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The Bible refers to God as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. One of the greatest mysteries of God is that He is a triune God; yet, He is one. We have knowledge that the three parts of the Godhead are one; but God works in different ways.
In order to understand the fruit of the Spirit, we must, first of all, understand who the Spirit is, what the Spirit does to help us in our lives, and how He helps us to live a life that will glorify the Lord. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead, the triune God.
God lives and dwells in our heart in the form of the Holy Spirit; He comes to live inside believers. The Holy Spirit’s other names are the Helper, Paraclete, and the Invisible Power of God. “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory.” Eph. 1:13-14.
The Holy Spirit is a deposit, like a first installment of a down payment, guaranteeing our inheritance and given to all believers as a down payment for what we are going to have in full in the future. The Holy Spirit’s presence and work in the lives of all Christians pledges our future inheritance.
The Scriptures clarify where the Holy Spirit comes from and what the Spirit’s responsibilities in the lives of believers are. “And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.” John 14:16.
Jesus said that He would ask the Father to give comfort to only those who are serious about their love for Him and their devotion to His Word. Jesus made this statement to let us know how important our continuing love and obedience to God’s Word is. “But the Comforter, 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.” John 14:26.
The most important thing about the Holy Spirit is that He is Holy, and He wants all Christians to acquire His holy character in their lives. The Holy Spirit, according to the Scriptures, was sent by God the Father, to teach believers all things and to bring all of the things that God has said into the believers’ remembrance. “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” John 16:8.
The Holy Spirit will convince believers of Christ of what is right and what is wrong, He will guide believers into the truth of the Gospel, and He will speak only the words that he hears from God. He will disclose to the believer what is going to come in the future and, most important, He will glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit prays for us the prayer that cannot be uttered, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our Spirit that we are children of God.” Rom. 8:16. All Christians must know that the Holy Spirit imparts the confidence to us that, through Christ and with Christ, we are the children of God.
The Spirit of God made the truth of Jesus Christ clear to us, that Christ loved us and will continue to love us in heaven as our Mediator of a new Covenant. The Holy Spirit created and imparted the love of God in believers’ hearts so that we confidently cry out to Him Abba, Father.
Believers have the knowledge that each person has a spirit and that the Holy Spirit speaks to our spirits to remind us that we are the children of God through Jesus Christ’s complete work of redemption. “Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.“ 2 Cor. 5:5.
God has a purpose for our life. God’s Holy Spirit knows what that purpose is and He will guide believers towards that purpose. The Holy Spirit is given as a deposit to every believer who has accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
This means that God wants believers to know that they are the children of God and the family of God as joint heirs with Jesus Christ. God the Father, who is the Godhead, sends the Holy Spirit; His Spirit lives in believers at the time of conversion and salvation. “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” Eph. 1:13-14.
This verse is telling us that: Heaven is our inheritance. All the blessings that we have in hand are but small if compared with the inheritance. We are sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. He makes us holy. He is the promised Spirit.
By him believers are sealed and set apart for God. His comforts are earnests of everlasting joys. “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given.” Jas. 1:5.
We must ask God for wisdom in coping with our trials, not just for deliverance from our troubles; we must ask for wisdom in any decision-making, wisdom about our circumstances, and wisdom and understanding of God’s Word and God’s will for our lives.
We must ask for wisdom to be able to see this in a spiritual way and to evaluate with our life experience as well as to make the right choices and do the right thing in accordance with God’s will revealed in us and with His word and the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
As believers read, study, and meditate on the Word of God, the Holy Spirit helps believers to remember what they have read; in times of need the Spirit will take the word out to comfort the believer and to clear some of the difficulties that the believer might be going through at that particular time.
Believers must read the Word of God daily as food for their soul. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” Ps. 119:11. The Holy Spirit convicts believers of sins; the Holy Spirit is the innermost voice that believers hear inside of them, telling them right from wrong.
Believers must be sure that they are listening to the Spirit of God. The way to know the difference is to know God’s Word. The way to know God’s Word is by reading and studying the Word of God (the Bible) daily.
Reading the Bible will allow believers to grow in their faith and be strengthened this will help them to be able to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit when He speaks to their hearts, or through Scripture. He guides us into the truth. The truth of the Word of God in the Bible teaches believers the way of God, which is different than the way of the world. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isa. 55:8-9.
The Holy Spirit speaks only the Word of God, which means that believers can be sure that whatever they hear from the Spirit will be consistent with the Word of God. In the Gospel of John, “How-beit when he, the Spirit of truth, is comes, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” John 16:13.
Human beings shouldn’t judge God by their thoughts and by their own ways. God’s activities transcend anything human beings could ever imagine. It is in the truth of God that we live move, and exist.
The Spirit of truth will continue the work of God. This means that all truth was given to the apostles by following Christ for three years of His ministry; they passed this truth to us through their writing and preaching and we still have the truth of the Scripture today.
The Holy Spirit discloses what is to come. He discloses the truth about you and concerning God’s will and plan for your life. As believers understand more and more the Word of God and His ways, they will see and find out the meaning of their life and the direction in which God wants them to go for His glory. “For I know the thoughts that I
