The Trinity: The Holy Spirit

Who is the Holy Spirit? What is His role and place in the Trinity? How can we know Him? Why do we address the Holy Spirit as male? Of the three persons of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is often the most misunderstood. In the recent past a book was written by Francis Chan entitled “The Forgotten God” that talks about how many in the church today have sadly neglected the power and truth of the Holy Spirit, believing that once they are saved through faith in Jesus that that’s about it, they have their ticket into heaven and are free to coast there. For those who live that way not only are they missing out on a rich, wonderful relationship with God, they are actually going against Him! This is a sad and dangerous place to be.

A. W. Tozer says, “We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone . . . . [We] have imitated the world, sought popular favour, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the Holy Ghost.”

This Sunday as we look at the the third person of the Trinity, my prayer is that we would have a deeper understanding of who He is, and what role He plays in our life as followers of Christ. In order to help you prepare for this Sunday I’d encourage you to read John 14:15-31, 16:5-16, and Romans 8:1-27. You can also look at the New City Catechism questions 36 and 37 (http://www.newcitycatechism.com/q-parent/q36.php) — there are some good videos that go along with these questions that will help you have a better understanding of the Spirit.

Pastor Mike