Text: John 16:7-15, 15:26
Memory Verse: Eph 4:30 “And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption” (KJV)
INTRODUCTION
The Holy Spirit is entity that a personality (Act 13:1-4:1 Cor 15:44-48). An entity is a person regardless of its corporeality, if it has the attributes of a person. The Holy Spirit has all the attributes of a person, even though is not visible. He has emotion and feeling (Eph4:30, Gen 6:3, Rom 5:5). He also has a will and He can work according to his will and plan (Act 16:6-7, 1 Cor 2:10-13). The Holy Spirit is God because he carries out work that none can do, but God. He created the heaven and the earth (Job 16:13, Gen 1:2, John 15:27); He raise the dead (Rom 1:4, 6:11); cause people to be born again (John 3:5-7); He reproved the world of sin, righteousness and of judgement (John 16:8-13). The Holy Spirit has all the attributes of God: He is omniscient (1 Cor 2:11); He is omnipotent (Luke 1: 35) and omnipresent (Psalms 139:7-8). The Holy Spirit is the third person in Godhead (Matt 28:19, Eph 4:4-5, 1John 5:7). Personal pronoun ‘He’ and ‘Him’ was used for the Holy Spirit as against ‘it’ that is used for inanimate object (John 14:17, 26, 15:26, 16:7-14). The Holy Spirit can speak (Act 13:1-5); He can be lied (Act 5: 3-5); though invisible, He has a spiritual body (1 Cor 15:44).
EMBLEMS/SYMBOLS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
- Fire: Refining and purifying (Isa 4:3, Act 2: 2-3, Matt 3:11, 1 Thess 5:19,Psalm 104:4)
- Water: Cleansing and preservation (John 7:37-39, 4:13-14, 1 Cor 12:13, Titus 3:5)
- Oil: Consecrating and anointing power (Isa 61:1, Heb 1:9, James 5:14,Act 10:38,Exo 30:30, Isa 10:27)
- Rain and Dew : Refreshing (Joel 2:23-29, James 5:7, Hosea 6:3,10-12, 14:5, Zech :10:1, Psalms 72:6)
- Wind: Restoring and refreshing (John 3:8, Act 2:2, Eze 37:9-10)
- Dove: Gentleness and peace (Luke 3:22, John 32-33, Matt 10: 16)
- Seal : Ownership and Protection (Eph 4:30, 2 Cor 1:22, Eph 1:13-14, 1Peter 1:5)
CONCLUSION
In summary, the wonderful Holy Spirit is the Spirit of grace. He understands our problems and renders help to us. We cannot have communion with inanimate object, but we commune and fellowship with the Holy Spirit (2 Cor 13:14). He been divine person, can deeply understand our fret and help us (Rom 8: 26, 1 Cor 2:9-14)
