The Gentleman Holy Ghost
When you look at the Gospels of the New Testament writers and the Book of Acts, the overwhelming picture includes a gentleman Holy Ghost. He is full of grace, the Spirit of compassion, redemption, and mercy. Never do we see the Holy Spirit acting out the judgments against the wicked. That’s an office of Jesus Christ and His host of angels, but the Holy Ghost is always the “Spirit of Redemption and Conversion.” This is why Jesus taught us that to blaspheme the Holy Ghost is to never be forgiven. You may blaspheme the Father or the Son and be forgiven, but never the Holy Spirit. If you blaspheme Him, then the grace of God cannot be applied because He has been rejected. This is breathtaking truth and helps us begin to grasp the depth of His great Personage. He is not a fleeting influence that drifts about without personality. He is very God as is the Father and the Son. Nothing has changed my life as much as coming to honor the Holy Spirit. We never exalt Him above the Father or the Son, but as an equal. We experience all of the Father and His Son because the Father and the Son sent the Spirit to connect us back to them. No one can be saved unless they are drawn to Jesus Christ by His Spirit. The Holy Spirit is called the Holy Ghost in the church era because He came to represent another, even the Son and the Father. A born again believer can remember when they were pursued by the sweet Spirit of Grace. No matter where they were or what they did, they could not escape. Many souls have sit in a bar drinking trying to drown the call, but it would only grow more intense. How well I remember when He saved me and the grace of God swept across my life. Earnestly, tenderly, He’s calling someone even as you read. The Holy Spirit is calling someone today. Do not wait. His Spirit will not always strive with men. There is a line in the sand that you must not cross.
Chris
I like the concept of “Gentle”. It fits with the Biblical word of Comforter.
In what sense is the Holy Ghost a “man”? Is “man” simply a word for a person in the Trinity or are there implications of gender in deity?
And what are the implications for roles of saved men and women in heaven? Will the distinction of gender continue?
While I avoid New Age views inconsistent with the Bible, there are ancient views of the feminine divine that are consistent with the Bible. See the work of the Methodist scholar Margaret Barker.
Renee
Isaiah 64!! Delicious Promises from our Heavenly Father, praise God! Oh how God’s Living Temple NEEDS Him to rend the Heavens and come down. Brother Chambers, I’m so glad our Lord led you to preach on these wonderful verses. By His grace, let us continue to implore Him to come down. We need more of Him. So much more…
kim
Article..Gentleman Holy Ghost: Think of a egg..think of yourself..you have a body, soul and spirt. the egg a white, yellow and egg shell..it is just ONE EGG..and like when G-d came thru Mary by the Spirit of G-d, Emanul with us, Yeshua, Jesus is G-d in the flesh..There is only one G-d. In Hebrew , son of G-d is G-d.
Kim,
It sounds like you do not understand the Trinity. He is fully three Persons, yet one God. We dare not deny that the Father is a Person, that the Son is a Person and the Holy Spirit is a Person. To much for the mind!!, good, if we could understand then He would be no bigger than our human understanding.
Joseph
Ed Savoy Sr
Lately I have been accused of blaspheming the Holy Spirit, because I have come against this falling down backward slain in the spirit in the Church service.
These people believe that if I don’t take part in this foolishness I am rejecting the Holy Spirit!
I have been taught that we Live in The Spirit and die in the flesh!
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (Gal. 5:16)
They believe that if I set still and not manifesting something I am either spiritually dead or am not yielding to this new move of God!
Brother Chambers has stated; If you blaspheme Him then the grace of God cannot be applied
because He has been rejected.
I believe that the Scripture is clear that God moves when His Word is preached in purity and
truth.
I am told that every church is not perfect and I should over look what I call foolishness.
I don’t believe that these events are from God, but from a spirit of Satan!
This has been attacking my house hold, like hell on earth.
Brother in Christ
Ed Savoy
Jim
Here’s a question for someone to respond to: Does the Holy Spirit proceed from the Father and the Son or from just the Father? This may seem trivial but it in fact split the church into two parts duering the middle ages. Perhaps the answer can help us identify His qualities better as the above article on His being a gentleman correctly describes.