The HOLY SPIRIT Is LORD!

The HOLY SPIRIT is LORD!

I wrote this paper two nights ago (2/2/20), as I was laying in bed praying and thinking.

In my 45 years as a Christian I have heard a lot of teaching on The HOLY SPIRIT. Some was good, some was questionable and some was wrong. But, I do not ever remember hearing a teaching on The HOLY SPIRIT that said that He is LORD!

The Bible clearly teaches that He is GOD, He is the Power that raised CHRIST from death, His indwelling presence in us makes us living temples of GOD and He is the only part of the GOD Head that to blaspheme is an unforgivable sin.

Many Christians struggle with the concept of a Triune GOD; Father, Son and Spirit; one or three in one and how does that work? Well it does not matter; the Bible (The Word of GOD to humanity) tells us that there is One GOD and that He is Triune; that’s all we need to know. Faith is believing the Bible even if you do not understand it. GOD is truth and cannot tell a lie, He inspired men to write the Bible as a record of who He is and what He expects of humanity.

So what is the point of this paper? That we, the Church, Christians stop thinking of GOD’s SPIRIT; HOLY SPIRIT; as a gift giving being sent by GOD to teach and bless us so that we can go to Heaven when we die.

Remember, there is One GOD and He created everything that exists, redeemed humanity from the power of temptation, sin, death and hell so that we can do the work of His Kingdom on the earth as it is in Heaven. He reveals Himself as Our Father, JESUS CHRIST His Son (The Redeemer) and HOLY SPIRIT His indwelling presence in all who believe in JESUS (The Seal of our Salvation – The Mark of GOD on our life).

The Spirit of GOD is no less GOD than The Father or The Son! Therefore He is our LORD and He is to be reverenced and obeyed. When He speaks to us He is The Father and The Son, when He reminds us of what JESUS said He is The Father and The Son, when He gifts and calls us He is The Father and The Son. We have to stop thinking of Him as separate in person and deed.

There is One GOD, One Father, One Spirit and He reveals Himself through His many names and attributes.

If you are not familiar with the scriptures I am referencing than you need to do a word study of the whole Bible on HOLY SPIRIT, HOLY GHOST and Spirit of GOD. There is no reason that a Christian should not know that The One True GOD is Triune and that His SPIRIT is our LORD as much as CHRIST is!

This part came to me as I was laying in bed tonight (2/4/20).

So why do we argue with The HOLY SPIRIT? When He tells us to go speak to a homeless person, or pray for a person in a wheel chair, or to give $55 when that is all that is in our account? But we do, we bargain, we give excuses and sometimes we just do not do it when we know that it is The HOLY SPIRIT.

Why do we during times of worship or ministry invite The HOLY SPIRIT to come, or tell Him that He is welcome. The reality is that He is already here, He is everywhere at all times, He lives in all true Believers, He does not need our invitation or permission. He instructs us and uses us as He wills, when, where and how He pleases. He is the giver of gifts and the harvester of fruit.

The Father and JESUS are One and in CHRIST we are one with them. The Spirit is One with The Father and The Son and He is one with us. Elohim is One GOD and He makes us one with Himself through His Son and His Spirit.

When I look back over my life as a Christian I have done the things I listed above and more, in fact I would say that I  have probably only obeyed GOD ten percent of the time He has spoken to me. So I have tithed my obedience to GOD rather than fully surrender my life to Him.

We are born with the sin of rejecting GOD and being destined to hell thanks to Adam. But GOD had a plan from before the beginning and has redeemed us to Himself through JESUS CHRIST and sealed that redemption by His HOLY SPIRIT.

GOD; The Father, The Son and The Spirit is Holy because they are GOD! GOD calls us to be holy as He is Holy. How? Through obedient service! GOD is Holy because He is GOD, for us to be holy we must be set apart by GOD, to GOD, for GOD. We are told in the Old Testament and the New Testament how to be holy to GOD, but JESUS brings it down to this; “To keep His commands” which are, “To love the LORD our GOD with all our heart, soul and body and to love our neighbors as we love ourself.” “To love one another and to lay down our life for one another.” “To take up our cross daily and to follow Him.”