Then, what is the real Holy Spirit?
Then, what is the real Holy Spirit? Christianity is not just a
religion but it is a way of Life. None of us could remain a
Christian if it wasn't for someone, always with us, to help us
thru this walk. Our understanding of Prophecy nor Scripture
would be complete without someone teaching us what the truth
was. Beginning with Genesis thru the Book of Revelations the
Holy Ghost {Holy Spirit} has always been with God for He is Gods
Spirit. The Holy Ghost is mentioned 89 times in the new
Testament alone. The Holy Ghost is our comforter and He leads us
into all truths of the Bible. To say that the Holy Ghost has not
yet arrived, would be saying that Jesus did not do what He said
He would do. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy
Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you
all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever
I have said unto you. Without the leadership of the Holy Ghost,
the Bible would never have been written. Lets talk a little
about the Baptisms of John the Baptist. If you've noticed in
Scripture, the passages that speak of our salvation, the Holy
Ghost when instructing what is to be written, He never speaks of
Himself, as was promised by Jesus. [Eph_3:5; 1Pe_1:12.] John
16:13-14; Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will
guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of
mine, and shall shew it unto you. 1Co 2:10-13; But God hath
revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1Co 2:10-13 tells us
that without the guidance of the Spirit, man would only know the
things of man, carnal things. The Bible cannot be understood by
the carnal mind, why, because the carnal mind is at em-empty
with God, it is not subject to the laws of God and neither can
be. Mans wisdom and knowledge is limited to the carnal, the
things of the flesh. We must separate the flesh from the spirit
and start thinking in the spiritual and not the physical. For
what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man
which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but
the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the
things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we
speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with
spiritual. "Comparing spiritual things with spiritual", This is
where many find trouble with Bible interpretation, they try to
compare Spiritual with the physical, the temperial with the
immortal. Now to understand who the Holy Ghost is, in John
16:13-14 & 1Co 2:10-13, the Holy Ghost is called "The Spirit Of
Truth, "The Holy Ghost", "The Comforter", "The Holy Spirit" &
"The Spirit of God." This tells us that all these are one with
God, for the Spirit spoken of, is God. He is part of what we
call the "Holy Trinity." Many dispute this assumption, but its
hard to kick against what the Scriptures are stating. Mat 3:11 I
indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy
to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with
fire: The Baptisms that John performed were a prelude to the
real Baptisms under the name of the Father, Son and the Holy
Ghost. John Baptized unto Repentance, but under the name of
Jesus we are Baptized under Salvation. Jesus emphasized great
importance on the Holy Ghost. Even John the Baptist mentions His
importance, not for Himself but for the Testimony from Him of
The Christ. Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost: Why? Because these three are one, you cannot
have one without the other. The Holy Ghost gives power unto the
Believer, to perform the things of the Christ. This is where the
end times Church is missing out on all the blessings of God,
because of their belief that the Gifts of the Spirit were for an
earlier age. Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me
both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth. A Director of Man; Act 13:4 So
they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto
Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. Act 15:28 For
it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no
greater burden than these necessary things; The commission of
the Holy Ghost; John 16:7-15; Nevertheless I tell you the truth;
It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will
send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the
world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: "Reprove",
1. To blame; to censure. 2. To charge with a fault to the face;
to chide; to reprehend. Luke 3. 3. To blame for; with of; as, to
reprove one of laziness. 4. To convince of a fault, or to make
it manifest. 5. To refute; to disprove. 6. To excite a sense of
guilt. The heart or conscience reproves us. I'm not to fond of
the word, "conscience" for what people call conscience, is the
spirit within the man. 7. To manifest silent disapprobation or
blame. [The vicious cannot bear the presence of the good, whose
very looks reprove them, and whose life is a severe, though
silent admonition. The Holy Ghost is the one who convicts us of
our sin.] Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of
righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have
yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you
into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of
mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father
hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and
shall shew it unto you. Part of the commission of The Spirit is
to also help us thru our many infirmities . Rom 8:14 For as many
as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Sin
is the fault of man, who has chosen to sin. Sin was not forgiven
under the Law but were only put off for another year. Even David
and the prophets of the Old Testament were directed by the Holy
Ghost{Spirit} Mar 12:36 For David himself said by the Holy
Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till
I make thine enemies thy footstool. Mat 12:31 Wherefore I say
unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be
forgiven unto men. What is the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost?
An indignity offered to God by words or writing; reproachful,
contemptuous or irreverent words uttered impiously against
Jehovah. Blasphemy is an injury offered to God, by denying that
which is due and belonging to him, or attributing to him that
which is not agreeable to his nature. In the middle ages,
blasphemy was used to denote simply the blaming or condemning of
a person or thing. Among the Greeks, to blaspheme was to use
words of ill omen, which they were careful to avoid. 1. That
which derogates from the prerogatives of God. Mark 2. To speak
of the Supreme Being in terms of impious irreverence; to revile
or speak reproachfully of God, or the Holy Spirit. 1 Ki 21. Mark
3. 2. To speak evil of; to utter abuse or calumny against; to
speak reproachfully of. 1. To arrogate the prerogatives of God.
This man blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins but God? Math.9. Mark
2. IMPI'ETY, n. [L. impietas;in and pietas, pius.] 1.
Ungodliness; irreverence towards the Supreme being; contempt of
the divine character and authority; neglect of the divine
precepts. These constitute different degrees of impiety. 2. Any
act of wickedness,as blasphemy and scoffing at the Supreme
Being, or at his authority; profaneness. Any expression of
contempt for God or his laws, constitutes an impiety of the
highest degree of criminality. Disobedience to the divine
commands or neglect of duty implies contempt for his
authority,and is therefore impiety. Impiety, when it expresses
the temper or disposition, has no plural; but it is otherwise
when it expresses an act of wickedness, for all such acts are
impieties. Here Jesus tells His Deciples not to think about what
to say but that the Holy Ghost would direct their words. Mar
13:11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no
thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye
premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour,
that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and
shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be
filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. Luke
2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he
should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Luke
3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove
upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my
beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. This next verse is the
reason why we can preach and testify of God. John 20:22 And when
he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Act 1:2 Until the day in which he was
taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given
commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: Act 1:8 But
ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the
earth. Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost. Act 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto
them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that
I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come
unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 2Co 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 1st Cor. is
giving the difference between Charity and the Gifts of the Holy
Spirit to man. Gifts will eventually cease but Charity will
never cease. These are just a few verses that teach us that the
Holy Ghost came to us as was promised by Christ.