The Holy SPIRIT is GOD!
Who is The HOLY SPIRIT? Genesis 1:1-5; John 1:1-5
What does The HOLY SPIRIT Do? John 14:15-18, 25-26; 15:26; 16:5-15
Why does it matter to me? 1 Corinthians 2:6-16; 1 John 5:6
The most important thing JESUS told us about The Holy SPIRIT is
not to blaspheme Him!
Mark 3:28-30 “Assuredly (truthfully) I say to you, all sins
will be forgiven the sons of men, and what ever blasphemes they may utter; but
He who blasphemes against The Holy SPIRIT never has forgiveness but is subject
to eternal condemnation – because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’” They
were saying that the miracles that JESUS did were done by the devil’s power. (Matthew
12:31-32; Luke 12:8-10) Paul reinforces this teaching (Ephesians 4:30; 1
Thessalonians 5:19)
Acts 7:51 “You stiff-necked (stubborn) and uncircumcised in
heart and ears (“He who has ears to hear let him hear” (Luke 14:35 and to all
seven Churches in Revelation 2 and 3 JESUS uses the phrase 15 times)! You
always resist The Holy SPIRIT; just as your fathers did, so do you!” Resisting
or ignoring The Holy SPIRIT is silent blaspheme, you might not say anything to
other people but by not obeying The Holy SPIRIT you are denying Him. There are
Christian denominations that do not believe that The Holy Spirit is active in
The Church today. That He does not speak to people or perform miracles in and
through people, (that He just sits in Heaven and watches I guess.) Do not
quench The Holy SPIRIT, in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 Paul is giving a list of
things to do and not to do; the first not to do is, “Do not quench The SPIRIT.”
That is what we do when we deny Him and ignore Him, we quench His Power to work
in our life and to work through us to minister to others.
We are temples of The Holy SPIRIT, (1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:17-20;
2 Corinthians 6:11-18) The very essence of GOD lives in those who “believe that
JESUS is The Son of GOD and confess with their mouth that GOD raised Him from
the dead” (Romans 10:9-11) In 1 Corinthians 3 we are admonished to take care of
our body; in 1 Corinthians 6 we are told to avoid sexual immorality; in 2
Corinthians 6 we are told to avoid idolatry and being joined with sinners. GOD
takes seriously that He has made us His Temple and He expects us to not only
honor and care for our body but to make it a place of worship and service to
His Kingdom in the earth.
Romans 8 is the benefits of being filled with The SPIRIT of
GOD! Study 8:8-11, 26-27.
It’s not about the Fruit or Gifts, it’s about obedience; yes,
there is error in the Church but that is not a reason to resist what GOD is
doing! JESUS confronted the error of the religious leaders of His Day and we
are called to proclaim the Truth of The Gospel and The Power of The Holy SPIRIT
so that those with an open heart can receive Salvation and become children and
servants of GOD.
If you don’t give GOD a place to Work by His SPIRIT in your
life then He won’t!
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