“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever” John14:16
HE LIVES IN YOU.
Jesus promised us that
the Holy Spirit would abide with us forever. That He would live inside us. He
is in us and with us. He lives in us as a person would live in his house. We
are His house. His body. Where He dwells. Before we go any further,
we need to deal with the fact that the Holy Spirit is a person;
HE IS A PERSON
The Holy Spirit is a
person and He is probably the most disrespected person on earth. Generally
speaking most in the church today do not see the Holy Spirit as a person. We
see Him as an influence, a power, a wind, a cloud, a feeling, a fire etc. but
not as a person. In fact most Christians see and refer to the Holy Spirit as
“it” rather than as a real person.
He is as much a person as
the Father and the Son and as much as you are a person. He is not an influence,
a wind or something mystical. He has all the attributes of a person;
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He is referred to
as a person in scripture.
The personal pronouns He,
Him and Himself are used throughout the New Testament to refer to the Holy
Spirit. see John14:16,17; John15:26,2
- He has a mind.
Romans8:27 tells us that
the Holy Spirit has a mind. “And he that
searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”
- He has a will.
1Corinthinas12:11 tells
us that the Holy Spirit works His gifts in us as He wills. “But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to
each one individually as He wills.”
- He has emotions.
Ephesians4:30 tells us
that the Holy Spirit can be grieved. “And
do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption.”
1Thessalonians5:19 tells
us that He can be quenched. “Do not
quench the Spirit.”
Hebrews10:29 tells us
that He can be insulted. “…and insulted
the Spirit of grace?”
- We can fellowship and have communion with Him.
2Corinthians13:14 tells
that we can commune with Him. “The grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy
Spirit be with you all. Amen.”
- He has personal actions
The Holy Spirit does
things like any other person. He has individual actions.
He works
1Corinthians12:11
He speaks and says things
to us.Matthew10:20, 1Timothy4:1, Revelation2
He testifies. John15:26
He bears witness.
1John5:6
He prays and intercedes.
Romans8:26
He leads us. Romans8:14
And so forth
In a nutshell, the Holy
Spirit is a person who thinks, feels, talks, does things like all of us do. He
is a person and He lives on the inside of us.
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