Who the Holy Spirit is and why He is on earth today

Messages for June 2018: Our Month of the Holy Spirit

Message for Sunday 3^rd June, 2018

Theme: Understanding the Ministry and Gift of the Holy Spirit

Topic: Who the Holy Spirit is and why He is on earth today

Introduction: once again, I welcome you to the month of June 2018: Our month of the Holy Spirit. In this month, we are going to be examining this great subject of the Holy Spirit with the intent of enabling us to understand how to walk with Him to fulfill our individual and corporate destinies. We are so thankful to God that we are not left in the dark as to who He is and what His mission to us on earth is. To this end, today, we shall be looking at who the Holy Spirit is and why He is on earth today.

Who the Holy Spirit is:

The answer to the question of who the Holy Spirit is seeks to clarify who He is and ease us of the confusion that has been generated by the devil for centuries over the human race to steal from them, kill and destroy them. The following is therefore a list of some truths that show us who the Holy Spirit is:

1.     He is God. He is the first of the Godhead the bible mentions. He is coequal with the Father and the Son. See the amplified version of Gen.1:26 & Gen.1:2. See also Mt.28:19; 3:16-17 and 1Jn.5:7.

2.     He is the Lord: Compare Ezek.36:22-26 with Heb.10:15-17.

3.     He is the Spirit of Christ: 1Pet.1:11 and Romans 8:9

4.     He is the Spirit of Truth: Jn.16:13 and Jn.15:36.

5.     He is another Comforter in place of Jesus Christ: This word comforter has its root in the Greek word Parakletos which means an intercessor, a consoler, an advocate and a comforter. Whereas allos is also from the Greek root word which means another of the same kind. See Jn.14:15-16.

6.     He is the promise of the Father: The father through the laws and the Prophets had promised the day of the Holy Spirit for so long that the people were now so used to calling Him the promise of the father. Acts 1:4-5 in the Amplified version of the bible.

7.     The comforter: The word translated comforter is the same word as intercessor, strengthener, advocate, standby etc. Jn.14:26 of the Amplified Bible translation.

8.     The teacher: He is the greatest teacher in the universe. If He teaches you anything, you cannot forget it and He will give you understanding. 1Jn.2:27 and Cor.2:12-14.

9.     He is referred to as a person in the male gender in Jn.16:7-14

10.                         He is co-equal with the Father and the Son and shares the same nature: This truth is brought out clearly in Matthew’s account of the Baptism of the Lord in Matthew 13:16-17, the story of the creation in Genesis 1:26 citing the Amplified version of the Bible especially.

Why is the Holy Spirit on Earth?

In other words, what is the Holy Spirit on earth to accomplish? The Holy Spirit is the principal Executive of God’s program on Earth today. He is here to accomplish the following for mankind generally and the Church in particular:

1.     Conviction: None of us humans were physical witnesses of the Lord when He walked on the sands of time like His disciples were but God wanted us to testify on His behalf so He came in the person of the Holy Spirit who knows it all to dwell in us and enable us to be able to speak on behalf of the Lord with conviction. He thus convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgement. His conviction will enable a sinner to repent; it would enable a person who repents to know that they are now righteous and enables the world to know that the enemy of our souls has been defeated and judged. See Jn.16:7-11.

2.     He enhances our spiritual capacity: Spiritual truths are too high for natural man. For us to be able to comprehend spiritual truths we must become spiritual. It is the business of the Holy Spirit to help us become spiritual so that He can teach us and lead us. Jn.16:12-13 and 1Cor.2:14.

3.     He reveals the future to us: This enables us to know the plans and purposes of God for our lives and we then align ourselves to it. There is nothing better than knowing God’s blue print for our lives. Jn.16:13.

4.     He empowers us to know and do Ministry: Having accomplished His mission in the first coming, the Lord was about to ascend to heaven; He called His disciples together and gave them some last minute instruction in Acts 1:4 thus:

“And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.”

See also Acts 1:8 where He clarified the reason He gave them the instruction to wait for the promise of the father.

We shall draw the curtains here today even though there is more to say on this topic. We shall continue speaking about why the Holy Spirit came next week God willing. Meanwhile, anyone reading this blog that is not yet born again cannot receive the Holy Spirit because He is sent to the Church and to become a part of the body of Christ, you must be born again. If you want to take this plunge, please say the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again and eligible to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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