Spirit Power Volume I. None Grace Dola Balogun None

which shows that Jesus is the Word of God. God spoke and Christ came into being; the Holy Spirit put Christ in Mary’s womb and sustained Him with Hid power until His birth, throughout His ministry and work, and until the day of His resurrection and ascension when the Spirit took Christ back to heaven.

      Our Lord said to Philip: “If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen Him. Philip said unto Him, Lord shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus said unto him, have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father, and how sayest thou then, show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.” John 14:7-9.

      Jesus Christ is the Spirit of God; He is the Word of God and the Word of God is God. Our Lord said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman, every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruits.” John 15:1-2.

      These verses of Scripture indicate that the Holy Trinity, the Godhead, is one that it worked together in the creation and continues to sustain the earth. Jesus is the source of life and the Holy Spirit produces fruit.

      God the Father, through the power of the Spirit, washes us clean so that we can bear more fruits. The Father also separates the branches if they are withered and dry. We must realize that each member of the Godhead operates together in unity in bringing about and sustaining the creation.

      Elohim means more than one name, it means that God is great and that His greatness is in His power, in His strength, and in His might; God’s greatness is clearly seen in all that He has created, especially in his actions towards His people, the children of God. God was the Son on earth doing everything through Him.

      He exhibited His greatness by forgiving our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ and showing us His infinite love, loving kindness, mercy, and goodness through His Son. God’s greatness is unsearchable, unattainable, incomparable, and indescribable.

      After the Spirit of God energized the earth, God said let there be light and light came upon the earth. God placed the light permanently in heaven; God is the light-bearer and the light of the world. The primary purpose of the light activity of the Holy Spirit was to create signs for marking the seasons, days, nights, and years.

      The light of God in the universe is one of the most powerful activities of the Spirit of God. All Christians experience the light of the Holy Spirit in their heart. If the Spirit illuminates the heart, that heart will never be the same.

      When God said, “Let us make a man in our image.” God was referring to the Holy Trinity. The Spirit power is dynamic and powerful; through Him, God brings creation into existence and reaches the goal of the new creation in Jesus Christ.

      If the Father functions as the source of being and the Son bears witness of God into the world, the Spirit’s function has been to complete the task of creation so that the community of the triune God may come into the fullness. The Spirit of God continues to renew the face of the earth and He will continue until the end. God’s Spirit breathed into Adam and he became a living soul,

      “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” Gen. 2:7. “Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.” Psl. 104:30.

      “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty had given me life.” Job 33:4. The psalmist is saying, Lord God of creation you created all things and you care for all thy creations. You, O Lord, sustained the earth with thy Spirit because you dwell in the world with your providence and sustain the universe. Your involvement and your work of redemption reflect thy glory.

      The Spirit is a life-giver, giving life to those who are spiritually dead and making them alive in Him. The Spirit is the source of life in the universe; the Spirit awakens human life; in beauty and truth, the Spirit of God is present.

      The Holy Spirit leads us to experience God in life and the Spirit sheds light on all mysteries when we see the Spirit as the Lord and giver of life, making what we thought was impossible, possible, and helping us to focus on the divine mystery of the gift of grace and renewed life. The Spirit of God’s presence in the world helps us to get closer to the only God, in whom we move, live, and exist, who is not far from us, and who is present with us in all of our earthly problems.

      We are able to approach God in times of sadness, joy, hope, suffering, and struggle, and when faced with all other adversities in the world. The Spirit not only formed and shaped our habitable space, but it has also grieved the violence committed against what has been created.

      The Spirit is the source of transient life and also of the eternal life of all believers. The Spirit is the Spirit of preservation, preserving and sustaining the universe, as well as preparing the universe for new creation.

      The Holy Spirit is active in all corners of creation, moment by moment, in the history of the world. The Spirit of God is present and active in the entire history of salvation. The purpose and goal of creation is for the Spirit of God to unite all things through Christ and for Christ. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.” Deut. 6:4.

      The Bible refers to God as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. One of the greatest mysteries of God is that He is a triune God; yet, He is one. We have knowledge that the three parts of the Godhead are one; but God works in different ways.

      In order to understand the fruit of the Spirit, we must, first of all, understand who the Spirit is, what the Spirit does to help us in our lives, and how He helps us to live a life that will glorify the Lord. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead, the triune God.

      God lives and dwells in our heart in the form of the Holy Spirit; He comes to live inside believers. The Holy Spirit’s other names are the Helper, Paraclete, and the Invisible Power of God. “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory.” Eph. 1:13-14.

      The Holy Spirit is a deposit, like a first installment of a down payment, guaranteeing our inheritance and given to all believers as a down payment for what we are going to have in full in the future. The Holy Spirit’s presence and work in the lives of all Christians pledges our future inheritance.

      The Scriptures clarify where the Holy Spirit comes from and what the Spirit’s responsibilities in the lives of believers are. “And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.” John 14:16.

      Jesus said that He would ask the Father to give comfort to only those who are serious about their love for Him and their devotion to His Word. Jesus made this statement to let us know how important our continuing love and obedience to God’s Word is. “But the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26.

      The most important thing about the Holy Spirit is that He is Holy, and He wants all Christians to acquire His holy character in their lives. The Holy Spirit, according to the Scriptures, was sent by God the Father, to teach believers all things and to bring all of the things that God has said into the believers’ remembrance. “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” John 16:8.

      The Holy Spirit will convince believers of Christ of what is right and what is wrong, He will guide believers into the truth of the Gospel, and He will speak only the words that he hears from God. He will disclose to the believer what is going to come in the future and, most important, He will glorify the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit prays for us the prayer that cannot be uttered, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our Spirit that we are children of God.” Rom. 8:16. All Christians must know that the Holy Spirit imparts the confidence to us that, through Christ and with Christ, we are the children of God.