The Ghost in the Room: The Ghost of God is Present
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The Ghost of God is Present
The Ghost of God is Present
I almost wrote, the Ghost of God is Presence. Because, one of the primary purposes of the Holy Ghost is to stand in for God the Father, and to stand in for God the Son, and yet is the third person of the Holy Trinity, not separated from the Father and Son but still in some ways separate from them, as the The Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Person present in power, present in purpose, present in practicality.
The Holy Ghost’s Presence is Promised
The Holy Ghost’s Presence is Promised
When We are Gathered in Prayer
When We are Gathered in Prayer
20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
When We Rely on Jesus
When We Rely on Jesus
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
When We Share Jesus with Others
When We Share Jesus with Others
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
The Promised Presence
The Promised Presence
Empowers People for God’s Purpose
Empowers People for God’s Purpose
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
Lives in Those Who Repent and Are Forgiven
Lives in Those Who Repent and Are Forgiven
38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
Gives Life In Place of Death
Gives Life In Place of Death
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
The Holy Ghost Is Present:
The Holy Ghost Is Present:
In the Church — the Body of Believers
In the Church — the Body of Believers
16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
In the Christian — the Believer’s Body
In the Christian — the Believer’s Body
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Building the Body for God’s Purposes
Building the Body for God’s Purposes
21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
The Presence Is Our Promise of Life
The Presence Is Our Promise of Life
6 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.