God the Holy Spirit:
Who is the Holy Spirit?
God, the Holy Spirit, is the third member of the Godhead or deity, the others being God the Father and the Son (Jesus Christ).
He (the Holy Spirit) completes the Holy Trinity; God is One but in three persons.
The Church age is also the time of the reign of the Holy Spirit, who oversees the affairs of the Church. God, the Holy Spirit, executes and implements God’s divine Will on earth, especially the Great Commission.
The Old Testament was the time for God the Father to reign.
The New Testament was the time for God the Son to reign.
After Christ’s birth, it marked the second time a member of the Godhead was coming to reign before ushering in the third member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, who was dispatched after Jesus Christ’s ascension back to Heaven. The Heavenly Spirit’s influence is channeled through the Church in this age.
We live through the church age, awaiting when the restrainer (the Holy Spirit) will be removed from the earth through the rapture of the Church and saints, and Jesus will return as the King to rule in God.
The Holy Spirit Promised
Acts 1:4
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Power to be His witnesses.
Before ascending back to Heaven, Jesus Christ instructed His disciples not to leave Jerusalem but to tarry and await the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
The Disciples of Christ went to the upper room in Jerusalem and waited patiently for fifty days, praising God with great expectation.
The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
Acts 2: When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from Heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
God’s extraordinary spiritual power was displayed when the Holy Spirit descended on the day of Pentecost. The first Church was born, and it will endure until the day of the rapture. This enabled people to speak new languages.
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
The” coming of the “Holy Spirit
Acts 2:1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all of one accord in one place.
The Church is empowered and begins witnessing.
Peter, the Chief Apostle of Christ, spearheaded the first sermon after the Holy Spirit had indwelled them from above.
Thus, this fulfilled what Jesus had intended: the Church be empowered to enable Him, which they did in Pentecost.
Peter’s first sermon was on the day of Pentecost, during the birth of the Church.
Acts 2:14-39
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men” of Judea” and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. 15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
22 “Men of Israel,” he said these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you also know—Him,23 being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; 24 whom God raised, having loosed the pains of death because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is to you and your children, and all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
God” gives the” Holy Spirit to those who obey Him.
Acts 5 29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said, “We “ought to “obey “God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. 31 God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit God has given to those who obey Him.”
“The Holy “Spirit brings Godly Wisdom.
Acts 6:3 Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
The Holy Spirit is a person, and He speaks.
Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now” separate” Barnabas and Saul for the work I have called them to.”
