One of the very powerful revelations that I have received in my life, is that the Holy Spirit is a
Person. We know that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of Trinity, we know that He is God. We also
know He's the breath of God and He is holy. But I believe where everything could change in your
spiritual life, is if you will get this truth from the Scriptures as I'm gonna present to you,
that the Holy Spirit is also, a Person. Why is that important? Because you cannot
develop a relationship with somebody you keep thinking, referring to, as "it." The Bible says,
"The love of the Father, the grace of Jesus Christ and then the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit." How can you fellowship with Him, how can He fellowship with you if He's not a Person?
So many Christians think of the Holy Spirit as the wind, a dove, fire, water. While there are
analogies that signify particular parts of His nature or His characteristic in these examples,
this does not mean that the Holy Spirit is them, any more than Jesus is not a lamb or a lion,
but He is a Person. Now here are seven reasons that I believe scripturally that the Holy Spirit
is a Person, and let that lay of foundation for your fellowship, relationship and intimacy with
the Holy Spirit. Number one. The Holy Spirit is a Person because Jesus referred to the Holy Spirit
as a Person. He didn't refer to the Holy Spirit as "it" but as He, in John 14:15-26, John 16:7-8
and John 16:13-15. Jesus refers always to the Holy Spirit as to a Person. The second reason
is the Holy Spirit is a Person because His work is to carry on the ministry of a Person, the Lord
Jesus Christ. In John 14:16-17 it's interesting, Jesus says, "I will send another Helper," refers
to another of the same kind. If the Holy Spirit is able to do the work of and to fulfill the ministry
of Jesus in and through the church, He must be a Person. So if the Holy Spirit is not a Person,
then Jesus is not a Person. Then Jesus was just this divine being that you couldn't relate to
or some kind of a spiritual force, that you cannot intimately and personally know. Jesus was somebody
that disciples build a relationship with, somebody that we can love, somebody that we can listen to,
understand. Jesus is our Savior and Jesus was both God and He was 100% a Person, a Human. And you can
have the same relationship with the Holy Spirit the disciples had with Jesus, because the Holy
Spirit is the "another." Another of the same kind, fulfilling the ministry and the work of Jesus. The
third reason, is the Holy Spirit is a Person because He has three elements of personality.
Now the three elements of personality are a mind, a will and emotions. Now we know the Holy Spirit
has a mind, we see this in Romans 8:27, we see that He has a will Acts 16:6 -7. Actually it's
interesting, because in Acts chapter 16 the Holy Spirit guides Paul not to go to a particular place
you know, but to go to somewhere else. And we know that God made His will very obvious,
that He wants everybody to be saved but the Holy Spirit we see has His will. It's
in line with the will of the Father and the Son, but nevertheless it's distinct,
it's different as well. Meaning it's separate will as well. The Holy Spirit also has emotions. We
know that the unity of the Trinity, that they're you know One in essence but three in Persons,
and these personalities, the personality of the Holy Spirit is that He has emotion. He
can be grieved. You can't grieve somebody who doesn't have emotions. Now the fourth
reason is the Holy Spirit is a Person because He performs unctions that only a Person can perform.
So few of the unctions or few of the actions that the Holy Spirit does is He speaks,
He searches all things, He reveals, He teaches, He cries, He intercedes, He calls and places man
in service. He leads, He creates, He sanctifies, He helps, He gives gifts, He works miracles, He
bears a witness, He regenerates, He guides us into the truth, He glorifies Christ, He has fellowship
and communion and He speaks to the churches. Now there are scriptural evidence for all of
that in the video below but I want you to see, these things, a force cannot do. These things,
just impersonal power cannot do. The Holy Spirit is not power, He's a Person. The Holy Spirit is
not a force, He wants to be a friend. And you can build a relationship with this Person who lives
within every believer and who's very close to us right now on this earth. But you can't build a
relationship if you have this mental cockroach, this mental stronghold that He is a force,
He's this impersonal that you cannot know Him as a Person. The fifth reason I believe that the Bible
teaches us the Holy Spirit is a Person, is the Holy Spirit is a Person because He has personal
feelings ascribed to Him. He can be grieved, rebelled against, insulted, lied to, blasphemed.
He can be resisted, He can be put to the test, He can be quenched, provoked and pleased. So,
we see that in Ephesians 4:30 He can be grieved. He can be rebelled against in Isaiah 63:10. He
can be insulted, Hebrews 10:29. He can be lied to, in Book of Acts chapter 5. He can be blasphemed,
in Matthew chapter 12. He can be resisted, in Acts chapter 7. He can be put to the test in Acts
chapter 5. He can be quenched, 1 Thessalonians 5:19. He can be provoked, in Psalm 106:33, and
He can be pleased. All of these things actually tell us that He has personal feelings ascribe to
Him. He is a Person. The sixth reason I believe the Holy Spirit is a Person is the Holy Spirit is
a person because of the fact that His association with the Father and with the Son who are the
Persons. So we see the association with the Father and with the Son, that the Holy Spirit has and
we know that God the Father and God the Son are both Persons. We see this in a Great Commission,
how the Holy Spirit is put together with the Father and the Son. We see this at the baptism
of Jesus when John was baptizing, when the Father spoke, Jesus got Baptist and His Spirit descended.
We also see this in so many other verses, where the Trinity is mentioned, where the Spirit is
mentioned along in association with the Father and the Son and we know both Father and the Son
are Persons. The seventh and the final reason is the Holy Spirit is a Person because moral
goodness is ascribed to Him. Nehemiah 9:20 says, "You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them."
In Psalm 143:10 it says that "teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good." In
Matthew 19:17 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but One, that is God."
The Holy Spirit is good. The Holy Spirit has moral goodness that is ascribed to Him.
He is a Person and you can know Him today, you can build a relationship with Him today.
Begin to talk to the Holy Spirit, begin to listen to the Holy Spirit and most importantly
begin to obey the Holy Spirit. What the Holy Spirit will guide and lead you, will never be
in contradiction with the Word He inspired. So that's how one of the ways you can check whether
you're being led by the Spirit or you just ate too much pizza and you're hearing some other voices.
But most importantly He will always glorify Jesus, lead you to holiness and lead you to a crucified
life, meaning a life where you will deny self for the purpose of serving God. I hope that you get
to know this wonderful Person who can dramatically change your life and His name is the Holy Spirit.