Powerful Effects of the Holy Spirit

We are intrigued by supernatural power, and many seek to display it. Yet the Scriptures show the activity of the Holy Spirit in ways that are commonly missed.

The Wonderful, Powerful Gift of God's Holy Spirit

When we receive God's Spirit, we cannot escape the responsibility of using it, being a light to the world in the correct way of living. Hi Spirit is His power.

The Holy Spirit: The Power of God

The Holy Spirit enables us to become offspring of God, giving us the ability to produce spiritual fruit, the very character, power, and mind of God.

Misconceptions and Malarkey About the Holy Spirit (Part Two)

Among all the Christian doctrines, the nature of the Holy Spirit is among the most difficult to understand, and one that is commonly misconstrued.

The Holy Spirit

God's Holy Spirit typically refers to the mind of God and Christ, which is added to our human spirit to create a sound mind by which we witness of God.

What Is the Holy Spirit?

Even theologians admit that the Holy Spirit is a mystery to them. Yet the confusion comes from pagan thought patterns that have affected how Scripture is read.

Misconceptions and Malarkey About the Holy Spirit (Part One)

Most of Christianity believes in the Trinity, but a slim minority holds to a much older belief, one that hearkens back to the earliest Christians.

The Holy Spirit

The Bible speaks of the Spirit as the power or mind of God, the power of love and of a sound mind. It emanates from Him and thus can be said to be poured out

The Trinity and the Holy Spirit (Part Two)

The Father and the Son are two separate personalities, with the Father having pre-eminence. The Bible contains no evidence of a third person in the God family.

The Holy Spirit and the Trinity (Part One)

The architects of the trinity doctrine admit that it is a 'somewhat unsteady silhouette', requiring assumptions and inferences, but unsupportable by Scripture.

The Holy Spirit and the Trinity (Part Two)

There are varieties of spirit, motivating people to 'go with the flow' and conform to a sheep-like mob psychology. Satan's spirit encourages sinfulness.

The Holy Spirit and the Trinity (Part Four)

Being 'in Christ' does not refer to location, but instead our 'concern with' or 'involvement with' Him—and He with us.

Jesus on the Holy Spirit

Jesus taught about the Holy Spirit's function to carry out God's work, including inspiring one to speak the words of God and to resist the power of Satan.

Pentecost and the Holy Spirit

The receiving of God's Spirit is for God's creative effort in our lives. God's Spirit transforms us from a state of destruction into a state of purity.

What the Holy Spirit Does

The Holy Spirit

Theologians, misapplying grammatical gender and personification, falsely deduce a phantom third person, propped up by a spurious insertion (I John 5:7-8).

The Power of the Holy People

Are the "holy people" in Daniel 12:7 actually the church of God? If so, what is the power of the church that is completely shattered right before the end?

What the Holy Spirit Does (2005)

God's Spirit will never prod us to do anything that is not godly love, and because it a spirit of a sound mind, it will never motivate us to do crazy things.

Spirit of Power!

When we submit to God, employing God's Spirit, Satan can be intimidated and forced to flee from our presence just as the demons were terrified of Jesus.

A Primer On Spirit

Spirit is an invisible force, the effects of which are clear by its manifestations. Spirit can be discerned by thinking through and evaluating its effects.

Using Power Righteously (Part One)

When we yield to God's Spirit, we receive the power to do the things God has prepared His firstfruits to accomplish, adding to the capabilities of the spirit in man.

The Right Use of Power

With dominion comes responsibility to maintain. The sad history of mankind shows that he has mismanaged his power, bringing about disease, war, and famine.

Using Power Righteously (Part Two)

God has singled each one of us out individually, calling us, gifting us with capabilities, and preparing us for eternal life as members of His family.

Gifted With Power From on High

With the Holy Spirit, we receive spiritual gifts that amplify extant physical abilities for the expressed purpose of edifying the church.

Powers of Christ

After His resurrection, Jesus Christ commissioned His disciples, reminding them of His limitless power to help them in their work.

Power

The church of the Philadelphians has a 'little strength', suggesting that Christ commends them for being 'faithful in little' and will reward them with much.

Psalms: Book Four (Part Four): God as Creator

The creation offers compelling testimony to the intricacies which preclude even the possibility of evolution. Evolution is a futile attempt to get rid of God.

The Spirit of Bondage

God did not give us a spirit of fear or bondage. Faith is the antidote to a spirit of slavish cowardice and timidity, the opposite of boldness from the Holy Spirit.

The Father-Son Relationship (Part Seven)

The Holy Spirit is never venerated as a separate being. Our hope is the indwelling of Christ, used interchangeably with 'Spirit of God' and 'Spirit of Truth.'

What Does God Really Want? (Part 6)

God provides the gift before it is actually needed so that when it is needed, everything is prepared for the person to do as he has been commissioned to do.

Teaching Us to Think (Part Two)

God instructs us to be living sacrifices. Too many drag this change out over decades, thereby self-limiting the process of sanctification.

The Pentecost Witness

Pentecost is known for its stupendous signs, particularly in Acts 2. Yet it teaches us of another witness: our own display of Christ's way of life in us.

Announcing . . . Christ's Birth!

The blending of paganism with inspired Scripture has degraded and obscured the meaning and glory of what happened in the announcement of Jesus Christ's birth.