The Holy Spirit

During my first year of college, and even during my first week, a teacher asked a question during one of our tutorials. The room remained silent. Out of shyness or lack of knowledge, I won't be able to tell you. So, insisting and asking the question over and over, the teacher asked us, "So what are you waiting for? Do you think you are getting the answer from the Holy Spirit? Look in your notes!"

The Holy Spirit, what a big word ... It was at this point in my life that I realized that we have probably all heard of it, at least as a myth or a story from the past ... He is at the source of major divergences between several Christian movements, while He is a fundamental point of our existence.

So who is He? And what is His role?

I am far from having perfect knowledge in the topic of the Holy Spirit: my times of intimacy with Him allow me to discover Him more and more, but I would like to share with you what He puts on my heart.

My church is part of a movement called "Pentecostal". Why? Because we rely on Acts 2, which describes the first arrival of the Holy Spirit on a large number of people. And we believe it still happens today.

Its manifestation is usually through speaking in tongues, it is this moment that we call the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Many may disagree with me about what I'm going to share with you, and you may be one of them. So I simply suggest that you open your mind and heart to these possibilities and leave comments or contact us if you have any questions, comments or even objections. My goal is that we can all grow, based on the first foundation of the Bible.

The Holy Spirit is in direct contact with the Father (whom we generally call God) and therefore is the One who transmits to us what He has to say to us. He knows His thoughts, for He is His spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:11)

It is present everywhere, therefore omnipresent. There is no place where He is not. It does not mean that He is honored everywhere, but simply that wherever we go, He is present with us. Hiding from Him is impossible, and yet David thought about it! (Psalm 139: 7).

He can do anything (Romans 8:26)

He allows us to live, His breath gives us life (John 6:63).

He is the truth (1 John 5: 6)

He is and gives wisdom (Isaiah 40:13 and Isaiah 11: 2)

He is God (Acts 5: 3-4)

To summarize, I invite you to read John 16: 13-15 with me: “When the Comforter comes, the Spirit of truth, he will lead you into all truth; for he will not speak on his own, but whatever he hears he will speak, and will tell you things to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and tell it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take of what is mine, and will tell it to you. ”

So the Holy Spirit was very present for the writing of the books of the New Testament but He was also very present in the life of Christians after the end of the writing of the Bible.

Indeed, by listening to Him, many have been initiators of spiritual awakenings, in their region or country, or powerful tools by which our Heavenly Father has shown His power. Even today He is active, and is ready to use us to manifest the glory of God to those around us.

So this week and even for longer, I invite you to let Him influence you in your walk, guide you in your decisions and do what will glorify God each day.

Be blessed,

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