THE HOLY SPIRIT

The HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD’S GIFT to all true Christians. Before Jesus died He promised His friends He would send them this wonderful person who would stay with them for ever. Galations 4:6. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON. Jesus talks about the Spirit as “HE” and not “IT”. John 16:13-14. How many times does Jesus use the word “HE” when speaking of the Spirit of Truth? Jesus calls the HOLY SPIRIT, THE COUNSELLOR. This word means HELPER or ADVISER. It means someone who is always ready and able to help you in every part of your life.
THE HOLY SPIRIT made you a CHILD OF GOD. You did not make yourself a Christian. God made you a Christian when you believed in Jesus.
YOU RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN YOU BELIEVED IN JESUS. But each day you must let Him control you and give you the power to live a good life. “be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18. This is a command to obey. You should keep on letting the Holy Spirit fill and control your life. You should ask Him to do this every day. If you do this, then you have God the Holy Spirit with you all the time to help, teach and guide you. Ask Him to help you because He is you HELPER.
When you believed in Jesus, this mean that the Holy Spirit came into you to make you true Christian. So if you are a Christian you already have the HOLY SPIRIT. Remember that GOD IS ONE. So when you received Jesus into your life, you also received God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. You cannot just have one person of God in you and not the whole TRINITY. In the Bible that the Holy Spirit has two special tasks to do in each Christian.
i. He helps us to produce the fruit of good Christian character. The Holy Spirit makes you more like Jesus by producing in you the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. This has to do with your attitudes, your words and your relationships with others.
ii. He also gives us spiritual gifts. The Holy Spirit gives to Christians different SPIRITUAL GIFTS so that they can help build up God’s Church. The Bible describes Christians as the BODY OF CHRIST. Jesus is the head and all of us make up the other parts of the body. Just as the eye in the body has a different function from the ear so the Holy Spirit gives different gifts to different Christians in order that the whole body may benefit from each gift.