John 14:26 – “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”  KJV

I tremble when I hear some people talk about the Holy Spirit.  I hear Him referred to as it or spoken of as some ethereal apparition rather than a real person and member of the Godhead.  Likewise, I heard people talk about our Lord Jesus Christ as though He were not a present reality and the Son of God.  I hear Him being called God, but His directives and commandments are treated shockingly cavalierly.

Some live and speak as though the Son of God was a mere ideal and treat much of the Bible as though it were myth, not truth.  In the words of patriarchs of the faith who have been promoted to the other side, “To follow a merely human savior is to follow no savior at all.”  

If the work of Christ on the Cross is mere theory, we will never recognize or realize the power of the Resurrection and the need for the Comforter to Come into our daily lives.  Someone said, “If Mary’s son was not the Son of God, then in a real sense, no other man is.”  That would mean that we are hopeless as well as helpless.  But we are not because He is, and He Lives!

Church creeds are valuable only to the degree those doctrines impact our lives and make a difference in our lives.  If we used that as a test for doctrine, then I would contend that in far too many churches and lives, the Bible has no practical value.  It is not obeyed, believed, and embraced as life or death.  In that, the Holy Spirit is ignored, and we miss the value of the Promise of Jesus that when the Holy Spirit of Truth would come, He would guide us into all truth.  He has come; why do so many walk in defeat and darkness?

That which is essential to us enjoys emphasis by us.  If we do not see the value of the Holy Spirit, we will not emphasize Him or seek His Presence, Person, and Power.   Too many Christians know about the Holy Spirit, but too few know Him.  It has been said that a man can die of starvation knowing all about bread, and a person can stay spiritually dead while knowing all the historical facts about Christianity.  Knowledge and experience are not the same.  Knowledge should lead us to the experience of God’s Person.

It is through the ministry of the Holy Spirit that we truly become one with God experientially.  He can penetrate our minds and help us bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.  We must never view Him as anything but God because He is God.  Some tend to treat Him like He is God’s messenger but fail to grasp the truth that He is God!  The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit never work separately. They are God!

My prayer is, “Lord, fill me to overflowing; saturate Me with the Spirit of God.”  I love the chorus or song, “Come Holy Spirit.”                     

May the Lord God Almighty bring you His complete victory and give you a total transformation and transform you into another man or woman!

God bless you as you seek His presence!