The Holy Spirit: First Contact

In our ongoing study of the Word of God, we will now discuss the truth about the Holy Spirit. Now, before we start, today I was at the shul and talking with the boss. And this, by the way, is one of the richest Jewish people in the neighborhood. And I told him, listen, my mother is 95 years old. And when she passes away, then we will finalize the sales of our properties. And he told me, 95 years old. Wow. Thank God. These are the same people that believe that there's only one God, yet he mentioned, thank God. Hmm. What up with that? Well, I'll tell you what up with that. Okay. They know in the back of their heads that there's more than one God. They won't admit it. Okay. And if you take a look at Genesis 1.1 in the Hebrew text, it clearly states, in the beginning, Elohim created the heaven and the earth. Now, Elohim is plural for gods. Okay. So, gods created the heaven and the earth. Okay. And now, we all know about the Father. We all know about the Son. But when it comes to the Holy Spirit, not everybody is so sure about who or what, or he's part of Christ's spirit, or whose spirit is he? Well, he's not Christ's spirit. He's not the Father's spirit. He's his own person. Okay. He's a person just like you and me. And he's got feelings. And his feelings can be hurt. We'll discuss that a little later on. Now, in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, he is called the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit about 97 times. And there's about 28 different names that go with him. Okay. Throughout the Old and New Testament. And divine attributes are ascribed to him. Okay. And divine works are ascribed to him. And the Holy Spirit, once again, is associated with the Father and the Son as an equal member of the deity. But he is third on the list. Okay. The Father takes precedence as the head of the Trinity. And then comes the Son, which is Jesus. Okay. Which takes the second place. And the Holy Spirit takes the third place in divine Trinity. Okay. And divine character and personal traits of the Holy Spirit prove him to be a divine person. Okay. I'm not going to go through all of that because it's going to take a while. I'm just going to try to bring this into your minds and into your heads once and for all. That without the Holy Spirit, you're living in religion darkness. Okay. You're relying on men's teachings. Okay. You're relying on rabbi's teachings or your pastor's teachings or your priest's teachings, which of course are all false. Okay. The only way to truly, fully understand the Bible is to let the Holy Spirit reveal it to you. Okay. So, until that happens, you, my friend, are living in darkness. Okay. So, first thing to do tonight is pray to God the Father, which is the first person. Pray that all your sins are forgiven in Jesus' name. Energize. And by the power of the Holy Spirit, you will be forgiven and made into a new creature. And once you are a new creature, then you pick up your Bible and you start reading and meditating and focusing on what is plainly written and just simply believe what's there. There's no secret to this and the Holy Spirit, okay, will guide you. You'll open up your eyes and your mind to the reality of what's there. Now, I tell everybody, you know, that I know, the first thing you gotta do is forget all your previous teachings because they all lead to hell. Okay. Now, I tell my Jewish friends, they persist on reading the Talmud, the Talmud, Talmud, Talmud. Well, the Talmud was not written by the Holy Spirit, my friends. It was written by rabbis. Okay. And rabbis are not spirit filled and thus do not give you the truth. They give you their logical answers. Okay. I know another logical creature, Spock, a Vulcan. Okay. It's the same guy that says, live long and prosper. And the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one. But in reality, okay, Spock went to hell. I'm sorry to tell you that. That's what happened. Why? Because of his pride in his logic. Okay. The most sophisticated Christians out there will not use logic. Okay. Because logic does not apply to any biblical teachings. Okay. Why not? Because everything that the Bible teaches is contrary to logic, actually. And doing good to be saved, okay, is not what the Bible teaches. Okay. The Bible teaches that you're a sinner. Okay. And the only way to get saved is by believing that Jesus Christ came and took your place. Now you got all these guys trying to keep commandments. Oh yeah, we keep the Shabbos and we keep this and we keep that. Well, you keep it. But when you die, you're going to hell. I'm sorry. So if you want tonight's night, accept the Holy Ghost as a real person. Okay. And stop, you know, resisting him. Stop, you know, testing him. This is what the Jewish people did in the wilderness. And they ended up going in circles for 40 years. Well, you know, 11 days later, they could have been in the promised land. But because they resisted the Holy Spirit, okay, they ended up wandering. And the last thing I want you to do right now is to wander for another 40 years. Anyways, if you need help, give us a call, email us, visit our webpage, and we'll gladly guide you in the right direction. Thank you.