{"id":146,"date":"2023-02-22T20:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T20:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2023-03-11T20:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T20:18:15","slug":"i-believe-in-the-holy-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Holy Spirit is a person, not an impersonal &#8220;it.&#8221; He is a member of the Trinity; one with the Father and the Son. &#8220;The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all&#8221; (II Cor. 13:14). He has personality and emotions. &#8220;Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God&#8221; (Eph. 4:30). &#8220;The fruit of the Spirit is love,&#8230;&#8221; (Gal. 5:22, 23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does the Holy Spirit do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>He convicts of sin (John 16:8).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He teaches us (John 14:26; I Cor. 2:13).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He reminds us of Christs teachings (John 14:26),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He guides us (John 16:14).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He gives us spiritual birth (John 3:5).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He gives spiritual gifts (I Cor. 12:11).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He seals us (Eph. 4:30).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He intercedes for us (Rom 8:26, 27).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He glorifies Christ (John 16:14).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Holy Spirit is not only active on the earth, but He actually indwells the lives of those born again. \u201cHe abides with you, and will be in you&#8221; (John 14:17). &#8220;If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His&#8221; (Rom. 8:9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With such a resource in our possession to guide us on our spiritual journey, we should be careful to allow Him to lead us every moment, and in every circumstance. Romans 8 is a wonderful teaching on the life led by the Holy Spirit. It speaks of walking in the Spirit (v. 4); having the mind set on the Spirit (v. 6); not having the Spirit means we do not belong to Christ (v. 9); His Spirit indwells us (v. 11); He will raise us up as He did Christ (v. 11); if we are led by the Spirit we are sons of God (v. 14); we are adopted and can cry Abba Father (v. 15); He testifies that we are children of God (v. 16); He helps our weaknesses (v. 26); He intercedes for us (v. 26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To walk in the Spirit, and to be led by the Spirit, indicates progress. There is no way to grow spiritually without the Spirit&#8217;s help. Of course, being led requires our following or obeying. To disobey is to offend Him, or grieve Him (Eph. 4:30).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Holy Spirit is a person, not an impersonal &#8220;it.&#8221; He is a member of the Trinity; one with the Father and the Son. &#8220;The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all&#8221; (II Cor. 13:14). He has personality and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charliesimpressions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}