Photo Credit: ©Getty Images/sakepaint How the Holy Spirit ComfortsĪt times, hope feels scarce.
We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express, – Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of God, – 1 Corinthians 6:11 The Holy Spirit gives us boldness to share the good news of Christ.īut 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 1:8īut the Counselor, 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, – John 14:26Īnd that is what some of you were. So, I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature, – Galatians 5:16Ĥ. In the world at large, the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. During the final Passover meal with the disciples, Jesus revealed the identity and work of the Holy Spirit.įor believers, the Holy Spirit leads us to all truth and comforts us. In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit was active at creation as well as in individual lives, but not in the same personal way and to the same degree as he is after Jesus’ resurrection and ascension. God is the Father, Jesus is the Son, and the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. What a day that must have been! What Is the Holy Spirit? Tongues of fire rested on their heads and each spoke in other languages. They remembered their failure to stand by his side, and his grace that reinstated them as his disciple.ĭid some grow despairing with the waiting, or did others feel the anticipation grow? What would this Comforter look like? How was he going to help them go into all the world preaching the gospel and making disciples?Īll of a sudden, the blowing of a rushing wind came and filled the house where they were waiting. Others might have replayed their final moments with Jesus. There could have been a few still sorrowing over having to bid their risen Savior goodbye. The knowledge of Your Holy Spirit living in my heart gives me comfort and strength, Lord Jesus.Have you ever wondered what it was like waiting and waiting for Jesus’ promised Comforter? I sometimes picture the disciples in the upper room. Read and share Billy Graham’s challenge for a floundering church. To be Spirit-filled Christians is to be the kind of Christians that God wants us to be.
All over the world the Holy Spirit is wooing men to Christ, and He lives in the hearts of believers and helps us each day. Today the Holy Spirit illuminates the minds of people, makes us yearn for God, and takes spiritual truth and makes it understandable to us. When He went back to heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to exercise a worldwide ministry. After His death on the cross, and His resurrection, He went back to the Father in heaven.ĭuring His earthly ministry His work and life were spent within a circumscribed area in Palestine. In time, the Son of God came into the world as a man, to redeem the world which He had created. The work of creation was given to the Son and we are told that, “All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made.” But when you read the second verse of the first chapter of Genesis, you will find that the Holy Spirit was also there, moving upon the face of His creation. It may help to remember that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit have all existed from eternity. Our minds can but dimly grasp these great spiritual facts, because we are finite and God is infinite. Who is the Holy Spirit? He is God, just as God the Father and God the Son are also God. Your body is the home of the Holy Spirit.
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