The Most Interesting Person In The Church
August 3, 2024

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:2

And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:17

What Did Jesus Teach About The Holy Spirit?

Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
John 14:1-3

And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14:4-6

Jesus Promised
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:16-18

These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
John 14:25-26

Who Is The Holy Spirit?

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
1 John 5:7-8

He Is A Person, Not An Influence
Intelligence – 1 Corinthians 2:10-11
Feelings – Ephesians 4:30
A Will – 1 Corinthians 12:11

He Possesses The Attributes of God
All-Powerful (Omnipotent) – Genesis 1
All-Knowing (Omniscient) – 1 Corinthians 2
All Present (Omnipresent) – Psalms 139
The Truth – 1 John 4

He Lives In Us
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16 (1 Corinthians 6:19)

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Romans 8:9

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Romans 8:11

The Holy Spirit Is The Key To Living A Life of Power and Victory

And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Acts 1:4-6

And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 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.”
Acts 1:7-8

His Purpose Is To Transform Us Into
Christ-Likeness

Christ-Like Character

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23

Love, Joy, Peace
Our Relationship With God

Longsuffering (Patience), Kindness, Goodness
Our Relationship With Others

Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-Control
Our Relationship With Ourselves

Christ Like Power Through The Gifts of The Holy Spirit

There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit
1 Corinthians 12:4-8

to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:9-10

IMPORTANT!!!!!!
The Gifts of The Holy Spirit Are Essential!

Determining God’s Will
Combatting The Enemy
Essential For Every Believer To Reach Their Full Potential In Christ

IMPORTANT!!!!!!
We are Never Told To Seek A Gift Or Produce A Fruit

We Seek God;
Then The Gifts and The Fruit of The Holy Spirit
Flow Into Our Lives

The Issue Is Not Getting More of The Holy Spirit
But Giving The Holy Spirit More of You