 Okay, so in this session we will look at the person of the Holy Spirit, right? So we will look at how, what the Holy Spirit is not, who He is not, right? But before that, let's just look at some of the attributes of the Holy Spirit. You know, sometimes when we consider the Holy Spirit, we might, you know, we might, in our minds, you know, we might consider Him as junior God, or, you know, kind of, He has, is probably less in power, less of importance. So, you know, we might have that thing, but we need to understand that He is fully God, right? Because He is a trying God, He is, He is part of the Godhead and He is God. So when we see that, you know, the Spirit of God, He has attributes of God. Like we said, how can we say, you know, God is God because He is present everywhere. Like, let's look at some scriptures which talk about the fact that He is present everywhere. Okay, Psalm 139 and verse 7. Psalm 139 and verse 7. If somebody's there already, maybe they can read it. Otherwise I'll read it. Okay, Psalm 139 verse 7. So the Psalmist is saying, where can I go from your spirit or where can I flee from your presence? So it's a rhetoric question, meaning he knows the answer already. Where can I go? Nowhere. Where can I flee from your presence? Nowhere. There's no place on earth where I can run to when you're not there. So He is present everywhere. The Spirit, the Holy Spirit, He is present. Where can I go from your spirit? Nowhere. Right? He is all-powerful. Okay, so look chapter 1, the scripture that we saw just before in the previous class. Look chapter 1 and verse 35. So He is all-powerful. Let's read that verse. Look 1 verse 35. The power of the highest. The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the highest will overshadow you. Therefore also the Holy One who was to be born will be called the Son of God. So He is the highest power that He possesses. And that power, that Holy Spirit power was what will make that miraculous conception possible, or make that miraculous conception possible in Mary. So He is the Holy Spirit. He is all-powerful, the power of the highest. The Holy Spirit is also all-knowing. So there is nothing that He does not know. There is no information that He does not know. Okay, so Holy Spirit is all-knowing. So we look at 1 Corinthians chapter 2 and verses 10 and 11. So 1 Corinthians chapter 2. Maybe we'll read from verse 9. But as it is written, I has not seen nor hear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. That man knows the things of a man except the Spirit of man who is in Him. For even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. So referring to the Holy Spirit that He is all-knowing. He knows the things of the Father. So He is all-knowing. Of course the Father knows everything. He is all-knowing. He knows the things of the Father, therefore He is all-knowing. Some of the scriptures refer to the fact that people might ask the question or yourself might have that question. But where does it say that Holy Spirit is God? Do we have some direct references? Yes, Acts chapter 5 and verse 3 where Peter, this is the whole incident, Peter and Ananias and Sapphira and Peter tells Ananias. This is what he says, Acts chapter 5 and verse 3. But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back the price of the land for yourself? So this is what Ananias and Sapphira did. They brought the proceedings of the sale and laid it at the Apostles' Field, which looked wonderful. It was a noble act. I mean it was a very generous act. But it was as if they were actually presenting the entire proceeds of the sale. But that was not the case. They kept back part of it and the other part was what was given. But it was projected as if they had given the entire things. Now this is what Peter said, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit? Look at verse 4. While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God. So in verse 3 he says, why did you lie to the Holy Spirit? And verse 4 he makes a reference saying, you've not lied to men but you have actually lied to God. So we see the Holy Spirit being referred to as God. Well he is also eternal meaning that it doesn't have a start date and an end date. There is no expiry date for the Holy Spirit. He is eternal from the eternal past to the eternal future. So Hebrews 9 and verse 14. Let's quickly go there, Hebrews 9 and verse 14. It says, but how much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit? We looked at this scripture and we looked at how the plan of redemption when we saw the Triune God being mentioned there. How much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offer himself without spot to God? So the Holy Spirit being referred to as the eternal Spirit. So he is from everlasting to everlasting, from the eternal past to the eternal future. It doesn't have a start date and an end date. He is not a created being. He is God. And he's also co-equal with the Father and the Son. We see that in the baptismal instruction which the Lord Jesus gives his disciples. He says, you baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We see in the act of creation that all three are involved. So they are co-equal. So which means that it's not a hierarchy. Though we see different roles where the Father is architect, designer of the plan, but we see the Son going and carrying it out and the Holy Spirit empowering the working out of the plan. So we see that happening but they are in effect, they are actually co-equal. Let's look at a few other scriptures also. Isaiah 11 and verse 2. The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel in mind, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. So he's talking about how this is referred to as the spirit of the Lord and also the spirit of the fear of the Lord and other aspects that be the spirit of wisdom and understanding and counsel in mind. So the Holy Spirit is the spirit of God referred to as the spirit of God. He is co-equal with the Father and the Son. So he comes to us, it's amazing that this Holy Spirit comes to indwell us and speak to us and show us the truth and reveal to us the truth. So the Holy Spirit, the role of the Holy Spirit or the working of the Holy Spirit is, in a way, whenever he's mentioned, talks about revelation, understanding or power, especially in the book of Acts, the baptism with power and so on. So it's possible that sometimes we come to a conclusion that the Holy Spirit and maybe we even refer to the Holy Spirit as it. The Holy Spirit, when it comes upon you, we do that out of ignorance but the fact is that he is a person. So when I'm referring to you or addressing you, I would not address you as it or when I'm referring to you or let's say, some of you have your cameras, okay, John Paul has camera on, so I'll take John's case. So I'm referring to Ruben about John. So I would not say Ruben, have you met John Paul? It is a wonderful human being. I would say he or I would say she, referring to another human being. So it's a person. So the same with the Holy Spirit, when we refer to the Holy Spirit, we understand that he is a person and several scriptures. The Lord Jesus himself while he instructed the disciples and he taught the disciples about the Holy Spirit. He calls the Holy Spirit the helper. Let's look at John 14. He says when he has come, he will lead, he will show, he will remind. Let's say verse 17, John 14 verse 17, the spirit of truth in the world cannot see because it neither sees him nor knows him, but you know him for he dwells with you and will be in you. So we see that the Lord Jesus referring to the Holy Spirit as a person. So the Holy Spirit is not simply a force. Well, he is powerful. He is all powerful. He does powerful things. He was there at creation. He was there at the resurrection. He does powerful things, but he is not a force. He is not a mindless force or influence or some kind of attribute that we see in physics. We don't attribute that to the Holy Spirit while we see that this is how he works, but he is a person. Let's look at some scriptures which point to the fact that he is a person. Let's say, first one is he has an intellect. The scripture verse that we read just now in 1 Corinthians chapter 2. He searches all things. He searches the things of God. He knows the things of God, the deep things. So he searches Acts chapter 15 and let's look at that verse Acts 15 and verse 28. This is the first council, the apostles, the elders. Everyone gathers together and they say, okay, we need to send a letter to the other churches because there are some people who are actually going there and teaching that one must be circumcised in order to be saved and so on. So they write a letter and they send that letter out. So this is what James, so this is the contents of the letter. So this is what they write and he said, for it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no necessary burden than these things, no greater burden than these necessary things. Right, verse 28. So he searches, he knows, he has an opinion. Right, so it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and the disciples know that and the disciples receive that they walked with the Holy Spirit. They communicated with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit communicated to them. Right. Okay, the other things that we see is what we saw already that he is truth. He knows truth, he communicates truth and he is the truth. How else he teaches and he reminds. That's wonderful. Right. The Lord Jesus saying that in John 14 and verse 26 that he will teach. He teach you and he will also remind you of the things that I've spoken to you. So the Lord Jesus teaches and he is a person who teaches and he reminds. In Nehemiah 9, also 9 and verse 20, there's a reference about the teaching or the illuminative work of the Holy Spirit. Okay, John 15, he testifies. Okay, what does testify mean? John 15 and verse 26. What does, who is a person who testifies? Someone who had this something is true. He will, sorry, can you just repeat that? Yes, someone attest that something is true. Okay, someone who actually verifies and attest that something is true. Right. So I can testify to that when you say that, you know, I know it's true and I'm also giving you the added evidence that that is true. Right. So I'm giving you some information. So he testifies. Right. He, John 15 and verse 26 helper. He proceeds. He will testify of me, the Lord Jesus says, which means that he will give evidence about Jesus. He will testify about his instructions, about his teachings and about the person of Jesus himself. The Holy Spirit is pointing to Jesus and give evidence about Jesus. So he's testifying. Right. And obviously that intellect that requires the ability to communicate and so on. So he does that. And another scripture is that, that he guides. Okay. John 16 verse 13, when he, the spirit of truth has come, he will guide you into all truth for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak. So he's communicating. He's guiding. He will tell you of things to come and so on. So we see all this mentioned. He will take of what is of the Father and he take of mine and he will declare it to you. Right. So he does that. He has a will, which means he decides what to do and he communicates that decision. It's, it's, it's, you know, it's, it's good to see in Acts chapter 13. And versus one to four. Now we're looking at the fact that Holy Spirit is a person and he has an intellect. He, he can speak. He has a will, which means that he decides and so on. Right. So accept the 13. Now in the church that was at Antioch, there were certain prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and, and who was called Nigel, Lucius of Cyrene, Manin who had been brought up with Herod, etc. and so on. As they minister to the Lord, verse two, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. Then having fasted and prayed and laid hands on them, they sent them away. Okay. And then they're praying. This is before the first missionary journey that Paul undertakes. So they've been fasting. They've been praying. They've been ministering to the Lord and the Holy Spirit. He decides to do something and he communicates his decision. Now separate to me Barnabas and Saul for, and he says, Now separate to me for the work for which I have called them. So you see that two things here. You know, he is giving an instruction. Now separate. So which means we know that Holy Spirit will speak. The Holy Spirit will instruct. The Holy Spirit will give strategies, right? For missions and for the work of the gospel. So he will, he will do that. He's saying you, you consecrate, you separate these two people and to which I have called them. So the calling, right? He also communicates the call. He decides the call. He communicates the call. So the Holy Spirit does that. So we see all this in this particular work, right? So he, he is with us. He, the Lord Jesus went ascended to heaven and then he said, I will send the helper in the very fact that he ascended. He sent and the Holy Spirit is with us. Leading us as the body in missions. Calling us to the things, to the work of ministry and so on. Okay. Then the other thing that we see is that the Holy Spirit has emotions. So when we sometimes we think that the Holy Spirit is powerful is God. He gives instructions. But the fact is that he emotes. You know, he's a person. He loves, he cares and he is grieved. Right? So all that we see. Romans 15 and verse 30. Let's look at a few verses. Romans 15 and verse 30. I beg you brethren through the Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the spirit that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me. That's another verse where the Trinity is mentioned there. Love of the spirit that you strive together with me. So the Holy Spirit, he can love. He has love and he can communicate love. The Holy Spirit also can be grieved. Okay. Grief is sadness. So the Holy Spirit is grieved. Efficiency 4 and verse 30. Do not grieve the spirit. Efficiency 4. And let's read that verse. Okay. I hope you're having your Bible's happy and referring to these scripture verses. Right? Okay. So efficiency 4 verse 30. Say saying, let's look at verse 29. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth. But what is good for necessary edification that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Okay. So saying, you know, when there is an unedifying word that is uttered or a corrupt word that is uttered, communicated, then the Holy Spirit is grieved. Do not grieve. And the verse is following that. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, evil speaking be put away from you with all malice. Be kind to one another. Tender hearted. Forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. So which means that all these other things like bitterness and wrath and anger, when we display, when we see it or it is seen in our lives. Who is grieved? The Holy Spirit is grieved, right? So the fact is that he can be grieved and also that he can make us know or communicate the fact to us that he is grieved, that we sense in our spirit that the Holy Spirit is grieved. I just want to share a quick example. I remember once, you know, I used to work for an organization. I was in corporate sales and I was meeting some clients and so on. This is before I started serving in the church. And I was in this place called Mangalore and, you know, I had an appointment with a client at about 10 a.m. And I was in my hotel room and these were the days when the Lord really took me out of a lot of strongholds and weeded a lot of things out of my life. And I was, you know, enjoying my time with God again. Right? So I was just reading the word and just worshiping and just going, wow, there's so much in this Bible. And I'm just reading. So I'm 45, I just had this thought, hey, I need to meet the client. And it was close by, but I said, okay, maybe I'll just continue to read the word. You know, I'm enjoying my time here. Let's just do that. I can meet him later. But immediately I sensed that God was not pleased in my spirit. You know, the time that I was enjoying and I could sense the joy of the Lord. No, there's so much of joy, so much of peace. Well, this was a good thing. You know, reading the Bible. But I was not doing the thing which was actually needed at that time, right? Which God had actually placed me in that company. The company was paying me money to go there and meet the client and get the work done. That was the right thing to do at that time. The Holy Spirit was agreed. I could sense the grief of the Lord. And I couldn't enjoy the Bible reading anymore. And I knew that, okay, I had to do that. So, you know, so I realized that, hey, the Holy Spirit speaks. There was the Holy Spirit. I can grieve the Holy Spirit, but not doing the right thing. You know, even if it's a good thing that I'm currently doing, if it's not the right thing, the Holy Spirit is grieved. Okay. So if our life is sensitive, the way we live, the way we conduct our life is sensitive to the Holy Spirit. Well, that's all. That's all we need, right? We have the Word of God. We have the Spirit of God. And we can live in victory. Right? Okay. The Holy Spirit speaks. Meaning, we have God who speaks. You know, the more we study about the Holy Spirit, it's so exciting. You know, as a believer, I just want to say this. As a believer, you and I are blessed. You and I have a great deal. You know, in business terms, it's a great deal. We signed up to follow Christ, and we got more than what we bargained for. More than what we, you know, we've got the Spirit of God in dwelling us. And I remember the first time this revelation hit me. I was so excited that I could not sleep. So excited. Because I was just thinking, you know, this God who was there at creation, okay? He was brooding. He was hovering over the waters. Can you imagine? Earth was not populated. And it needs to be created. And the Holy Spirit was brooding. And then we reach through Scripture and we see the Spirit of God speaking to man, and Abraham, and all the other prophets, and God doing amazing things. Elisha, Elijah, the power, the wonder, the fire from heaven, all these wonderful things happening, prophets prophesying, the miraculous. And the Holy Spirit was witness to these things. The Holy Spirit was involved in, you know, bringing, making all these things happen. Then we come to the early church, the Book of Acts, and we see the Holy Spirit, you know, baptizing all these people, filling them with the Spirit and with this power and giving them new language, praying out in tongues, and the church is born, and they're just going, radical people, sharing the gospel, signs, wonders, miracles, you know, God releasing gifts. The same Holy Spirit, right? And the same Holy Spirit comes and indwells me and you and me, you and I, when we receive Jesus. And He's not just sitting there dormant, but He's teaching. He's convicting us of sin. He shows us, you know, He delights in us. And then He's grieved. He releases gifts and He gives us power to overcome sin. That stubborn sin that we thought that we would never shake off. He gives us the power. It's a wonderful thing. Right? So as you can't just say, I'm following Jesus. I'm just getting by each day. No, no, no, no. You are following the King of kings and Lord of lords and you and God has entrusted us. The Lord Jesus, He went to heaven and He said, I will send another helper, one like me who is apart from me, one like me and He will lead you. He will lead you into all truth. Right? So we have the same Holy Spirit who was at creation, the same Holy Spirit who inspired the writing of the scriptures. The same Holy Spirit indwells us today right now, even as you're listening. Wow. Right? Amazing. I couldn't sleep that night. I remember I was sitting at the window and I was saying, wow, so excited. Holy Spirit, God with me, in me, talking to me. So we have a God who speaks. You know, the Bible is not about just lifeless principles or formula or do's and don'ts. Wow, it's an amazing dynamic, life-giving, exciting relationship. Like, God speaks. Now just think about that for a minute. God speaks. The one who is all powerful, the one who is all knowledgeable, the one who is ever present, He chooses to speak to you and I. Just think about that. He is speaking to us. He is imparting His wisdom to us. Of course, we need to learn. We need to be sensitive. We need to be obedient and all that we will do. He will help us do it. That's the thing. By the Spirit, we put the deeds of the body. So He is saying, okay, I've chosen you. I've called you. I have wonderful life for you. And I'm not going to just release you and say that, okay, you get it done. No. I'm going to come and indel you now. Okay, I'm not just going to be outside of you, but I'm going to be inside of you, speaking to you, teaching you. And every time you read your word, read my word, I will teach you. I will instruct you. And yeah, I know that you're struggling with certain things. Right from your teenage years, you've been struggling. You've been having some fears. You've been esteeming yourself lower. And whenever you meet with some successful people, you kind of shrink. I know that problem. But I'm going to help you overcome that. Because by my power, by the Spirit, you will put the deed to death, the deeds of the body. And He's saying, I will come. I will speak. You lack wisdom. You ask. I'm going to show. So this is who God is. This is the Holy Spirit. And He has come to be with us. Okay? So exciting. So amazing. So He speaks. We pray. He's listening. He speaks. He speaks to us through His people. He puts things in our hearts and He confirms that through other people. He speaks. He can be insulted. Right? Hebrews 29 talks about, you know, how can we insult the Spirit of grace? But we can do that. We can insult a human being by saying things that that person has not done or insulting their intelligence. Well, he can be insulted. He can be blasphemed. What does that mean? That means that, you know, God is a holy God. And He does things out of righteousness and holiness is nature. But when we say that certain attributes, certain things to God, and we speak ill of Him, then, you know, we know that we are blaspheming Him. Right? He can be blasphemed too. The Pharisees did that when they attributed, when they saw Jesus delivering a person who was demon possessed, when they delivered that person. And then they said, they attributed that to Beelzebub. And they said, no, you know, He doesn't do it by the power of the Spirit, but by the power of Beelzebub. So He can be blasphemed too. And also the Lord talks about, you know, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, which cannot be forgiven and so on. So He can be blasphemed too. He can be resisted. You know, the fact is that this, you know, here's the thing. This all-powerful, all-knowing God, He doesn't force His way in, which is amazing. He respects His creation. He's given us free will. He's given us the power of choice. And a beautiful picture is what we see in the book of Revelation where, you know, when we're talking about the lukewarm church and Revelation 3 and verse 20, the whole, I stand at the door and knock. He says, you know, He says, I stand at the door and knock. And He who opens, oh yes, I will come, I will fellowship, I will spend time. But He stands at the door and knock, which means that, you know, when the Lord is doing something, I can resist His work because of my choice, because of my stubbornness, or because of whatever, you know, whatever fears the diamond. I can resist His work. I can say, God, stop it enough. You know, it might be a noble thing. It might be a good thing. But whatever, you know, I make a choice and I can say, you know, stop it. You know, I'm not doing this further. I can be disobedient. I can resist the work of the Spirit. Okay, that's something that we need to know. And He can also be quenched in the sense, 1 Thessalonians 519 talks about the fact, you know, while talking about prophecy and so on. Paul writes, and he says, you know, do not quench the Spirit. Okay, the quench, the word quench just means that don't throw water on and put out the fire. Okay, so 1 Thessalonians, let's look at verse 5 and verse 19. So do not quench the Spirit. And after that, he says, you know, do not despise prophecies, test all things, hold fast, what is good, abstain from everything. So a lot of instruction he gives the church, pray without seizing, rejoice always and everything, give thanks. And so on. Then he also says, you know, do not quench or do not put out the fire. The Lord is leading you in a certain way. The Lord is, you know, asking you to do certain things and He's leading you, you know, do not quench. Do not quench His work, do not quench the work of the Holy Spirit. So we see, when we look at all these things, when we look at the fact that He has a will, He has an intellect, He searches, He communicates, He has emotions, He can be insulted, He can be blasphemed and, you know, He can be lied to. We see that the Holy Spirit is a person. While He does powerful things, while He does amazing things, He is a person. So we can relate to Him as a person. He wants us to relate to Him as a person. So that's a beautiful thing. So we're going to take some time to, just a couple of minutes to pray and then before we close this session. But, you know, based on what we have heard now, just go ahead and relate to God as a person. Speak to Him as you have never spoken before. I want you to forget about all these religious words. If you're used to praying in King James English, the Thou, just put it aside for a minute. And just speak to Him as you would to another person. And just say, Lord, you know, He can be loved. And just say, Lord, I love you. Just say, Lord, I thank you. And say, God, I thank you that you indwell me. And, well, you stay with me. You are closer to me than any other human being. And it could be a spouse. It could be a family. And everybody's outside of me. But, God, you indwell me. And you speak to me in the hidden part. You know me inside out. You know, literally He knows us inside out. You know, because He's inside of us. So just say, Lord, I love you. God, I thank you. Maybe we can take this time to just say, sorry. You know, maybe, you know, we could be in ministry. We could be in whatever we could be doing, you know. But maybe we ignored, neglected, just talking to God. Just opening up our hearts and talking to Him. Maybe we've kept hidden things hidden in our lives. It's not that He does not know, but we have not really spoken to Him about it. The Holy Spirit, He is close. He is close to us. And He wants us to be close to Him. Father, thank you. Oh, Spirit of God, we thank you. We are truly blessed. Truly blessed. You're an amazing God. Thank you for stepping into our lives. Thank you for calling us out. Thank you for leading us to your heart. Oh, God, we thank you. We thank you for your love, Lord. We thank you for those times that you warned us, Lord. We thank you for your powerful work in us, Lord. Breaking sin of our lives, God. And you're continuing to do that. We thank you that you will never leave us, Lord. We come to abide with us forever, Lord. We thank you. We invite your work, your ministry. Oh, may it increase a thousand times, God. May it increase a thousand times, God. We thank you. I just come at each one, each person here, every student here. Lord, I pray that every waking moment, every time they wake up, Lord, I pray that that conversation will continue. It will not be, prayer will not be a religious thing for certain times of the day, but it will be a constant communion, constant conversation from us, but it to yours, Lord. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. I give you all the praise and we give you all the glory. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. Amen. God bless you all. And yeah, thank you, Isaac. Just bring that prayer out in text. Okay, God bless you all. I'm going to stop the recording now and thank you. Sure.