the trinity? He was with Stephen in this world. Jesus said in John 16:7-8 “But in fact, it is best for you that I go away because if I don’t, the Advocate (Holy Spirit) won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. God Holy Spirit was with Stephen and he preached exactly what Jesus foretold before going to heaven.
Holy Ghost
The Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirt have the same terms. One derives from Old English GAST and the other LOANWORD SPIRITUS from Latin. One can call Holy Ghost and other Holy Spirit and it will not change anything. Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit is one of the members of the Trinity since eternity.
Holy Spirit
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all three have the same desire, which makes it easy to draw definite conclusions. With this in mind, anyone can understand that they are united in one. In every plan or steps that they take. Jesus did his job dying on the cross; God did his part to forgiving the entire world because the sacrifice of Jesus and the Holy Spirit came to comfort God’s children and convict the world of its sins. How long the Holy Spirit will be in this world? The Holy Spirit will be in this world until the rapture of the church. This is the next big event that will occur in this world.
Baptize in the Holy Spirit
It means to receive the Holy Spirit anywhere in the world. The Holy Spirit came first in Jerusalem as Jesus foretold: “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in Jerusalem until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.” (Luke 24:49). It is not necessary to be baptized in the waters first in order to receive the Holy Spirit. A person when accepts Jesus in his heart automatically receives the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit helps all those who need his assistance and leads them to the right path.
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Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The gift of the Holy Spirit is divided into nine and they are spiritual tools to equip the believer to resist this evil world. How to know if someone has the Holy Spirit or not? Not everyone who has the Holy Spirit has the gifts. The gifts is for God’s mission. If someone is just interested in his own salvation only and nothing else then he will not receive any gift. He is already sealed with the Holy Spirit and does not need those gifts. However, if he is interested to share the Gospel and bring more souls to Jesus then he will receive one or nine gifts. It will depend on how much he will be involved in the mission and his passion for others. The person who curses Jesus and does not accept him as his Lord does not have the Holy Spirit as well the promised gifts.
9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
These are the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit:
- Wise– This gift gives the ability to bear this world in a good way where the person who has it understands more and forgives more others. Above all, this gift helps the person also to make good choices.
- Knowledge – This gift gives the ability to understand many subjects in life, science, politics also a better vision about the spiritual world.
- Faith – This gift is responsible to make things happen. There are two types of Faith: Saving Faith and Operational Faith. Saving Faith, the believer receives by God’s grace, and Operational Faith is the one that is capable to move mountains and calm down the sea of storms.
- Healing – This gift is the one capable to heal, blindness, cancer, and all others sickness, Covid-19 including the broken spirit of many people without hope in this world.
- Perform Miracles – This gift gives the ability to change the weather, give life to the dead, transform water into wine, etc.
- Prophecy – This gift gives the ability to see the future and the unknown past.
- Discern spirit – This gift helps the believer to know if a person has an evil or good spirit.
- Speak unknown language – This gift to speak in tongues is the method that the spirit communicates with God and the Devil and his demons cannot understand what is saying.
- Interpret – This gift translate to church what God is saying to all believers through an unknown language.
Fruits of the Holy Spirit
There is no law against the fruits of the holy spirit that are:
- Love
- Joy
- Peace
- Patience
- Kindness
- Goodness
- Faithfulness
- Gentleness
- Self-control
Mockery
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is a serious sin. Jesus said that any blasphemy can be forgiven but the one against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. After learning everything about the Holy Spirit anyone is able to understand why this sin can not be forgiven.
“but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.” Mark 3:29
Bible verses about the Holy Spirit
Mathew 1:18
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Mathew 1:20
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the HolySpirit.
Mathew 3:11
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mathew 12:32
Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
Mathew 28:19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mark 13:11
Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given to you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 2:25
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Acts 2:01
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
Acts 2:04
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
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