WHAT IS GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT?
By
Art Mokarow
The Apostle Paul defined God’s “Holy Spirit” in this way, “For God has
not given us [you] the spirit of fear; but of power and of love
and of a sound mind” (II
Timothy 1:7).
Humans worship God (out of fear)
just as Israel did at Mount Sinai. Fearing
God is good because it is “the beginning
of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10). Isaiah
said, “Seek you the LORD while he may be found” (Isaiah 55:6). It is the reason God told Moses to be “the mediator” between Himself and The People
of God. God told Moses that Israel was right
when Israel said they did not know who God really was (Exodus Chapters 19
through 23). Having God’s Holy Spirit creates an opposite
result, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He
that fears is not made perfect in love” (I John 4:18).
God’s “spirit” gives three
attributes: 1). Power, 2). Love and 3). A Sound Mind. God’s Holy Spirit gives God’s “perfect love.” When an individual receives God’s “spirit” along with it comes “love,” which casts out the very “fear” which brought them to God. “The Holy Spirit” is all of “God’s Almighty
Power” being “El Shaddai − The
Almighty One.”
You now have two definitions with one
more explanation to come as to what The Holy Spirit can do for you. The Third Attribute will give you “a sound mind.” “God’s power,
love and sound mind” are what defines God’s Holy Spirit − scripturally.
Do you fully understand God’s power, love and sound mind? You need to Biblically define each of God’s “talents.” “Talents” in Greek refer to “God’s assets” or “money” which allows individuals to buy what they want. Scripturally, a Christian can increase their
talents and to receive Eternity. God’s
Holy Spirit grants gifts, because all mankind has been redeemed by Christ’s “blood.”
All talents given to mankind are God’s “heavenly blessings.”
These “heavenly blessings,” given through Jesus Christ are coming directly
from God, “Blessed [happy] be the God and Father of our Lord [Master] Jesus
Christ, who has blessed us [you] [from God] with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). These are all God’s “spiritual blessings” by His Holy Spirit.
God and His Holy Spirit are “one and the same.” That is just what Jesus said, “That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me and I
in you, that they [The Disciples] also
[and the world] may be one in us [you]: that the world may believe [faith] that
you have sent me” (John 17:21). Wow!
One more surprise to go, “Sanctify [make holy − real] them
through your truth [sound mind]:
your word is truth” (John
17:17).
This was not Christ’s “word”
but The Word of God. This Word of God
was a “gift” to His Son, as well.
GOD’S VOICE
Gods “words” are His very words − not another
person’s words and definitely not The Words of Christ. Does scripture
prove that God’s “voice” speaks about
His very power? Christ plainly said to live
by every Word of God − not every “word of
Christ” (Matthew 4:4).
Who does “the speaking?” Is it
through Christ or through true Christians, so everyone can be “One?”
“Wherefore as the Holy Ghost [Spirit] said,
To day if you will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts [desire], as in the provocation [temptation], in
the day of temptation in the wilderness” (Hebrews 3:7-8).
“The Holy Spirit” is “God’s very voice” speaking through Christ and
those led by His “spirit.” Only God’s Holy Spirit gives “a sound mind” to “True Christians” who want to follow God.
A person’s “desires of the heart” seems to cause all the problems. Too many want to be “right” (like Job) rather than learning what is truly “right”
from The Word of God, “Through desire a
man, having separated himself,
seeks and intermeddles [confuses] with
all wisdom” (Proverbs 18:1). When you side with man you are not on God’s
side.
Quite simple! If you desire anything “more than God,” you have a personal idol − and that idol (far
too many times) may be “you.” You regard yourself as “something special”
especially if you have an “ego” or are handsome, beautiful, powerful, intelligent,
a hero in sports, a politician, a business leader or wealthy. An example might be Job or Satan who each
thought more of themselves than they should have. Job had no business telling God (because
of his human interpretation) that he
could compare his human mind to God’s mind. Job did not understand about the greatness of
God (Job 42:1-3). Humans have a perpetual problem – “thinking they are always right” or they know better
than the other person. Finally, Job
learned his lesson and repented (Job
42:6).
Unless you
read every Word of God on a particular subject and find no contradictions, only
then, have you found “the truth.” Satan, in the wilderness, constantly and
accurately quoted scripture. Satan challenged Jesus, “If you be the Son of God, command
that these stones be made bread” (Matthew
4:3). But he did not use all of God’s “words” on
the subject. The devil told Him if He
were The Son of God to make bread out of stones. He knew John, The Baptist quoted scripture, “For I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up
children to Abraham” (Matthew 3:9). That is why Jesus told Satan that eating
bread (after fasting for forty days)
is not important, but to acquire “the truth”
demands or commands you live by every Word of God. Quite clear!
The Holy Spirit is all God “is” or “can
be” – He is “The I
Am.” The Holy Spirit is God literally, “who
was in the past or will be in the future.”
The Holy Spirit is “all” of
God’s power, love and sound mind. The Holy Spirit as God’s “voice” leads you to His “truth” which is all of God’s “glory” and “goodness.”
Moses never “saw” God or spoke to God on Mount Sinai when God gave The Commandments (Had Moses seen
God he would have been burned to ashes). What Moses saw was God’s “glory” which is more than God’s “thoughts.” It is all of God’s “glory” and goodness, “And he said, You cannot see my face: for
there shall no man see and
live” (Exodus 33:20). Here is what Moses saw, “And he [Holy Spirit] said,
I will make all my goodness pass before you [Moses] and I will proclaim the name of the LORD [JHVH] before you and will be gracious to whom
I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy” (Exodus
33:19).
How did God reveal Himself to Moses (Exodus 33:19)?
That was God’s Holy Spirit speaking, “And he said, I beseech [begged] you,
show me your glory” (Exodus
38:18).
Moses saw God’s back which manifested God’s “glory” and all God’s goodness
− His Holy Spirit.
God’s “spirit” emanates from God’s bosom (internal) (John
1:18), “And the Word [God’s Glory]
was made flesh [human Jesus] and
dwelt among us [you], (and we beheld his glory, the glory [God’s goodness] as
of the only begotten of the Father [God],) full of grace and truth” (John
1:14).
The “word”
was not Christ, The Son of Man. “The
word” was all The Father’s glory
and all of His goodness, which
was His Holy Spirit. That is “The Spirit”
Christ had from His physical birth, “For he
whom God has sent [God’s Holy
Spirit] speaks the words of God: for
God gives not the Spirit [Holy Spirit] by measure [in part to
him − human Christ] to him” (John 3:34). It
cannot be clearer. Christ was a human through
birth by Mary as a Son of Man. God’s
Holy Spirit given to Christ at birth is what made Him God’s First Begotten Son. Christ proved by living every Word of God “in faith” − He was The Messiah sent by God (Revelation 1:5).
He was The Word of God sent from heaven
by God’s Holy Spirit as The Apostle from heaven (Hebrews 3:1). It was The Holy Spirit which is God’s “voice” and speaks every Word of
God. This was “The Glory of God” so God can be “All In All” (I Corinthians 15:28). You have God’s promise and
that promise will never be broken. Are
you allowing God to send His Holy Spirit to help you become a Son of God? God’s promises can be depended on while
mankind’s promises swing back and forth.
No one can be assured of a man’s or a woman’s promise but God can be
relied on. There is no greater assurance
than The Promises of God.
