HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT? (PART 1)




 By Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi
            Acts 19:2. “ He said unto them, have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?  And they said unto him we have not so much as heard whether there be Holy Ghost.”
   There are two kinds of Holy Spirits mentioned in scriptures : the regenerated (Born again) human spirit and the Spirit of God. From the bible definition, the word holy (gk ‘hagiasmos”) means ‘separated for God’ and the word’ spirit’ (gk “pneuma”) as seen in Jn 3:8 and Rev. 11:11 means “the wind”, “the breath” and also “the immaterial, invisible part of man”. Very often when people say the spirit of God is speaking , they are actually the ones speaking and not the Holy Ghost. The apostle Paul was careful to make the distinction in his writing to the church at Corinth (1Co 7:12) The word of the lord is logical , emotional , volitional and intellectual , it makes common sense. .God is not obligated to fulfill a prophesy that did not emanate from the Holy Spirit. God's word is powerful and life -changing. 
  Human beings are spirits, with souls (emotions, senses, intellect, will) and dwell in  bodies; the spirit of the born again christian is ‘holy’.  Therefore, the invisible, immaterial part of man that is separated for God is a holy Spirit.
        The Holy Spirit (ghost) is the Spirit of the Father that dwells with us on earth (Rom. 8:14)
He is  also known as the Spirit of  The Son (Gal. 4:6) Christ (1 Pet. 1:11) Life (Rom 8:2) Truth (Jn 15:26) Lord (2 Cor3:17), Grace (Heb.10:29), Wisdom, Counsel, might, knowledge and fear of the Lord( Isa. 11:2), Comforter (Jn 14:16, 16:7), Adoption ( Rom.8:15,) 
            The Holy Spirit is a “person” and not some “‘influence or ‘force’ from God. He is described in the scriptures with the pronoun “He” not “it”, Jesus Christ speaking in John 16:13-14 said ” Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, [these] shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.,” and He is like Jesus Christ (Jn 14:16),  resisting the Holy Ghost is a sin and amounts to blasphemy against God (Matt. 12:13, Mk 3:29). He is the same as God and He raised Jesus Christ from the grave (Rom. 8:11, Acts 2:24, 32). We preach with His power (1Cor. 2:4-5 )and are His temple (1Cor 6:19,20. 3:16,17)
       He has the same character as God ,therefore ,the scriptures could not be speaking about a mortal being as there are so many individuals claiming to be the Holy spirit . 
            He knows all things (Jn 16:13 ) and was involved in the Creation of the universe ( Gen. 1:2),, He is the revealer of truth (1Cor 2:10-11), He is eternal (Heb 9:14) and all-powerful (Lk. 1:34) Rom. (15:19),
 Prayer : Heavenly Father forgive me for my sins against you, I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation, I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the Holy Spirit and power to fulfill my purpose in life in Jesus name. 
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