The Essence Of The Holy Spirit

[Benjamin1981]

I heard that Holy Spirit is the active force of God. Is it so? Is God working/manifesting only through Holy Spirit? Is it only one huge powerful spirit that is active all over the world simultaneously, or is it some kind of a God’s holy army of spirit creatures that work everywhere individually? What do the scriptures say about HS? What experiences do u have with Holy Spirit? Do u feel it everyday?

[Timeo]

If you read the bible you will see that after Jesus died, the disciples was pretty useless and left alone. But after they got the Holy Spirit a lot of things started to happen with them. So yes, the Holy Spirit is the active part of God. No man has never seen God, and Jesus is not walking on the earth like he used to do, instead we got his Spirit to show us the way, to guide us and to comfort us. And i don't see any reason why the Holy Spirit should be limited by physical laws when it is not a physical thing in it self. So things like time and space and matter should not be anything that limits it.

Edit: And i feel it every day, it is what keeps me alive as a christian. I feel it now agreeing on what i write here and filling me with happiness :)

[AllTalkNoAction]

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24)

There is one body, and one Spirit (Eph.4:4)

There is one Holy (set apart) Spirit.

Jesus taught that you receive Him by receiving the Holy Spirit (John 14:17-20).
Jesus described receiving the Spirit as 3 loaves (Luke 11:5-13) - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
You can't have one without the other.

Some talk about "receiving Jesus" and later receiving the Holy Spirit, this is wrong.


ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of Goddwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8:9)

[Criada]

This is the doctrine of the trinity.. one of those great mysteries which far more learned people than I have been tying to understand and explain for years... so forgive me if this isn't helpful!
God is three in one, Father, Son and Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God, just as the Father is God and the Son, Jesus is God. He is not just a force, He is a person.
He was sent into the world in a new way at Pentecost, but He is the eternal God.
The first mention of the Holy Spirit in scripture is in Psalm 115, where David prays:
Psalm 51:11
Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.


In John 20, when Jesus appears to His disciples after the resurrection, He tells them to 'receive the Holy Spirt'.
In Acts1, Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will give them power to be His witnesses:
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
And a few days later, at Pentecost, we see the disciples moving in this power.

When we are saved, God seals us with the Holy Spirit:
Ephesians 1:13
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,

It is His Spirit in us who gives us the power we need to live as Christians. He strengthens us against temptation, He guides our prayers, He gives us revelation from the Word of God.

Hope some of that helps... people have written many, many books on this... so explaining in a few paragraphs is not really possible... but that is, as I understand it, the basics. :)

[Benjamin1981]

Thanks everybody for Helpful comments. If u have some personal experiences with Holy Spirit that u wanna share I'd love to chat. :) If they are very personal but u still wanna share, please PM me! :) God bless