Who is the Holy Spirit?

it is a fact that people don't take the Holy Spirit seriously and I think that the fundamental reason is that they don't think of him as a person the name Holy Spirit doesn't immediately tell you that this is a divine person in fact the Bible is very clear the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit are the three persons who live if I could put it that way in the unity of protrude and each is as truly personal as the other two once people are clear on that then the next thing to tell them is do you realize that the Holy Spirit is sent by the Lord Jesus to carry on his work of making disciples how does the Spirit do that hey by helping people understand the teaching of Jesus making them aware of the reality of Jesus actually confronting them and inviting them to himself and then the Holy Spirit a lures them I use that word advisedly a lures them to Jesus the Spirit makes them realize Jesus is wonderfully loving wonderfully holy wonderfully upright and glorious as a model of human life the Lord Jesus shows us what human life ought to be and he offers himself to us all as a savior who will transform us into his own English how will that happen through the agency of the Holy Spirit now once the Holy Spirit has established the link between us and Christ he keeps out of sight I sometimes say that the Holy Spirit is shy he is fulfilling his ministry right but his ministry is to point us to Christ the whole time and you are enjoying the ministry of the holy spirit when you are aware of Christ the whole time and I hope that the Holy Spirit will lead you into that life in which you are close to Christ the whole time that will bring joy to the heart of the Holy Spirit who has made it happen just as it will bring joy to the heart of Christ Himself who will embrace you in Islam so do take the Holy Spirit seriously and open yourself to having him pointing to the Lord Jesus to be your savior your master and your friend

Channel: Crossway

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Keywords: packer, j.i. packer, theology, holy spirit, church, teaching, education, Christianity

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Length: 3min 7sec (187 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 11 2016