 I'm sharing five Holy Spirit secrets or truths for His closest friends. These are things that friends of the Holy Spirit come to experience for themselves. So if you're serious about a friendship with the Holy Spirit, if you want to be drawn closer to the precious Holy Spirit than ever before, you want to be more aware of His presence, you want His power to flow through your life, then this is for you. Let's begin with key, secret, or truth, number one, He abides even when you sin. Now, I know that when I say this immediately, some might become defensive and even a little bit offended because some imagine that when I talk about the faithfulness of the Holy Spirit to abide even in the life of a believer who's making a mistake, they think that I'm implying that we can live however we want with no consequences. So let me say straight up right now that those who continue to live in sin will be affected by its destructive power. Those who continue to willfully and blatantly sin with no attempt at repentance whatsoever will suffer severe consequences in this life, and I believe even lose some of their eternal reward in heaven. I have a whole different lesson on that, but I want to make sure you understand this is not an encouragement to sin. I'm not talking to the one who is continuing in sin and doesn't care, who's continuing in sin and just wants to excuse it, just wants to keep living that way with no desire to change. I'm talking to that believer who is working with the Holy Spirit, surrendering to the Holy Spirit, doing what they can in their own power in partnership with God's grace to resist the temptations of the sin nature. I'm talking to the struggling believer who's frustrated with their own behavior, who says, I don't want to do those things, but I keep doing them, or I know I should do those things, but I can't bring myself to do them. You should know that the Holy Spirit abides even when you sin, and this is something that friends of the Holy Spirit know, because as you continue to walk long term with the Holy Spirit in a way where you're aware of His presence, in a way where you're aware of His nature, as you continue to walk with Him, there will be moments that you make a mistake. There will be times where you fail Him, and in those moments you'll know that the presence of the Holy Spirit remains with you. So this is not an encouragement to sin. This is simply to say that even in our flawed state, the Holy Spirit abides. John chapter 14 verses 15 through 17 say this, if you love me, obey my commandments, and I will ask the Father and He will give you another advocate who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit who leads into all truth. Now let me stop there just for a moment to acknowledge that very clearly Jesus is instructing us to obey the commands of God. So here we see both grace and truth. You must obey His commands. If you truly love Him, you will aim at obedience in His will. You'll aim to keep God's Holy Standard. And then He says, and I will ask the Father and He will give you another advocate who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive Him because it isn't looking for Him and doesn't recognize Him. So unbelievers do not have the Holy Spirit. And we understand that the Holy Spirit is omnipresent. He's everywhere at all times. But the Scripture makes it abundantly clear that there is an indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit in the believer that is different than the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit. This is a heightened influence of Him. It's how God marks His people. But you know Him because He lives with you now and later will be in you. Now this is not about the debate concerning one saved always saved. People ask, can we lose our salvation? Can we not? That's a whole different lesson for a whole different time. That's not what I'm talking about here. The Holy Spirit will never leave a true believer. Now some might ask, if someone becomes a true believer, can they stop being a true believer? That's often debated. We're not talking about that. But what I am saying is that the Holy Spirit does not leave a true believer. When you are a true believer, the Holy Spirit abides with you. In fact, we need Him for the work of sanctification. We need the Holy Spirit to abide to help us get it right. 1 Peter 1-2 says, Be multiplied. So sanctification of the Spirit is unto obedience. So it is the work of the Holy Spirit in your life that enables you to obey. We can pray, incline my heart to your statutes. Incline my heart to your word. Lord, make me willing to obey you. Bend my will. That's what the Holy Spirit does. When we surrender to that process of sanctification, we surrender to the work of the Holy Spirit. He begins to do things in us that causes our nature to be transformed. 2 Thessalonians 2.13 says, Brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. So we believe the Holy Spirit sanctifies. Romans 8.13, So here the Scripture is telling us that in order to subject the sin nature, in order to subject the effect that the sin nature has to the physical body, we must do so through the power of the Holy Spirit. It's through the Spirit that we mortify or put to death the deeds of the flesh. So how is it that the Holy Spirit can dwell where there's sin? This is a good question. How can the Holy Spirit dwell with a sinful person? Well, remember, this is the work of the cross. This is atonement. This is the ministry of reconciliation. This is imputed righteousness to you through faith. When you as a born-again believer place your faith in the finished work of the cross, there's a great exchange that takes place. When God looks at the cross and he sees the suffering of his Son and he had poured out his wrath upon the Son, when God looks at that sacrifice, when God looks at Christ on the cross, he sees your every mistake. It was our sins that put him there. When God looks at the cross, he sees your flaws. He sees your mistakes. He sees your iniquity. He sees your sinful attitudes, your sinful thoughts. And that exchange took place in your favor, because now when God looks at those who've placed their faith in Christ Jesus, he sees Christ's perfection on them. So God is redeeming us. Let me ask you this. When we sin, who is the one sinning? Is it someone else? Another person that we might be able to blame? No. Is it some demon? No. Is it culture sinning through us? No. Who is the one sinning when we sin? The Bible makes it clear that when we are carried away by our own sinful desires, that's when we give in to temptation. So when we sin, we are the ones who sin. The sin nature in us that we choose to allow to have influence. Now, who is the one being redeemed? You are. God is redeeming you. So there is something redeemable about us because of what Christ did on the cross. So this is how the Holy Spirit can abide with you even though you still make mistakes. It's because the imputed righteousness. It's because of the atonement. I mean, think about this. If the Holy Spirit couldn't dwell with us just because we make mistakes, then that means anytime we ever made even a small mistake, if you can call it a small mistake compared to the holiness of God, that would mean that any thought, any action, any lapse in judgment would cause the Holy Spirit to abandon us, which would mean that the Holy Spirit would come and go and come and go and come and go. Well, that's not what the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit doesn't abandon us when we make mistakes. Sure, we should feel convicted. Yes, there are consequences to sin. Yes, sin is still very destructive in the life of the believer. And yes, there are still even eternal consequences to sin through the loss of reward in the life of the believer. But what sense would it make for God to remove from you your only chance at being holy as a punishment for not being holy? Well, think about it. The Holy Spirit in you is what allows you to resist the sin nature. So if you make a mistake and God removes from you the Holy Spirit, what chance do you have now? How will he possibly help you to resist if he's abandoned you? So the very fact that the Holy Spirit abides with you is proof of his mercy and compassion. And therefore, when the Holy Spirit abides, he's working with us against the sin nature. I'm going to read this portion of Scripture twice in this message, but I want you to hear it as I make this point. Galatians 5, 16. So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. Watch this, verse 17 of Galatians 5. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other. So you are not free to carry out your own good intentions. So the Holy Spirit abides with us even when we make mistakes. Now let me balance this point one more time. Sin has no place in the life of the believer. There are consequences to sin. Sin is destructive, and there is even eternal loss of reward if we continue in sin on this side of eternity. But the Holy Spirit isn't going to abandon you because you make a mistake. This is the other side of the coin. The Holy Spirit is gracious. He's more faithful than we are sinful. He's more patient than we are stubborn. He abides with us faithfully. This is something that friends of the Holy Spirit know. When you walk with the Holy Spirit closely, when you come to know Him and His Word, you understand that there is a certain security in walking with the Holy Spirit, not to excuse your sin, not to allow you to continue in sin, but He abides that He might remain with you and help you get it right. He stays with you and says, let's correct this. He'll convict you harshly. I mean, like the Psalmist wrote, your hand weighed heavily upon me. That's what the Holy Spirit does when you're not living like you should. The presence of the Holy Spirit in the life of a compromising believer can bring about very strong conviction and make you quite miserable. He won't let you sleep. He won't let you enjoy things until you get that sin right. And that's His mercy. He loves you too much to leave you to your own compromise and your sin. So you can mess up. You shouldn't, but you can mess up and the Holy Spirit still abide. You shouldn't try to. We should all strive for holiness, but this doesn't mean that the Holy Spirit is going to abandon us. Friends of the Holy Spirit know this about Him. They don't take advantage of that, though. See, this is the mark of a true believer. A true believer will look at the mercy of God and say that inspires me to do better. That inspires me to live holy. That inspires me to get it right. Someone who's not a true believer will look at that and say, well, now I'm free to sin. Well, that's proof that the Holy Spirit isn't working in them because the Bible very clearly says that the Holy Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what our sin nature desires. Someone right now could just thank the Holy Spirit. I want you to just thank the Holy Spirit in the comment section right now, whether you're watching live or on the replay. Thank you, Holy Spirit. You can word that however you want. I don't know about you, but I'm thankful for the faithfulness of the precious Holy Spirit. He abides not to excuse our sin. He abides not to allow us to continue in sin, but He abides that He might liberate us from sin and continue to work with us to make us more like Christ. So again, how can the Holy Spirit abide there with sin present in your life? It's because of the blood of Jesus. It's because of the work of the cross. It's because of what Jesus did in that great exchange at the cross. Remember this, it was at the cross that the best that God had to offer met with the worst that man had to offer. Man offered sin, rebellion, stubbornness, pride. God offered His Son. The best that God had to offer and the worst that man had to offer met at the cross and was expressed right there in that moment when the great exchange took place. And now you and I can have the Holy Spirit because our record is clean because of what Christ did. So when God looks at us, He gives us Christ's perfection. That's imputed righteousness. He looks at us and says, I see my Son. And so that's how you can make a mistake. Don't take advantage of it because if you truly love the Holy Spirit, I'll say this, if you're truly born again, you'll have no desire to take advantage of that. Truly born again, people don't desire to take advantage of God's grace. They use God's grace for what it was intended to be free from sin. But that's how a believer can keep the Holy Spirit even when they sometimes make mistakes because of the work of the cross. God is not redeeming angels. God is not redeeming demons. God is redeeming you. And that's why the Holy Spirit can stay with you even when you make a mistake. What a privilege it is. Angels don't understand this. Angels don't even know that work of redemption. We do. We have that privilege. God so loved us that He chose to redeem us. Thank you, Holy Spirit indeed. Number two, another secret or truth, and I use those words interchangeably. These days, secret can mean like key or truth or reality. Number two, the Holy Spirit patiently sends you invitations to be with Him. Remember this, all true spiritual desires come from the Holy Spirit within you. So the Holy Spirit dwells in you. The moment you are born again, you receive the Holy Spirit. You say, Brother David, then what's the point of the baptism with the Holy Spirit? It's another lesson for another time. I have teachings on my channel about the baptism with the Holy Spirit. But the baptism with the Holy Spirit, if we want to be biblical, takes place even at salvation, but it also continues as an influence throughout our lives. But I have lessons on that again. You can check them out on the channel. But to make it clear, we receive the Holy Spirit at salvation. And that baptism continues to influence us and continues to have different manifestations and expressions in our life as we surrender to that baptism, but ultimately you receive the Holy Spirit at salvation. The moment you place your faith in Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to make His home within you. Now, because the Spirit dwells in you, all of those spiritual desires, all of that spiritual longing, everything that is Christ-like that comes from you, comes from that inner man. Again, we'll read this. I read this on the last point and I told you we would read it again. Look at Galatians 5, 16, and 17. So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. Watch this now. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. And then the Scripture, of course, goes on to talk about these two forces constantly fighting. Watch this now. 1 Corinthians, chapter 6, verse 17. But the person who is joined to the Lord is one Spirit with Him. Here's something that very few people talk about, or at least I don't hear a lot of people talk about it. These realities of the Holy Spirit, the fact of the matter is the Holy Spirit dwells in your physical being. Well, what did Jesus say? He'll be in you. He's talking not just about the Spirit in soul. He's talking about your physical body. What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost? Yes, the context there is, of course, talking about sexual sin. But the takeaway principle, the reality that remains even in the midst of that context, is the fact that the Holy Spirit dwells in your physical being. Now, watch this. This is so powerful. The Holy Spirit dwells in your body. And then the Scripture says here in 1 Corinthians 6, 17, but the person who is joined to the Lord is one Spirit with Him. So, biblically speaking, you don't have a Spirit of man and a Holy Spirit living in you. Your Spirit and God's Spirit have become one. So, the inner man is one with the Holy Spirit. The outer man is being influenced and perfected still by that inner reality. And so, the person who is joined to the Lord is one Spirit with Him. Now, biblically speaking, I understand, like for example, 1 Thessalonians 5, 23, there's body, soul, and Spirit. And I teach that. Body, soul, and Spirit. That's a reality. But we have to also understand that in the life of the believer, the Spirit and the soul are indwelt with by the Holy Spirit as well. It's a complete redemptive work. It's a complete indwelling where the Holy Spirit comes to make His home in you. And if you look at the Scripture and study Spirit and soul, you start to notice that there's a closer tie between the two than we often realize. So, yes, we can in some instances make a point about, like I've done before, body, that's your earth suit, soul, that's the mind, will, emotions, Spirit, that's your connection with God. But the soul and the Spirit really are one even though they do have those nuance differences that create those different functions and expressions of the human. But the Holy Spirit, hear me now. And again, these are truths for the Holy Spirit's closest friends. So, I pray the Holy Spirit reveals these truths to you as you hear them. But the Holy Spirit now dwells in your spirit, not just in your spirit in your soul. People of God, the Holy Spirit dwells in your soul too. Now, we don't always realize the influence of that. And this is where we have to surrender now spirit, soul, body, the Holy Spirit affects us from the inside out. But the reality is that His presence, His indwelling presence that makes us distinct, dwells with us from within to without. He's filled us up completely. And because we are one with Him now, watch this, this is so beautiful. Those desires from the spirit deep within are expressed now through the soul and the body. Remember, there are some lines between spirit, soul, and body. Let me make this clear. There are some lines there. But the Holy Spirit feels every compartment. And so, that influence of the spirit begins to affect the soul. Now, that which is in the spirit begins to affect your will. Your desires start to change. That which is in the spirit now begins to affect your emotions. Your feelings begin to change. That which is in the spirit begins to affect even the physical body. And that's where the Scripture talks about mortifying the deeds of the physical body. Where now even the old cravings and the programming under which the old nature caused your body to act into function now begins to change. And so, the Holy Spirit starts to permeate you from the inside out. This is what the Bible is describing when it talks about deep calling unto deep. The depths of who you are communing with the depths of who God is. Deep calling unto deep. Now, you may have to listen to this a few times to really let this settle in your spirit. So, let me give you one more succinct overall explanation and then we'll continue on this point. You are a body, soul, and spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5-23 does talk about these realities. Now, even though the body, the soul, and the spirit are all distinct from one another, the Holy Spirit feels each one and the soul and the spirit have closer ties than we realize. Yes, there's distinct functions between spirit and soul, but really, they're one. Now, that influence from deep within begins to affect you. And this is what brings me to my point here. He patiently sends you invitations to be with him. Do you realize that all spiritual desires, hear me now, all spiritual desires come from the Holy Spirit? Your desire to pray comes from the Holy Spirit. Your desire to read the word comes from the Holy Spirit. Those bursts of joy and peace where you now desire to worship God, that's the Holy Spirit. So, the Holy Spirit desires through you. The Holy Spirit bends you toward the will of God. The Holy Spirit inclines your heart unto the matters of the Spirit. And this is why all throughout the day, as you begin to move through your busy schedule, you'll sense these nudges, these pools into the secret place. I'm talking now to friends of the Holy Spirit. Look, if you don't know what I'm talking about, that's okay, but you've got to draw closer to the Holy Spirit. I'm telling you because friends of the Holy Spirit understand what I'm talking about. And if you understand what I'm talking about, write it in the comments section. Let me know. You just say something like, I've been there or I've felt that or he's done that for me, where you're going throughout your day and you feel this pool into the prayer room or you're busy, you've got a big schedule and you're moving at a fast pace, but then the Holy Spirit pools you and says, come and read the word. Those drawings, people of God, hear me now. Those drawings are invitations from the Holy Spirit himself. Think about that. What joy to know those invitations, royal invitations, where now he's pulling you into the depths of glory. So he gives you the desire, but you must implement the decisions and the discipline to respond to that desire. So the Holy Spirit places the desire in you, he gives you what you need, but you have to make the decision to act on that spiritual desire that he gave you. And so he sends you invitations all throughout the day. It's gentle, but it's consistent. You haven't prayed. He'll call you to pray. You haven't read the word. He'll call you to read the word. You're distracted by the things of this world. He'll call your attention to worship. And this really is what brings that depth of your spiritual life, because now you're responding to the spirit. He's inviting you. People ask me all the time, but the David, is there ever a time where I want to pray, but God doesn't want to hear from me? And many believers imagine that when they go to pray, God's going to reject them or not want to hear from them, or maybe be annoyed by the fact that they're praying. But no, my friend, the very fact that you desire to pray means the Holy Spirit gave you that desire. Therefore, the desire to pray is itself an invitation to prayer. The desire to read the word is itself an invitation to read the word. The Holy Spirit's beckoning you. He's calling you away from the busyness. He's calling you away from distraction. He's saying, come, come fellowship. And then when you're with them, you'll fill him pull on you a little more, just to spend a few more minutes with me. Just a few more minutes. The Holy Spirit always wants a few more minutes, and that's okay. You can just sense that pull that. Now, he understands we have to live and exist in this world. He understands we have jobs. He understands, in fact, the scripture is clear that we ought to work. The scripture is clear that we ought to serve. The scripture is clear that if you're married, you should spend time with your wife. You have children, you should spend time with your children, and so forth. We should fulfill all of the responsibilities that God has given to us to fulfill. The Holy Spirit understands that, but oh, he desires your time. So he invites you, he pulls on you. What a joy, what a privilege that is. So number one, he abides even when you make mistakes. Number two, he patiently sends you invitations to be with him. Don't ignore those invitations. Number three, the Holy Spirit can be grieved. The Holy Spirit can be grieved. Ephesians 4.30 says, and do not bring sorrow to God's Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption. The Holy Spirit is a person. That doesn't mean he's a human, but it means he is personal. He has a mind, he has a will. He has emotions. If the Holy Spirit loves you enough to be grieved by your disobedience, then that means that the Holy Spirit loves you enough to be pleased by your obedience. He has feelings. The things that we do or don't do can affect the way he feels. We can grieve the Holy Spirit of God. We can break his heart by what we do or don't do. This is my greatest fear. And I pray that if we fear anything, we fear grieving the Holy Spirit. Don't be afraid of the opinions of man. People will come against you when you speak the truth. People will attack you when you disrupt things by speaking what the Bible says, or when you disrupt things by speaking what the Holy Spirit says. When you follow the way of the Spirit, you're going to be a disruptor. You're going to say things that upset the religious. You're going to say things that upset the establishment. You're going to say things that upset the culture. You won't always be accepted, and that's okay. When we embrace the way of Christ, we embrace that cross, and often that means persecution for standing in the truth, for walking in his power, for simply loving God, for declaring the gospel. We will be persecuted. Don't fear man. Don't be afraid of man's opinions. They can't do anything to you ultimately. Ultimately, you're in God's hands. And don't be afraid of demonic powers. Yes, you should be vigilant, but don't be paranoid. Yes, we should be aware of the attacks of the enemy. Yes, we should be aware of his deceptions. Yes, we are engaged in a spiritual battle, and we ought not to be ignorant of that spiritual battle. I'm not saying to be apathetic toward the power of darkness. I'm not saying to be apathetic toward the devil and demons. The Bible warns us that the enemy prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. But there's a big difference between vigilance and paranoia. So yes, be aware of spiritual war, but don't be afraid of demons. Greater is he who is in you than he that is in the world. Greater is he who is in you than he who is operating in the systems of the world. The Holy Spirit is more powerful than any spirit that might exist. There is no spirit more powerful than the Holy Spirit. So no, don't be afraid of man's opinions. Don't be afraid of the words that they'll speak. Don't be afraid of their faces, the faces that they'll make at you for standing for truth, or what they'll think about you, or how they'll slander you. Or how they'll come against you. Culture will come against you. The religious system will come against you. Your family will come against you. Friends will come against you. Whenever you speak truth and walk with the Holy Spirit, but don't be afraid of what man can do and say. And don't be afraid of demons. Be aware, but don't be afraid. Be afraid of one thing, grieving the precious Holy Spirit, not for fear of punishment, although there are consequences to sin. Of course we understand sin has a very destructive power, and even believers who persist in sin will eat of the fruit of destruction. But don't fear anything, but grieving the Holy Spirit. Don't fear anything, but grieving the Holy Spirit. Not motivated by punishment, but motivated by love. That's the life of the believer. To walk in a way knowing that what you do affects how he feels. Be motivated unto holiness by love. Perhaps you felt the sting of his pain and his heartbreak in an act of disobedience. I know in my life there were times that I thought something, said something, or did something or didn't do something that deeply grieved the precious Holy Spirit. And I could sense the atmosphere shift around me from the beauty of that presence, that glory resting on my life, that joy, that peace, that union, that perfect fellowship, to this agitated atmosphere, this broken heart that I could sense, this heaviness, this weightiness, the psalmist wrote, your hand weighed heavily upon me. That grieving of the Holy Spirit, I don't want to grieve him. I only fear grieving the precious Holy Spirit. I don't want to break his heart. There are several things that we do that grieve him. I'll name five. Number one, sins of commission. These are the things that we do that we know we should not do. These are the things that we do that violate the Word of God, that violate the nature of God, that violate the instructions that we were given by the Holy Spirit. When we do those things that we know we shouldn't do, we break his heart. Number two, we grieve the Holy Spirit when we don't do what he's telling us to do. He that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin. That's what the Bible says. So when the Holy Spirit speaks to you to do something, and you know it's him, and you have to be careful with this sometimes because some have the tendency to take their every thought as an instruction from the Holy Spirit. So they begin to live with what I call religious OCD. And that's not mocking that syndrome or that sickness. But I'm saying that that's a reality. It's a reality that many believers suffer under because they're constantly obsessing compulsively over various things that they think the Holy Spirit is telling them to do. Stand there for five minutes and don't move. Stand up out of your bed right now and stand in the middle of the floor. Don't move. Wear that red shirt, not the blue shirt. Go walk over to that gas station and just look for someone who looks like this. Sometimes that is the Holy Spirit. Many times it is not. So just be careful that you're not suffering under legalism and then calling it the voice of the Holy Spirit when it's your own thoughts and emotions. Don't suffer under legalism and mistake it for the voice of the Holy Spirit when it's your own thoughts and emotions. But the things we don't do, yes, can grieve him. They can break his heart. When he says help that ministry and we refuse. When he says witness to that person and we refuse. When he says do this ministry and we refuse. When he says go and do this kind act and we refuse. When he calls us to prayer, read the word and we refuse. These are sins of omission. Number three, what grieves the Holy Spirit is when we ignore the reality of his abiding presence. The Holy Spirit is constantly there but rarely acknowledged. Don't go throughout your life with such a busy pace that you can't acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit. Don't live your life in such a way that you're not aware of his nearness. The Holy Spirit is not far from any one of us. He abides in us around us. He is that atmosphere that goes with us. Like Moses said, I'm not going to go anywhere without your presence because your presence is what makes me distinct. He makes you distinct. But some of us move through our lives at such a fast pace that we fail to even stop and recognize his nearness. Don't ignore his nearness. Don't ignore the nearness of the precious Holy Spirit. Continue to acknowledge him. Don't go the whole day without talking to him. Don't go the whole day without relying on him. Involve him. Be aware of him. Don't ignore him. Number four, what grieves the Holy Spirit is division in his body. Now let me make this very clear. There are times that we need to divide. Jesus said, I came not to bring peace but a sword, either you're with me or against me. Jesus made it clear that he is the way, the truth and the life, that no man comes to the Father but by him. So there is a time for division. If someone is blatantly teaching heresy, something that contradicts one of the fundamentals of the faith, okay, you got to call that out. And if someone continues to do that, you have to separate from that. If a believer continues to live in sexual sin and doesn't attempt repentance, doesn't care, just blatantly living that lifestyle, the scripture says, have nothing to do with that person. Well, that's what the Bible says. That's not my word, that's God's word. So there is a time for division. But I think that believers often divide because of their ego, because of their own sensitivity, because of pride, because of fear, and they try to blame the Holy Spirit for them being in the flesh. They'll say things like, well, I just feel the Holy Spirit's grieved with you or something doesn't sit right about you in my spirit. When really what they're saying is, I don't like you. You know, it's funny that when people get into arguments, they often try to spiritualize their actions of the flesh. I can't tell you how many times I've seen believers argue and saying to one another, well, you have a bad spirit. So it's not that they just disagreed. It's not that they both got mad at each other because they disagreed. It's you have a bad spirit. Well, that's not maturity. In fact, our unity can only come in proportion to our maturity. And I'm not saying we embrace heresy. I'm not saying we embrace false teachers. I'm saying that true brothers and sisters in Christ will upset us sometimes. True brothers and sisters in Christ will disagree with us sometimes. True brothers and sisters in Christ will offend us sometimes. And when we allow that division to cause bitterness, to cause us to separate for reasons that are not biblical, now we're grieving the Holy Spirit. Why? Because the Holy Spirit in me loves the Holy Spirit in you. The Holy Spirit in me is kindred to the Holy Spirit in you. He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him. You're one with the Holy Spirit. I'm one with the Holy Spirit. And therefore, through the Holy Spirit, we are one. We're one body. And so when we bicker and when we fight and when we carry bitterness, think about those people in your life who you're bitter against and you can't even remember why you're mad at them. Think about those times you cut people off because they didn't agree with you on something that wasn't even a fundamental of the faith. That's your ego. That's immaturity. And these are the things that we do that grieve the Holy Spirit. Division is one of them. So we grieve the Holy Spirit through sins of commission. We grieve the Holy Spirit through sins of omission. We grieve the Holy Spirit when we ignore his presence. We grieve the Holy Spirit when we allow division. And we grieve the Holy Spirit with our lack of faith. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. When we lack faith and we live in fear, we grieve the Holy Spirit. Why? Because we're saying to the Holy Spirit, I don't really trust you. You in my mind don't really have a good track record. Or we're saying, I am relying more on my ability than on yours. That's a lack of faith and it grieves the Holy Spirit. Make a commitment now in your heart to not grieve the precious Holy Spirit. In fact, I have two more points but I want to pray with you right now. I have two more points to add to this but I want to pray with you. I want you right now. I want you right now to make the commitment to be aware of the things that grieve the precious Holy Spirit. And I want you to ask for the Holy Spirit's help in causing you to walk in a way that pleases him. Father, I pray for that one receiving this now. And first of all, Lord, we thank you that your mercies are new every morning and every moment. We ask you to forgive us for the ways that we've grieved you precious Holy Spirit. Come on, just tell him. Tell him, I'm sorry, Holy Spirit. Tell him that. Say this, say, help me to please you and not grieve you. Now, precious Holy Spirit, be there remind me and let them live in an awareness of the nearness of your presence. Thank you, Lord, that you abide. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. I want you to say it because you believe it. Say, amen. Number four, this is one of the truths or secrets that close friends of the Holy Spirit understand. The Holy Spirit manifests His power when Jesus is preached. I can't tell you how many times I get messages from fellow evangelists and pastors, and they want to know what's the secret to that power? What's the key? Now, I know we're using the word secrets, but again, I use it more like keys or truths. So everything that can be known about the Holy Spirit and His power is right there in Scripture. Scripture is not of private interpretation, neither is prophecy. But here I'm talking about the fact that His power manifests when Jesus is preached, and people ask about that. What's the key? What's the key? What's the key? How do you see people delivered like that instantly without a fight? How do you see people healed like that? Miracles, people with deaf ears, hearing, blind eyes, seeing, people coming out of wheelchairs. How do you see those miracles? Well, let me tell you something. Clearly, I've got nothing to do with it. There's nothing in me that can heal anyone other than the presence of the Holy Spirit. There's nothing in me that can deliver anyone other than the presence of the Holy Spirit. I couldn't heal a headache. I couldn't heal a common cold. David Hernandez has no healing power of his own. It's the presence of the Holy Spirit. It's not me. It's who's around me. And so people will come to our meetings and they see people healed and delivered and empowered, being touched by God's Spirit. They say, what's the secret to that? What's the key? Well, first of all, and this may sound a little blunt, but I'm just going to tell you the truth, you got to get over yourself. You got to get over yourself. God does not anoint anyone so that people marvel at that one he anointed. God doesn't give you his power so people can go, wow, look at the power you walk in. People use the anointing like it's a marketing ploy. Look at, look what I'm carrying. Miracles and demonstrations in the supernatural. Come to me, come to me, no, we come to Jesus. And so, so, so the key to his power is preaching Jesus. When God elevates a man or a woman, he never does so to elevate that man or woman, just for them. When God calls someone, it's not about their calling. When God anoints someone, it's not about their anointing. When God gifts someone, it's not about their gifting. It's not about their gifting. When God puts someone in ministry, it's not about their ministry. When God uses a man or a woman, when God promotes a man or a woman, it is always to promote Jesus. It is always to elevate his word. The Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus, not man. And that's how you can know the difference, by the way, between a spirit-led ministry and a flesh-led ministry. Because a spirit-led ministry is always going to point back to Jesus, always, always, always. John 16, 13 through 15. How be it when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth. For he shall not speak of himself. Watch this now. This is the humility of the Holy Spirit. But whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak. And he will show you things to come. Verse 14 is key. He shall glorify me, for he shall receive a mind and show it unto thee. All things that the Father hath are mine, therefore said I, that he shall take of mine and shall show it unto you. So here the Scripture is quite clear, that the Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus. The Holy Spirit talks about Jesus. Jesus is the Holy Spirit's message. The Holy Spirit points to him, glorifies him, magnifies him, draws attention to him, inspires people to worship him and follow him, and turn from their sin and embrace him. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, that's the message of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit confirms that message with signs following. I'm going to read two portions of Scripture to you. First, let's take a look at Hebrews chapter 2, verses 1 through 4. So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm. And every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself, and then watch this now, and then deliver to us by those who heard him speak. And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose. Even the gifts, even the power, that all operates under the sovereignty of God. Now watch this, Acts chapter 1, verse 8. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And watch this, you'll be my what? You'll be my witnesses. You'll be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere. In Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Well, why does God give you power? So people can go, oh, look how cool you are. So that people can say, look how wonderful they are. Look how gifted, oh, what a mighty warrior. So that social media platforms can be boosted? No. And if you start thinking it's about you, God will humble you real quick. God will humble you real quick. People look at the growth of this ministry and say, what favor, what growth? And I say, yes, but you have to look to Jesus because I dare not touch that glory. The moment I touch his glory, I'm telling you, if I were to touch that glory, you would see a steep decline. Why? Because it's about Jesus, not about me. And we have to remember that. And look, I understand that to some degree, all of us are unique expressions. I understand that to some degree, all of us have gifts. I understand that to some degree, we have these very specific callings that God designed us to fulfill. I get that part. But remember this, God could replace you like that. God could replace you so fast. I'm telling you, and God is one of the only ones, I think, who will fire you and then not tell you about it. People just go on thinking the Lord's still in it. When he, not that he abandons them, but he doesn't favor as much because they thought it was about them now. It terrifies me even thinking about that. Lord, I don't want that to happen. I remember this one time, people were praying with me and I was talking to people after a service. And I was just, it was one of those trips where because of the flight and everything, I was exhausted. Now on the platform, I was energized by the anointing. And then after the service, I was still energized. But there was such a long line of people receiving prayer that I just grew tired. My physical body just grew tired because I had been up for several hours. And so I'm praying with someone. They get healed and they said, thank you. And then they walked away. I was so tired, I didn't even bother to correct what they had said. They said, thank you, David. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I said, oh, God bless you. You're welcome. And I wanted to pray for the next person. And the Holy Spirit made me walk over to them, grab them and say, listen, I said, I said, you're welcome. When I should have said, I didn't heal you. I told them right then and there, I said, I had nothing to do with your healing. All glory belongs to Jesus. And they looked at me like I'm crazy because they're like, yeah, of course I know that. But the Holy Spirit wouldn't even let me verbally acknowledge that. He's not going to share his glory with anybody. So the Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus. Now let me balance this point because I want to make this abundantly clear. Just because someone is moving in power doesn't mean that they're truly of God. Read Matthew 7. Did we not prophesy on your name? Didn't we cast out devils in your name? Didn't we do many mighty works in your name? Now the issue there is not that they prophesied cast out devils and did mighty works. We as believers should be doing those things. The issue is that they relied upon those works to save them. We know that because when he said, I never knew you, they said, but we did works, which shows us these are people who relied upon those works. So the reality is that the Word of God is so powerful that there'll be powerful demonstrations even when a hypocrite preaches that word. But still, well, we acknowledge that not everyone who moves in power is a genuine vessel of God. By the way, that's not the fruit that the Scripture describes. Jesus said, you'll know them by their fruit. And sometimes what people do is they'll say, well, look at my fruit. Look at the ministry. Look at the crowds. Look at the viewership. Look at the miracles. Look at the church size. Look at the book sales, right? They point to all that. Look at the fruit. That's not fruit. That's the harvest. Fruit is the fruit of the Spirit, your character. So when Jesus said, you'll know them by their fruit, he's not saying you'll know them by the results of their organizations and ministry efforts or by their social media following or by their effectiveness in book sales or by the size of the church that they pastor or by how many people listen to them on the radio. That's not fruit or even the miracles. Look how many people are getting saved. Look how many people are getting healed. Look how many people are getting delivered. Look how many people are receiving the baptism with the Holy Spirit. That's not fruit. That's the harvest. Jesus talked about the harvest when he was referencing ministering to people who are lost. So that's harvest. Fruit is character. Are they gracious? Are they humble? Are they kind? Are they filled with joy? Are they filled with peace? And do they fill you with peace? These are things we must consider. So that's not alone a demonstration that someone has the Holy Spirit. But the fact of the matter is that the Holy Spirit will empower people who preach about Jesus. When Jesus is preached, the Holy Spirit's power is there. So people often wonder, how do I see more miracles? How do I see more miracles? Well, stop preaching your opinion. Start preaching Jesus. Stop preaching what you want to be true and start preaching what the Bible actually teaches. Stop preaching your political perspective and start preaching Bible. Now I'm not saying we should never get involved in politics. There are times you speak out against wickedness. But if that's all you ever preach, well, you're not preaching the gospel. If it's just politics, politics, politics, politics. But there's no Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. Well, now you're just a political pundit, not a preacher. I know people aren't going to like what I'm saying. And that's just the reality. That's scripture. All I can do is give you the truth. So we preach our opinions. We preach our culture. We preach our politics. We preach our philosophies. We preach what we want to be true. And then when we do that, we wonder where's the power. Well, the Holy Spirit backs God's message. You want to start seeing power? Start preaching the gospel. You want to start seeing demonstrations? Start preaching what God is saying. Look, we have it backwards. It's not about saying, Lord, back what I'm preaching. We should say, Lord, I want to preach what you're backing. You're never going to get God to be involved in what you're doing. That's what many people who don't understand. You can't get God involved in what you're doing. That's just, you're never going to see favor that way. You want to see true favor? You got to get involved in what God is doing. You got to get involved in what he's doing according to his will. So align with the word. Align with the glorification of Jesus. Preach Jesus and the Holy Spirit will manifest his power when Jesus is preached. I want you right now in the comment section publicly to make a commitment that you're going to say what God says. To make a commitment that you're going to preach Jesus. Friends of the Holy Spirit are Jesus people. Friends of the Holy Spirit are obsessed with the person of Jesus. Why? Because the Holy Spirit loves Jesus. And when the Holy Spirit has true influence in your life, that love that the Holy Spirit has for Jesus flows through you. It becomes your love, devoted love, undying love. And that is a mark of the spirit field. They love Jesus. So number four, he manifests his power when Jesus is preached. Number five, and this is the final one, five Holy Spirit secrets for his closest friends. Number five, he entrusts his power to those close to him. Now in my last point, I made it abundantly clear that even hypocrites can move in a dimension of power. But remember this, the key to the power of the Holy Spirit is time in the presence of the Holy Spirit. You hide yourself in the presence. You hide yourself in the glory and power just flows from you. That's the only way I know how to do it. There's no secrets, no gimmicks, no, I just hide in the presence of the Holy Spirit. And he does it, and he does it effectively. He does it powerfully, and it always points back to Jesus. There's a real peace about it. Now, acknowledging the point I made in the last, in point number four, hypocrites, yes, can preach it. But remember, hypocrites and those who don't truly know the Holy Spirit and those who don't truly spend time in his presence, they can only walk in a certain degree of power. There's a limitation there. They can walk in power, but there's a limitation. I'll prove it to you in Scripture. Acts chapter 19, verse 11 through 16. Watch this now. Look at the difference. God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles. When handkerchiefs or aprons that had merely touched his skin were placed on sick people, they were healed of their diseases, and watch this, and evil spirits were expelled. Verse 13, a group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. So here are people who don't even know Jesus, and they're still doing the work. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation. Now they're relying on rituals instead of relationships, saying, I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches to come out. Seven sons of Sceva, a leading priest, were doing this. But one time when they tried it, the evil spirit replied, so now you see the demons talking back, I know Jesus and I know Paul. But who are you? That demon got a little attitude there. Verse 16, then the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them, and attacked them with such violence that they fled from the house naked and battered. So here we see an example of the fact that it's possible, it is possible, to flow in the power of God to a certain degree. But if you're operating out of ritual and performance instead of relationship, that can only go so far. I watched a man of God, powerful, powerful man of God, just, you talk about a carrier of the glory. I've never seen a ministry like his ministry. I've watched all the preachers, YouTube videos, preachers of the past, preachers of the present. I haven't seen preachers of the future because I can't see the future. But this man, I'm watching him, he's just ministering to the Lord, worshiping, and he's praying for this group of people and he sees this lady and he points his finger and he goes, just, he just saw it, he says, you got a demon in you. She falls on the floor, starts like slithering around, Steve, like a snake on the floor, and screaming. He didn't touch her, what he taught me was, you don't cast them out with your hand, you use the word. So he's standing at a distance, I want to say like maybe five or six feet, holding his hand out, just praying, walking toward this person and this person is rolling on the ground, trying to get away from him. He's like, almost comical, but it was really intense. She's trying to get away and I kid you not, within, I want to say 10, 15 seconds, that girl gets up, starts jumping up and down, tears on her face, screaming, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, I'm free, like that. And I said, Lord, that's how I want to do it. I want to use your power, not rely on mine, your power. Now this goes beyond just exorcism, this is healing, this is prophecy, this is evangelism, this is serving in your local church. Those who are close to the Holy Spirit, they understand this, that when he entrusts you with his power, you function out of the presence and not just from the power. Please hear me now, what I just gave you, these are things we just don't hear talked about. I've heard many generals of the past talk about this, but I'm not hearing anybody talk about this today. When you walk close with the Holy Spirit like that, you function from his presence, not from just his power. In other words, there's this atmosphere you carry with you. And this is why people ask me, why don't you lay hands on the sick? Why don't you lay hands on the demon possessed? Why don't you lay hands on people who want the baptism with the Holy Spirit? Well, A, sometimes I do, but the way I was taught to do this by the Holy Spirit and the way I saw it in these other ministries that just walked in such heavy glory, is you just minister to the presence, you just worship the Lord, and as you glorify Jesus, that presence becomes manifested around you and the Holy Spirit does it. People get healed and delivered all around the room, you don't even have to do it. It's a work of the Holy Ghost. Now there's nothing wrong with laying hands. Again, I still do that to this day, but I just found that there's this place that friends of the Holy Spirit know where you're operating in presence, not just power. You're operating in glory, not just gifts. There's the nearness of the manifested presence that performs in that power. Now again, let me make this clear. You should lay hands on the sick. Sometimes you have to lay hands on people who are demon possessed. Sometimes you have to lay hands on people so that they can receive breakthroughs. Sometimes you have to lay hands on people when you're praying for them to receive the gift of tongues. I do that, I encourage people to do that, but I'm talking about now functioning in this atmosphere. His close friends know this. You're just, you're so aware of Him. And you walk with that presence that that atmosphere just goes with you. You're not looking for an atmosphere, you become one. You don't have to go looking for a move of the Spirit, you become one. You don't go to the glory, the glory rests on you. And you walk into rooms, the atmosphere shifts. It becomes charged with electric power. There's this shift in the room. The Holy Spirit entrusts His power to those close to Him. Listen to this now. The greater the depth of your fellowship with the Holy Spirit, the more intense the power upon you. You can't make up for a lack of power with noise, with hype, with bragging and puffing yourself up. You can't make up for that lack of power with any of those things. When you walk in that presence, and many of you know this, I'm preaching to the choir here. Many of you walk in that. You know that it's just a flow of the Holy Ghost. This is something that needs to be taught again. People, the church needs to understand this, that we flow not just from the power, but from the presence. That the very glory of God goes with us where we go. Your presence and His presence become one. And where you walk, the Holy Spirit walks. Where you go, the Holy Spirit goes. That's what it means to be a carrier of the glory. So these are secrets or keys or truths that the Holy Spirit's closest friends understand. Number one, He abides even when you make a mistake. Number two, He patiently sends you invitations to be with Him. Number three, He can be grieved. Number four, He manifests His power when Jesus is preached. Number five, He entrusts power to those close to Him. Father, let it be so in our lives. Come on, just begin to ask Him. Father, let it be so in our lives. Take a moment now. Don't rush this. Ignore the flesh. Look, your flesh is going to want to get out of this moment right now. But fight the flesh. Know to the flesh, yes to the Holy Spirit. Be still, be still. Holy Spirit, thank you for your presence. I pray right now, precious Holy Spirit, that your power would begin to flow like a mighty river. Touch your people. I pray in the name of Jesus. I can sense them so strong right now. That's His presence, the beauty of His presence. Thank you, Lord. I give you the glory and the honor. Empower your people today. Intensify that hunger for your presence. Holy Spirit, we desire to be close. Holy Spirit, we desire to be your friends. We honor you, we bless you. In Jesus' name we pray. I want you to say it because you believe it. Say, well, if you enjoyed that message, make sure you leave a like so more people can hear it. And if you're new to this channel, make sure you subscribe so you can receive more teachings and sermons on the Holy Spirit Prayer and Spiritual Warfare. We also live stream our events where the power of the Holy Spirit moves and people are saved, healed, delivered, and empowered. Now, I want to talk to you just for a second. I know it's tempting to click onto something else. There's lots of content that we offer on various different topics, but just for a moment, hear me out. I want to ask you, my brother, my sister, I need your help with something. 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