Who is the Holy Spirit and Why Do I Need Him? // Wildfire

The Holy Spirit is the third person in the Trinity, the gift of Jesus to believers. He is the Helper, a person, not an “It.” I need him to empower me to live purposefully, effectively, and impact the world.

Who is the Holy Spirit and Why Do I Need Him

...I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, “Where are you going?” Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. 
John 16:4-7 NIV

Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
John 16:7 NIV

When the Feast of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Without warning there was a sound like a strong wind, gale force—no one could tell where it came from. It filled the whole building. Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks.
Acts 2:1-3 MSG

“Ruwach” and “Pneuma”

Who is the Holy Spirit?

Counselor, Advocate, and Comforter

Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18 NLT

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV

“Enter into the promises of God. It is your inheritance. You will do more in one year if you are filled with the Holy Ghost than you could do in fifty years apart from Him.” Reverend Smith Wigglesworth

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Bottom Line

Jesus gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit to empower us to live out our purpose and his mission.

Action Steps

1. Thank God for the powerful, comforting, and strengthening gift of the Spirit.

2.  Look for evidences this week that he is speaking to you and working in and for you.
   

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