the person of the Holy Spirit or Holy Spirit is a person the Holy Spirit wants
to have a relationship with you more than you want to have a relationship with Him,
I think we already established that but what I want you to learn in this lesson is that you
cannot have a relationship and fellowship with the Holy Spirit if you call Him or view Him as it
we can't have fellowship with the Holy Spirit if we view Him as a force instead of a friend
power instead of a person I will pray the Father and He will give you another comforter a helper
that He may abide with you forever if you read this verse you will see words He and Him. Jesus
doesn't see present or introduce the Holy Spirit as impersonal force He introduces Him as a person
He the Holy Spirit is the same way a person as Jesus, as you, and as me He is not a force
Holy Spirit is not a dove, He's not a wind He's not oil, He's not fire
He's not manifestations and He's also not tongues Holy Spirit is a person
a person is somebody is a living being with a personality a person is a being with the soul
and the soul is the mind the emotions and the will and so I want to take just a moment and I want you
to listen very carefully even those of you who maybe have heard this before I want the Holy
Spirit to use this information to make it into revelation because only then you can experience
transformation in your life so information is led to revelation which turns into transformation
and the four things that I want to present to you today that I believe are very crucial if you
want to have a fellowship with the Holy Spirit first one is the Holy Spirit has a mind. Romans
chapter 8 verse 27 it says but He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the spirit is
because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God
He God the father He knows the mind of the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit has a mind the mind of
the Holy Spirit is in union with the father and the son but He is separate person of the God head
so the Holy Spirit is not a robot He's not an um artificial intelligence He has a mind of His own
number two what makes Holy Spirit a person is the Holy Spirit has a will Jesus told His followers
to go into all the world and preach the gospel but the Holy Spirit prohibited paul from going
to Asia acts chapter 16 verse 6 and 7. The Holy Spirit wasn't against preaching in those cities
but He knows better everything that we do and He leads us in the ways that help
us to be most effective for God that's why God never gave us a map yes the bible is a map but
bible doesn't tell you whether you should Marry her or her the bible doesn't tell you which city
you should live in the scripture also doesn't tell you which career choice you should take
which church to join there's a lot of things that the bible doesn't give you specifics on to do
that therefore God didn't just give us the map the bible He also gave us the guide the Holy Spirit
and the Holy Spirit has His own will it's in union with the will of the father in union with the will
of the son but is distinct number three Holy Spirit has emotions and do not grieve the spirit
of God by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption Ephesians chapter 4 verse 30. to grieve
the Holy Spirit is to cause Him sorrow He is not a robot or a machine without emotions or feelings
even though He is exemplified as fire and wind He is none of them because fire and wind
doesn't have will mind or emotions the Holy Spirit is a person our actions can bring Him joy or
displeasure like if you remember in genesis when humanity turned into violence
when evil ran rampant the bible says when He came to Noah
the Lord says my spirit will not strive with man forever God's spirit was enduring displeasure I
find it interesting because the Holy Spirit was not the one who was complaining the Holy Spirit
was not the one who said I am being hurt I am being inflicted afflicted
I am grieved it was God the father who spoke on behalf of the Holy Spirit and took action now
most people view Holy Spirit like this if we offend Him. He would walk away and leave us
because we see stories in the bible of King Saul and Samson Holy Spirit departing but in
the book of Genesis it says when humanity was sinning and the spirit was grieved not only the
father stepped in but He did not remove the Holy Spirit He removed humans He shortened our days
He shortened our years so instead of living for a thousand years our life on earth went to a hundred
do you know why because of how we treated the Holy Spirit I find it interesting the Holy Spirit
did not complain about being grieved and afflicted by our behavior but God, the father stepped in
and spanked the humans if I can use the terminology when Jesus was being credited
for deliverance by using the power of the devil they grieved and blasphemed the Holy Spirit
it's interesting because the Holy Spirit didn't complain He was being mistreated
the Holy Spirit was being blasphemed but you don't see Holy Spirit crying or complaining
He was taking that and Jesus defended the Holy Spirit in fact
He said to people who accused Him of that He said you guys are toast you're grieving the Holy Spirit
you're blaspheming against the Holy Spirit what you guys are doing is wrong
when Israel grieved the spirit of God the bible says in Psalm that God went to war with Israel
because of how they treated the spirit of God you know what that tells me
the Holy Spirit can be grieved the Holy Spirit can be afflicted by my behavior but if He can
be grieved He can also experience pleasure and joy from how I'm treating other people and how
I am treating Him but He's not going to fight me Holy Spirit is not vengeful Holy Spirit is not a
revengeful Holy Spirit is very gentle He's very meek His personality is very precious
and therefore God the Father and God the son goes to war when the spirit gets grieved afflicted
and hurt by our behavior so that tells me just because the Holy Spirit doesn't fight you back
it doesn't mean the father will not you have to
honor the Holy Spirit don't cause Him this pleasure don't cause Him grief
bring Him joy by loving Jesus loving other people and walking and surrendering to the Holy Spirit
He is a person He can be offended He can be grieved He can be humiliated and He can be
belittled and even limited He can be quenched He can be resisted and we'll talk in the next lesson
about sins that people commit against the Holy Spirit but I want you to know that God the father
treasures and values and defends the Holy Spirit when we commit sin against them the Holy Spirit
is a person because He has a mind Holy Spirit has a will and Holy Spirit has emotions another thing
that I would like to highlight is the Holy Spirit has a body yes He has a body did you not know that
you are the temple of the Holy Spirit and the spirit of God dwells in you first corinthians
chapter 3 verse 16 or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit in you
whom you have from God and you are not your own for you were bought at the price therefore glorify
in your body and in your spirit which are God's first corinthians chapter 6 verse 19 and verse 20.
you know when i started to develop intimacy with the Holy Spirit i struggled a little bit
because I kind of had this question to the Lord i said Lord if you made the Holy Spirit to be having
fellowship with us if he's not staying with us for just three and a half years and then going
up to heaven but His assignment is and His calling by you you called Him to stay with us until the
end why in the world did you give Him a name holy ghost I mean the word holy scares me okay because
I'm not always holy and the ghost is little bit intimidating and on the top of that
unlike God the father it's easier for us to relate with the title of the father
it's not hard for us to relate with Jesus because Jesus was a jewish man middle eastern men and so
for us when we think of Jesus we think of you know a figure we saw in the movie or on pictures
a good strong man with a beard and long robe and then when it talks about the
Holy Spirit many of us are very confused because in our mind we think of a ghost
something of oil other things of fire other people think of some kind of a feeling or an atmosphere
or a force or power and then we're supposed to have a fellowship with this ghost what helped me
is when the Holy Spirit convicted me and He said "I have a body I'm no less of a person
than you if I don't have a body" for example if you go to a funeral a person has a body in a casket
your friend for example or a family member but they are not there
they got all the fingers both eyes both ears one nose all their teeth are still intact but they're
not there their body is there because the real you is not the body the real you is the person inside
of the body and so I started to get the revelation that the Holy Spirit is that person He is as real
as me even though He doesn't have a physical body but then i was corrected by the word of God
that the Holy Spirit is a person He also has a body you know what that body is
it's your body it's my body you know God the father took the image of the father
the personality connects with us Jesus you know He He took that image of a jewish man
and the Holy Spirit said I want a Vlad's body I want John's body I want her body so your body
is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit that changes how you view your body if you ever felt
insecure about your physical appearance now you have a greater reason not to live in insecurity
you can now live in thanksgiving to the Lord for not only creating your body
healing your body resurrecting your body in the future and rewarding what's done in the body but
also choosing to reside in your body right now the Holy Spirit made His mailing address your body is
His p.o box He lives in you it changes your view of your body it raises its value and importance
you know sometimes they sell a baseball bat that a famous baseball player held it they
would sell a shirt that a famous famous football player played and won a super bowl and it goes
for the ridiculously high price there was still a basketball that a famous basketball player played
and won a championship game and that basketball was used on the court why because at one time
this person touched that item it becomes so valuable because this person is so important
all of those stars and celebrities are people Holy Spirit is God He didn't just touch you
He chooses to live in you He chooses your body as His primary real estate and His residence you
know what that means not only this means that you can fellowship with Holy Spirit
not only this means Holy Spirit is no less a person just because you can see Him physically but
it means that the value of your body goes through the roof not in prideful high self-esteem ways but
in seeing yourself your body the wrinkles maybe certain things you don't like about your physical
face or your shape or the color of your skin or the color of your hair or the way your
eyes are or the way your fingers are or whatever it is you have to look at it through the new way
the Holy Spirit has chosen that body you're currently despising as His primary dwelling place
so why don't you get on with the program and begin to thank God that not only your body
was created by God not only God heals it not only one day He'll resurrect it not only one day He'll
reward you for what you did in your body but currently the Holy Spirit finds it good enough
to dwell in it does that mean you shouldn't take care of yourself of course not in fact
you should take care of yourself more than other people you should exercise you should eat right
you should put on the right clothes you should trim your hair you should clean your face why
because you want the house of the Holy Spirit to look at its best to have fellowship with the
Holy Spirit you have to view Him as a person to view Him as a person you must understand
yes He is God but He is also a person who has a will who has emotions and who has a mind
and who has a body it's your body that He chose to dwell in