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Understanding the Mystery of the Holy Spirit

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The subject of the Holy Spirit has been one of the most misunderstood among most believers today. I believe this is probably owing to the fact that many people even some preachers have tried to understand and explain the Holy Spirit by carnal understanding which is more like trying to make a very big farm in the desert, Yes!, this is because it takes only the Spirit of God to understand the mystery of the Holy Spirit.
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14). This bible text is simply making known that anything which pertains to spirituality cannot be explained by any form of human wisdom at any level whatsoever
for the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength (1 Corinthians 1:25)
Therefore pray sincerely that God should open your understanding to know him more.

WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT?


The Holy Spirit is the third personality of God. The mystery of the trinity of God put it clearly that God is one and his three persons are; the father, the son and the Holy Spirit (Read Understanding the Mystery of the Trinity Nature of God), so the Holy Spirit is God. After the fall of man, man lost his dignity which was his divine nature and was condemned to death and destruction. Due to the love of God for man, God couldn’t stand to watch his precious hand work perish so he had to improvise to redeem man and reconcile us to himself
and love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins (1 John 4:10b)
and then Jesus had to come and die as the ransom for our redemption (John 3:16) (Read What Did Jesus Really Do?).
This is what John the Baptist said concerning Jesus
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire’’(Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:8), so Jesus came not only to save us but to also prepare us for the coming of the Holy Ghost
he was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified (John 7:39).
So put simply, the Holy Spirit is a person from heaven, He is God, He is the executive form arm of God on earth, He is the executer of Gods will on earth through available and willing men
for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose’’ (Philippians 2:13), He is the truth even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive (John 14:17a).

WHY DID THE HOLY SPIRIT HAVE TO COME?


While Jesus was on earth, he taught on the kingdom of God and its principles. Jesus understood that man could not just do the will of the father by human strength and also cannot receive the Holy Spirit without sound understanding preparedness, so he had to carry out three divine assignments:
1. To Preach and Teach: Preaching captures and appeals to the will of man while teaching transforms and remoulds the will of a man into a new being with another understanding. Jesus through his words, actions and lifestyle taught about God and his kingdom, this was in order to cause men to understand more about God (Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit). Which they have carnally misunderstood and to also prepare their hearts for the coming of the Holy Ghost.
2. To Redeem Man: Jesus’s mission was also to redeem and restore man to his initial position in God by overcoming the devil and loosing the chains of death and winning victory for all men irrespective of race, Hallelujah!.
3. To prepare man and ensure the coming of the Holy Spirit, this is the promise of the father.

Jesus after crucifixion and resurrection knew that man had already gotten the right knowledge and understanding to function, but they needed strength, boldness, guidance, consolation, confidence, help and assistance
and now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from (Luke 24:49), also read Acts 1:4-5. Thus not just to help them live this new life but to also assist carry out the evangelistic task and to also remain consistent and faithful. This is what the Holy Spirit came for and is still here for, to help believers live the true life.

WHAT DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT DO?


Know the major reason for the coming of the Holy Spirit some of the few things which he does includes:
Revealing to us the mystery of the father and the world at large. (Matthew 16:17)
Helping believers understand Gods word which is the Bible(2 Corinthians 3:6)
Reinforcing believers. (Acts 4:31 but read from verse 1 to understand better)
Strengthens the church and causes growth (Isaiah 32:15)
Prays for us and Help us to pray to god. (Roman 8:26)
Administrator of the church (Act5:1-11)
Helps us in hard times, in our Christian journey and help our choices (John 14:16-17).
Finally it is important to know that God is unstoppable is not limited in space nor time, therefore the Holy Spirit does everything whatsoever, so long as it is in line with the will of God the father, Hallelujah!.

DO I NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Yes beloved it is not a thing of choice; it’s a necessity and an urgent requirement to succeed and even to make heaven (John 3:5). You urgently need the Holy Spirit to lubricate your endeavours and cause you to experience the divine provision and privileges that accrue to divine sonship.
You need the Holy Spirit to e able to confront and subdue devil in any disguise he comes in (Acts 19:11-20), you need the holy spirit to overcome and not just be, but to remain a victor, hallelujah!.

DO I REALLY HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Well thas is a question some people don’t really have an answer to probably owing to divers reasons, but you are the best person to know if the spirit of God is inside you (if you have been Holy Ghost baptised)or through discernment by another spirit fill person with an understanding.
Anyway, before drag it far, there are biblical evidences that are to depict the presence of the Holy Spirit in a man’s life and that is through the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and the gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12-N).
There are gifts and there are fruits of the Holy Spirit and when the Spirits upon man, these fruits and some or all the gifts manifests very mightily onto good works in the life of this individual, and there is always this drive and passion to worship the Lord and talk to someone about the exciting experience.
The fruits of the spirit and the gift of the spirit is like the effect of the return of the father of the house on his children, when a man is away on a journey the children can play and do as it pleases them, but as soon as he returning home he comes with goodies and clothes for the children (gifts) and from that day onward, the children’s behaviours would be very decent and calm because of the presence of their dad (fruits).

HOW DO I RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT?

The Holy Spirit is for all (Acts 10:44-48) and its Gods free gift to those that love and obey him (John 14:15-16) so the first thing you need to do is to first be born again (accepting Jesus as your master and savior), be consistent and sincere in your worship and devotion to God as you earnestly seek the Holy Spirit to come into your life to direct you forever(Acts 1:-15), this alone can cause the Holy Spirit to come upon you without necessary being prayed over by a Spirit filled believer.
You can also receive by hearing the word of God from a minister for the word of God is spirit and is alive, Hallelujah! (Acts 11:15)
You can also receive the Holy Spirit by bring prayed over or laid hands on by a Spirit filled believer (Act 8:17)
Inspired? why not pray nowand ask the Holy Spirit to breath on you and help you know him more.
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