Who is the Holy Spirit?

In order to awaken ourselves to the heart and work of God—to know Him and make Him known—we must first awaken ourselves to the Person, the presence, the power, and the purpose of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

To do that, we should first seek to understand who the Holy Spirit is.

First, let’s acknowledge who the Holy Spirit is not:

• The Holy Spirit is not a ghost, despite the King James Version calling Him “Holy Ghost.”
• The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force.
• The Holy Spirit is not a mystical power.

Rather, the Holy Spirit is a supernatural, divine, eternal, very powerful, and real Person!

Theologian Wayne Grudem said, “God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.” Grudem concludes:

• God is three Persons,
• each Person is fully God, and
• there is only one God.

Evangelist R.A. Torrey said, “It is of the highest importance from the standpoint of experience that we know the Holy Spirit as a person.” How do we know that the Holy Spirit is a Person? Because He does the activities that people do!

• He walks with us (Galatians 5:25).
• He speaks to us (1 Corinthians 2:10, 14; 1 Timothy 4:1).
• He lives in us (John 14:16-17).
• He comforts us (John 14:16, KJV).
• He counsels us (John 14:26, AMP).
• He teaches us (John 14:26).
• He reminds us (John 14:26).
• He leads us (Galatians 5:18).
• He helps us to pray (Romans 8:26).
• He reveals truth to us (1 Corinthians 2:10).
• He cleanses us (Titus 3:5, AMP).
• He can be grieved (Ephesians 4:30).
• He gives us life (2 Corinthians 3:6).
• He carries a sword (Ephesians 6:17).
• He gives many great gifts (Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 4; 1 Peter 4).
• He fills us with God’s love (Romans 5:5).

Because the Holy Spirit is a Person, you can have a real and personal relationship with Him. You can know Him, talk with Him, walk with Him, be with Him, and
experience His presence each and every day of your life.

Are you experiencing a close, personal relationship with God’s Holy Spirit? The great news is that you can! God wants you to know Him personally through the Person of His Holy Spirit whom you really can know daily and intimately! 

Pray with me:

Dear God, please help me grow to know You better in the Person of your Holy Spirit!