The Holy Spirit in Our Day

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There is a lot of controversy surrounding the Holy Spirit, but the controversy can be easily eliminated if we let the Scriptures define the work of the Holy Spirit. Two passages come to mind, and in the days to come, we will examine more.

26"When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me."

The Holy Spirit is to testify about Jesus Christ. In other words, when someone is in communion with the Spirit of God, they are growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit will fix the believers eyes on Jesus Christ.


15For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.[g] And by him we cry, "Abba,[h] Father." 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ..


Likewise, the Holy Spirit's work is to convince the believer that because of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, he is a secure, loved, accepted and forgiven Child of the Most High God; and being a co-heir with Christ, his presence on this earth is just as significant as Jesus Christ's presence on this earth. WOW!


20On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.


Jesus said this in the context of the promise of the Comforter. This passage tells us of a spiritual reality that can only come by a revelation from the Holy Spirit, and that revelation is this. We are no longer separated from our God-We are joined to Him inseparably through our union with Jesus Christ. We have become one with our God.

A lot of people get caught up in the methodology, but i don't care if one falls down, rolls on the ground, stands on his head or laughs like a hyena. If he does not come away with a deeper understanding of the supremecy of the Lord Jesus Christ, his position as a child of God and his Union with Christ, it has profited him nothing-it is but wind and confusion, a religious fix, or Chrisitan etertainment. If they do walk away with a revelation of Christ Jesus and their union with Him, why question it?

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