Chapter 3 – THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE HOLY SPIRIT Has Blessed Testimonies and Miracles!

THE HOLY SPIRIT Has Given Approval — Chapter 3  is dedicated To THE HOLY SPIRIT!

 

Sing unto THE LORD a new song:  sing unto THE LORD all the earth.  Psalm 96:1 (1599 Geneva Bible, used by the 1620 AD Mayflower – Plymouth Puritans)

 

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Revive me, O LORD, for YOUR name’s sake!  For YOUR righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Psalm 143:11 (NKJV)

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Do you remember when THE HOLY SPIRIT led me into the phone booth in the Testimony and Miracles?

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You, too, can have THE HOLY SPIRIT.

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Too many men, erroneously, think they’ll buy a ticket to Heaven by going to seminary.

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Too many pastors in the United States have been “taught” by men against THE HOLY SPIRIT in their “prestigious” seminaries.

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Among other corrupt arguments, some theologians try to argue that THE HOLY SPIRIT went to Heaven and is staying there only (which is nowhere in The Holy Bible), when Paul was murdered by Nero — what rubbish!

Some theologians say this lie and that no miracles, except Salvation, have occurred since Paul.

The evidence otherwise is overwhelming.

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Another small-intelligence lie by theologians, because their mortal minds cannot conveniently totally comprehend nor control THE HOLY SPIRIT, is twisting what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:8, (their theology falls right in the middle of Paul’s continuing statements in 1 Corinthians 12 and 1 Corinthians 14 about THE HOLY SPIRIT) saying that Speaking In Tongues (not phony babbling) also ceased when Paul died, instead of at the end of time on Judgment Day.

However, years after Paul died, the Apostle John still had THE HOLY SPIRIT, and, he was told by our SAVIOUR JESUS about THE HOLY SPIRIT’s activity in a number of churches (Revelation Chapters 2 & 3}.

These  theologians are leading people astray — especially, our future pastors.

Where are these theologians’ faith?

What does GOD say about the faithless in Revelation 21:8?

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Some people fake Speaking In Tongues in church.  They may want to feel like they’re “with it” or important.  They may think they are helping the church — they are not helping the church — they are doing the opposite by faking Speaking In Tongues, for they are, effectively, lying.  If it is not by THE HOLY SPIRIT,  I do not want to hear it!

Do not restrain THE HOLY SPIRIT; do not despise inspired messages.  1 Thessalonians 5:19,20 (GNB).

Instead of going to a church where the pastor is filled with himself, instead of THE HOLY SPIRIT, and listening to his dry & inaccurate theology, it is much better to go to a Church where you can actually feel THE HOLY SPIRIT.

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“CHRIST is of those who are humble-minded and not of those who exalt themselves over HIS flock.

Our LORD JESUS CHRIST,

the Sceptre of the majesty of GOD,

did not come in the pomp of pride and arrogance,

although HE might have done so,

but in a lowly condition,

as THE HOLY SPIRIT had declared regarding HIM.”

Clement — 1st Century AD

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An ounce of experience with THE HOLY SPIRIT is worth more than a ton of theology.

The HOLY SPIRIT is alive and well on planet earth.  Thank YOU GOD!

May you be baptized by THE HOLY SPIRIT as I have been, Chaplain Phil ✝!

 

Is anything too hard for The LORD?  Genesis 18:14a (NCV)

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Who has believed our message?  To whom has the LORD’s power been revealed?  Isaiah 53:1 (GW)

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“But you are not to be called teacher. There is only one TEACHER, and all of you are Brothers.  Matthew 23:8 (NLV)

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JESUS answered:  I tell you for certain that before you can get into GOD’s kingdom, you must be born not only by water, but by THE SPIRIT.  John 3:5 (CEV)

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Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey GOD rather than human beings!  Acts 5:29 (NIV)

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And we are witnesses of these things, and so is THE HOLY SPIRIT, Whom GOD has given to those who obey HIS laws.  Acts 5:32 (TBIBE)

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“How stubborn you are!” Stephen went on to say. “How heathen your hearts, how deaf you are to GOD’s message! You are just like your ancestors: you too have always resisted THE HOLY SPIRIT!  Acts 7:51 (GNT)

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And so the church…had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of THE LORD and in the comfort of THE HOLY SPIRIT, was increased greatly.  Acts 9:31 (TBIBE)

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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to GOD.  As it says in the book of Job, GOD uses man’s own brilliance to trap him; he stumbles over his own “wisdom” and falls. 

And again, in the book of Psalms, we are told that the LORD knows full well how the human mind reasons and how foolish and futile it is. 

So don’t be proud of following the wise men of this world.  For GOD has already given you everything you need.   1 Corinthians 3:19-21 (TLB)

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 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.  2 Corinthians 1:24 (NIVUK)

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 Feed the flock of GOD which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Neither as being lords over GOD’s heritage, but being examples to the Flock. 

And when the chief SHEPHERD shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.  1 Peter 5:2-4 (KJV)

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“The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be religion without THE HOLY GHOST, Christianity without CHRIST, forgiveness without Repentance, Salvation without Regeneration, politics without GOD and Heaven without Hell.”

General William Booth,  founder of the Salvation Army.

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT Conceived Baby JESUS.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT Baptized JESUS.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT Empowered JESUS To Do JESUS’s Ministry, including Miracles and Healings.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT Raised JESUS From the dead.

 

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The following Holy Scriptures about THE HOLY SPIRIT contain all of the verses in the Holy Bible about THE HOLY SPIRIT and should help you understand THE HOLY SPIRIT better:

 

the earth was formless and desolate.  The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and THE SPIRIT OF GOD was moving over the water.

Genesis 1:2 {GNB)

 

I have filled him with THE SPIRIT OF GOD, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.

Exodus 31:3 (NLT)

 

The LORD replied, “Take Joshua son of Nun, who has THE SPIRIT in him, and lay your hands on him.

Numbers 27:18 (NLT)

 

Then THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD clothed Gideon with power.  He blew a ram’s horn as a call to arms, and the men of the clan of Abiezer came to him.

Judges 6:34 (NLT)

 

The SPIRIT OF THE LORD began to work in Samson while he was in the city of Mahaneh Dan.  That city is between the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol.

Judges 13:25 (CEV)

 

The SPIRIT OF THE LORD came on Samson with great power. He tore the lion apart with his bare hands.  It seemed easy to him.  It was as easy as tearing apart a young goat.  But Samson did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Judges 14:6 (CEV)

 

And THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle.  And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his daddy’s house.

Judges 14:19

 

And THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD shall at once fall into thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and thou shalt be changed into another man.

1 Samuel 10:6 (Wycliffe Bible)

 

 When Saul and his servant came to Gibeath Elohim, Saul met a group of prophets. GOD’s SPIRIT came on Saul with great power, and Saul prophesied with the prophets.

1 Samuel 10:10 (ERV)

 

Saul listened to their story. Then GOD’s SPIRIT came on him with great power.  Saul became very angry.

1 Samuel 11:6 (ERV)

 

Samuel took the horn with the oil in it, and poured the special oil on Jesse’s youngest son in front of his brothers.  THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD came on David with great power from that day on. Then Samuel went back home to Ramah.

The LORD’s SPIRIT left Saul.  Then THE LORD sent an evil spirit to Saul that caused him much trouble.

1 Samuel 16:13,14 (ERV)

 

 And Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw a company of Prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, THE SPIRIT OF GOD fell upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

1 Samuel 19:20 – 1599 Geneva Bible, which the Puritans used, who founded Plymouth in 1620

 

But on the way to Naioth THE SPIRIT 0F GOD came upon Saul, and he too began to prophesy!

1 Samuel 19:23 (TLB)

 

The SPIRIT OF THE LORD spake by me, and HIS word was in my tongue.

2 Samuel 23:2 (1599 Geneva Bible)

 

And after I have left you, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD will carry you where I do not know.  So I will go and tell Ahab, and he will not be able to find you.  Then he will kill me.  But I your servant have honored THE LORD since I was young.

1 Kings 18:12 (NLV)

 

Then Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah walked up and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD go from me in order to speak to you?”

1 Kings 22:24 (MEV)

 

 They said, “Look, we have 50 good men. Please let them go and look for your master. Maybe THE LORD’S SPIRIT has taken Elijah up and dropped him on some mountain or in some valley.  ”But Elisha answered, “No, don’t send men to look for Elijah!”

2 Kings 2:16 (ERV)

 

 Then THE HOLY SPIRIT came upon them, and Amasai, a leader of The Thirty, replied, “We are yours, David; we are on your side, son of Jesse.  Peace, peace be unto you, and peace to all who aid you; for your GOD is with you.”  So David let them join him, and he made them captains of his army.

1 Chronicles 12:18 (TLB)

 

He also gave Solomon his plans for the outer court, the outside rooms, the Temple storage areas, and the treasuries for the gifts dedicated by famous persons.  For THE HOLY SPIRIT had given David all these plans.

1 Chronicles 28:12 (TLB)

 

Then THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah. (Zechariah was the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah.) Jahaziel was a Levite from the family of Asaph. In the middle of the meeting, 

Jahaziel said, “Listen to me King Jehoshaphat and everyone living in Judah and Jerusalem!  THE LORD says this to you:  ‘Don’t be afraid or worry about this large army, because the battle is not your battle.  It is God’s battle!

Tomorrow, they will come up through the Ziz Pass.  You must go down to them.  You will find them at the end of the valley on the other side of the desert of Jeruel.

You will not have to fight this battle.  Just stand there and watch THE LORD save you. Judah and Jerusalem, don’t be afraid.  Don’t worry, because THE LORD is with you.  So go out to stand against those people tomorrow.’”

2 Chronicles 20:14-17 (ERV)

 

Then THE SPIRIT OF GOD came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the religious leader.  He stood where he could be seen by the people and said to them, “GOD says, ‘Why do you sin against the Laws of THE LORD, and bring trouble on yourselves?  Because you have left THE LORD, HE has left you.’”

2 Chronicles 24:20 (NLV)

 

YOUR gentle SPIRIT instructed them, and YOU gave them manna to eat and water to drink.

Nehemiah 9:20 (CEV)

 

 In your love, YOU were patient with them for many years.  YOU sent YOUR SPIRIT, WHO warned them through the prophets.  But still they wouldn’t listen!  So once again YOU allowed the peoples of the land to conquer them.

Nehemiah 9:30 (NLT)

 

GOD’S SPIRIT made me.  My life comes from GOD ALL-POWERFUL.

Job 33:4 (ERV)

 

If HE should set HIS heart on it, if He should gather to HIMSELF HIS SPIRIT and HIS breath,

Job 34:14 (NKJV)

 

 Do not throw me away from where YOU are.  And do not take YOUR HOLY SPIRIT from me.

Psalm 51:11 (NLV)

 

You send forth YOUR SPIRIT, they are created; and YOU renew the face of the earth.

Psalm 104:30 (NKJV)

 

Where can I go from YOUR SPIRIT?  Or where can I flee from YOUR presence?

Psalm 139:7 (NKJV)

 

Teach me how to do YOUR will, for YOU are my GOD.  Allow YOUR good SPIRIT to guide me on level ground to guide me along YOUR path.

Psalm 143:10 (VOICE)

 

And the SPIRIT OF THE LORD shall rest upon HIM — THE SPIRIT of wisdom and understanding, THE SPIRIT of counsel and might, THE SPIRIT of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of THE LORD —

Isaiah 11:2 (AMPC)

 

 until at last THE SPIRIT is poured out on us from heaven.  Then the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.

Isaiah 32:15 (NLT)

 

Who has led THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD?  Who has taught HIM words of wisdom?  

From whom did HE ask for wisdom, and who gave HIM understanding?  Who taught HIM the right way, and taught HIM much learning?  Who showed HIM the way of understanding? 

Isaiah 40:13,14 (NLV)

 

THE LORD says, “Here is MY SERVANT, WHOM I strengthen—THE ONE I have chosen, with WHOM I am pleased.  I have filled HIM with MY SPIRIT,and HE will bring justice to every nation.

Isaiah 42:1 (GNT)

 

Come near to Me, listen to this:  From the beginning I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there.  And now THE LORD GOD has sent ME, and HIS SPIRIT.”

Isaiah 48:16 (NASB)

 

“As for ME, this is MY promise to them,” says THE LORD: “MY HOLY SPIRIT shall not leave them, and they shall want the good and hate the wrong—they and their children and their children’s children forever.”

Isaiah 59:21 (TLB)

 

But they turned against HIM and made HIS HOLY SPIRIT have sorrow.  So HE turned HIMSELF and hated them, and fought against them. 

Then HIS people remembered the days long ago, the days of Moses.  Where is HE WHO brought them through the sea with the shepherd of HIS flock?  Where is HE WHO put HIS HOLY SPIRIT among them?

Isaiah 63:10,11 (NLV)

 

As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD gave them rest.  YOU led your people, LORD, and gained a magnificent reputation.”

Isaiah 63:14 (NLT)

 

 And as HE spoke to me, THE SPIRIT entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard HIM speaking to me.

Ezekiel 2:2 (ESV)

 

Then THE SPIRIT lifted me up, and I heard a voice behind me.  It was very loud, like thunder.  It said, “Blessed is the Glory of THE LORD!”

Ezekiel 3:12 (ERV)

 

THE SPIRIT lifted me and took me away.  I was very sad and upset in my spirit, but I felt THE LORD’s power in me.

Ezekiel 3:14 (ERV)

 

 But THE SPIRIT came into me and lifted me up on my feet. HE said to me, “Go home and lock yourself in your house.

Ezekiel 3:24 (ERV)

 

He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair.  Then THE SPIRIT lifted me up into the sky and transported me to Jerusalem in a vision from GOD.  I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made THE LORD very jealous.

Ezekiel 8:3 (NLT)

 

Moreover THE SPIRIT lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of THE LORD which faces eastward. And at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

Ezekiel 11:1 (MEV)

 

Then THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD fell upon me, and said to me, “Speak! ‘Thus says THE LORD:  “Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. 

You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.” 

Therefore thus says THE LORD GOD:  “Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it. 

You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,” says THE LORD GOD. 

“And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments on you. 

You shall fall by the sword.  I will judge you at the border of Israel.  Then you shall know that I am THE LORD. 

This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst.  I will judge you at the border of Israel. 

And you shall know that I am THE LORD; for you have not walked in MY statutes nor executed MY judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are  all around you.” ’ ”

Ezekiel 11:5-12 (NKJV)

 

Afterward THE SPIRIT OF GOD carried me back again to Babylonia, to the people in exile there.  And so ended the vision of my visit to Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 11:24 (NLT)

 

 I will give you a new heart and put a new SPIRIT within you.  I will take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My Laws and be careful to do what I tell you.

Ezekiel 36:26,27 (NLV)

 

The power of THE LORD was upon me and I was carried away by the SPIRIT OF THE LORD to a valley full of old, dry bones that were scattered everywhere across the ground.  HE led me around among them,

Ezekiel 37:1 (TLB)

 

I will put MY SPIRIT in you, and you will come to life again.  Then I will lead you back to your own land.  Then you will know that I am THE LORD.  You will know that I said this and that I made it happen.’”  This is what THE LORD said.

Ezekiel 37:14 (ERV)

 

And I will never again turn MY face from them, for I will pour out MY SPIRIT upon the people of Israel.  I, THE SOVEREIGN LORD, have spoken!”

Ezekiel 39:29 (NLT)

 

So THE SPIRIT took me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of THE LORD filled the house.

Ezekiel 43:5 (The 1599 Geneva Bible)

 

“Afterward I will pour out MY SPIRIT on everyone:  your sons and daughters will proclaim MY message; your old people will have dreams, and your young people will see visions.

At that time I will pour out MY SPIRIT even on servants, both men and women.

Joel 2:28,29 (GNT)

 

Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD impatient? Are these HIS deeds?” Do not MY words benefit him who walks uprightly?

Micah 2:7 (MEV)

 

But I am filled with the power of the LORD’s SPIRIT, with justice, and with strength.  So I will tell the descendants of Jacob about their crimes and the nation of Israel about its sins.

Micah 3:8 (Gw)

 

According to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you.  Do not fear.

Haggai 2:5 (MEV)

 

Then HE answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of THE LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Neither by an army nor strength, but by MY SPIRIT, saith THE LORD OF HOSTS.

Zechariah 4:6 (The 1599 Geneva Bible}

 

They were very stubborn and would not obey the law.  THE LORD All-Powerful used HIS SPIRIT and sent messages to HIS people through the prophets.  But the people would not listen, so THE LORD All-Powerful became very angry.

Zechariah 7:12 (ERV)

 

This is how JESUS THE MESSIAH was born.  HIS mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph.  But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Matthew 1:18 (NLT)

 

While he was still debating with himself about what to do, he fell asleep and had a supernatural dream. An angel from THE LORD appeared to him and said, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t hesitate to take Mary into your home as your wife, because the power of THE HOLY SPIRIT has conceived a child in her womb.

Matthew 1:20 (TPT)

 

“I baptize you with water ·to show that your hearts and lives have changed.  But there is ONE coming after me WHO is greater  than I am, WHOSE sandals I am not ·good enough to carry.  HE will baptize you with THE HOLY SPIRIT and fire.

Matthew 3:11 (EXP)

 

And JESUS, as soon as HE was baptized, came straight out of the water.  And lo, Heaven was open over HIM, and John saw THE SPIRIT OF GOD descend like a dove and light upon HIM.

Matthew 3:16 (NMB)

 

Then JESUS was led out into the wilderness by THE HOLY SPIRIT, to be tempted there by Satan.

Matthew 4:1 (TLB)

 

For it is not you speaking, but THE SPIRIT Of your FATHER speaking through you.

Matthew 10:20 (TLV)

 

“Behold MY SERVANT WHOM I have chosen, MY BELOVED in WHOM MY soul is well pleased:  I will put MY SPIRIT upon HIM, and HE shall show judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 12:18 (KJ21)

 

But when I force out demons by the power of GOD’S SPIRIT, it proves that GOD’s kingdom has already come to you.

Matthew 12:28 (CEV)

 

Therefore I say to you, all kinds of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against THE HOLY SPIRIT will not be forgiven men.

Whoever speaks a word against THE SON OF MAN will be forgiven.  But whoever speaks against THE HOLY SPIRIT will not be forgiven, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

Matthew 12:31,32 (MEV)

 

JESUS said to them, “Then how is it that David, being led by THE HOLY SPIRIT, calls HIM ‘LORD’?  HE said,

‘THE LORD said to my LORD, “Sit at MY right side until I make those who hate YOU a place to rest YOUR feet.”’

Matthew 22:43,44 (NLV)

 

Go to the people of all nations and make them MY disciples.  Baptize them in the name of THE FATHER, THE SON, and THE HOLY SPIRIT,

Matthew 28:19 (CEV)

 

I indeed baptized you with water, but HE will baptize you with THE HOLY SPIRIT.”

Mark 1:8 (NKJV)

 

And as soon as JESUS came out of the water, John saw heaven open, and THE HOLY SPIRIT descending upon HIM like a dove.

Mark 1:10 (NMB)

 

At once THE HOLY SPIRIT sent JESUS to a desert.

Mark 1:12 (NLV)

 

But he that shall blaspheme against THE HOLY GHOST hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:

Mark 3:29 (BRG)

 

David himself said by THE HOLY SPIRIT:  THE LORD said to my LORD, ‘Sit at MY right hand, until I make YOUR enemies a footstool under YOUR feet’.

Mark 12:36 (EHV)

 

But when you are arrested and stand trial, don’t worry in advance about what to say.  Just say what GOD tells you at that time, for it is not you who will be speaking, but THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Mark 13:11 (NLT)

 

This son of yours will be a great man in GOD’s sight.  He will not drink alcohol in any form; instead of alcohol spirits, he will be filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT from the time he is in his mother’s womb.

Luke 1:15 (VOICE)

 

The angel said to Mary, “THE HOLY SPIRIT will come to you, and the power of THE MOST HIGH GOD will cover you.  The baby will be holy and will be called THE SON OF GOD.

Luke 1:35 (ERV)

 

When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

She spoke out with a loud voice, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 

But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my LORD should come to me? 

Indeed, as soon as the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a completion to those things which were told her by THE LORD.”

Luke 1:41-45 (MEV)

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THE HOLY SPIRIT came upon Zechariah, and he began to speak:

Praise THE LORD, the GOD of Israel! HE has come to save HIS people.

Our GOD has given us a mighty SAVIOR from the family of David HIS servant.

Long ago THE LORD promised by the words of HIS holy prophets

to save us from our enemies and from everyone who hates us.

GOD said HE would be kind to our people and keep     HIS sacred promise.

HE told our ancestor Abraham

that HE would rescue us from our enemies. Then we could serve HIM without fear,

by being holy and good as long as we live.

You, my son, will be called a prophet of GOD in heaven above. You will go ahead of THE LORD to get everything ready for HIM.

You will tell HIS people that they can be Saved when their sins are forgiven.

GOD’s love and kindness will shine upon us like the sun that rises in the sky

On us who live in the dark shadow of death this Light will shine to guide us into a life of peace.

Luke 1:67-79 (CEV)

 

There was a man in Jerusalem by the name of Simeon.  He was a good man and very religious.  He was looking for the time when the Jewish nation would be saved.  THE HOLY SPIRIT was on him.

THE HOLY SPIRIT made it known to Simeon that he would not die before he had seen GOD’s CHOSEN ONE.

He came to the house of GOD being led by THE HOLY SPIRIT.  The parents took JESUS to the house of GOD.  They came to do what the Law said must be done.

Luke 2:25-27 (NLV)

 

John responded to them all, saying, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but HE is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the straps of HIS sandals; HE will baptize you with THE HOLY SPIRIT and fire.

Luke 3:16 (NASB)

 

THE HOLY SPIRIT came down on HIM in a body like a dove.  A voice came from heaven and said, “YOU are MY much-loved SON.  I am very happy with YOU.”

Luke 3:22 (NLV)

 

JESUS was full of THE HOLY SPIRIT when HE returned from the Jordan River.  Then HE was led by THE HOLY SPIRIT to a desert.

Luke 4:1 (NLV)

 

Then JESUS returned to Galilee, filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT’s power.  Reports about HIM spread quickly through the whole region.

Luke 4:14 (NLT)

 

Then HE was filled with the joy of THE HOLY SPIRIT and said, “I praise YOU, O FATHER, LORD of Heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the intellectuals and worldly wise and for revealing them to those who are as trusting as little children.  Yes, thank YOU, FATHER, for that is the way YOU wanted it.

Luke 10:21 (TLB)

 

If you, then, despite your evil nature, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Heavenly FATHER give THE HOLY SPIRIT to those who ask HIM!”

Luke 11:13 (NCB)

 

Anyone who speaks against THE SON OF MAN can be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes THE HOLY SPIRIT will not be forgiven.

Luke 12:10 (NLT)

 

For THE HOLY SPIRIT will teach you in that same hour what you ought to say.

Luke 12:12 (NMB)

 

 “And now I will send THE HOLY SPIRIT, just as MY FATHER promised.  But stay here in the city until THE HOLY SPIRIT comes and fills you with power from Heaven.”

Luke 24:49 (NLT)

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 Then John told about seeing THE HOLY SPIRIT in the form of a dove descending from heaven and resting upon JESUS.

“I didn’t know HE was the One,” John said again, “but at the time GOD sent me to baptize He told me, ‘When you see THE HOLY SPIRIT descending and resting upon Someone—HE is the one you are looking for.  HE is the One who baptizes with THE HOLY SPIRIT’.

John 1:32,33 (TLB)

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JESUS replied, “What I am telling you so earnestly is this:  Unless one is born of water and THE SPIRIT, he cannot enter the Kingdom of GOD.  

Men can only reproduce human life, but THE HOLY SPIRIT gives new life from Heaven;

John 3:5,6 (TLB)

 

The wind blows where it will, and you hear its sound, but cannot tell from whence it comes and where it goes.  That is how it is with everyone that is born of THE SPIRIT.

John 3:8 (NMB)

 

The ONE WHOM GOD sent speaks the words of GOD, because GOD gives HIM THE SPIRIT fully.

John 3:34 (NCV)

 

It is THE SPIRIT that gives life.  The body is of no value for that.  But the things I have told you are from THE SPIRIT, so they give life.

John 6:63 (ERV)

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He who believes in ME, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.” 
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By this HE spoke of THE SPIRIT, WHOM those who believe in HIM would receive. For THE HOLY SPIRIT was not yet given, because JESUS was not yet glorified.
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John 7:38,39 (MEV)
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I will ask THE FATHER, and HE will give you another HELPER to be with you forever. 

THE HELPER is THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.  The people of the world cannot accept HIM, because they don’t see HIM or know HIM.  But you know HIM.  HE lives with you, and HE will be in you.

John 14:16,17 (ERV)

 

“But when THE HELPER comes, WHOM I will send to you from THE FATHER, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHO proceeds from THE FATHER, HE will bear witness about ME.

John 15:26 (ESV)

 

I tell you the truth.  It is better for you that I go away.  If I do not go, THE HELPER will not come to you. If I go, I will send HIM to you.  

When THE HELPER comes, HE will show the world the truth about sin.  HE will show the world about being right with GOD.  And HE will show the world what it is to be guilty. 

HE will show the world about sin, because they do not put their trust in ME.  

HE will show the world about being right with GOD, because I go to MY FATHER and you will see ME no more.

HE will show the world what it is to be guilty because the leader of this world (Satan) is guilty.

John 16:7-11 (NLV)

 

THE HOLY Spirit is coming.  HE will lead you into all truth.  HE will not speak HIS Own words.  HE will speak what HE hears.  He will tell you of things to come.  

HE will honor ME.  HE will receive what is Mine and will tell it to you.

Everything THE FATHER has is Mine.  That is why I said to you, ‘HE will receive what is Mine and will tell it to you.’

John 16:13-15 (NLV)

 

After HE said this, HE breathed on them [Gen. 2:7] and said, “Receive THE HOLY SPIRIT.

John 20:22 (EXB)

 

 until the day in which HE was taken up, after HE through THE HOLY SPIRIT had given commandments to the apostles whom HE had chosen,

Acts 1:2 (NKJV)

 

And being assembled together with them, HE commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of THE FATHER, “Which,” HE said, “you have heard from ME;

for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with THE HOLY SPIRIT not many days from now.”

Acts 1:4,5 (NKJV)

 

But you shall receive power when THE HOLY SPIRIT has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to ME in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:8 (NKJV)

 

“Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which THE HOLY SPIRIT spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested JESUS; 

for he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry.”

(Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out.  

And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, Field of Blood.)

“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:  ‘Let his dwelling place be desolate,  And let no one live in it’; and, ‘Let another take his office.’

Acts 1:16-20 (NKJV)

 

Suddenly a noise came from heaven. It sounded like a strong wind blowing.  This noise filled the whole house where they were sitting.

They saw something that looked like flames of fire.  The flames were separated and stood over each person there. 

They were all filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT, and they began to speak different languages.  THE HOLY SPIRIT was giving them the power to do this.

Acts 2:2-4 (ERV)

 

‘GOD says:  In the last days     I will pour out MY SPIRIT on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy.     Your young men will see visions.     Your old men will have special dreams.

In those days I will pour out MY SPIRIT on my servants, men and women, 11:9-13

and they will prophesy.

Acts 2:17,18 (ERV)

 

JESUS was lifted up to Heaven.  Now HE is with GOD, at GOD’s right side.  THE FATHER has given THE HOLY SPIRIT to HIM, as HE promised.  So JESUS has now poured out that SPIRIT.  This is what you see and hear.

Acts 2:33 (ERV)

 

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of JESUS CHRIST. Then GOD will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people who are far away.  It is for everyone THE LORD our GOD calls to HIMSELF.”

Acts 2:38,39 (ERV)

 

 Peter was filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT and told the nation’s leaders and the elders:

You are questioning us today about a kind deed in which a crippled man was healed. 

But there is something we must tell you and everyone else in Israel.  This man is standing here completely well because of the power of JESUS CHRIST from Nazareth.  You put JESUS to death on a cross, but GOD raised HIM to life.

HE is the Stone that you builders thought was worthless, and now HE is the most important Stone of all.

Only JESUS has the power to save!  HIS name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone.

Acts 4:8-12 (CEV)

 

And by THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU spoke to our ancestor David.  He was YOUR servant, and YOU told him to say:

“Why are all the Gentiles so furious? Why do people make foolish plans?

The kings of earth prepare for war, and the rulers join together against THE LORD and HIS MESSIAH.”

Acts 4:25,26 (CEV)

 

After they had prayed, the meeting place shook.  They were all filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT and bravely spoke GOD’s message.

Acts 4:31 (CEV)

 

Peter said, “Ananias, why did you let Satan fill your mind with such an idea?  You kept part of the money for yourself and lied about it to THE HOLY SPIRIT!

Acts 5:3 (ERV)

 

 Peter said to her, “Why did you and your husband agree to test THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD?  Listen!  Do you hear those footsteps?  The men who buried your husband are at the door.  They will carry you out in the same way.”

Acts 5:9 (ERV)

 

We saw all these things happen, and we can say that they are true.  THE HOLY SPIRIT also shows that these things are true.  GOD has given this SPIRIT to all those who obey HIM.”

Acts 5:32 (ERV)

 

“Now look around among yourselves, dear Brothers, and select seven men, wise and full of THE HOLY SPIRIT, who are well thought of by everyone; and we will put them in charge of this business.

Acts 6:3 (TLB)

 

This sounded reasonable to the whole assembly, and they elected the following: Stephen (a man unusually full of faith and THE HOLY SPIRIT), Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, Nicolaus of Antioch (a Gentile convert to the Jewish faith, who had become a Christian).

Acts 6:5 (TLB)

 

Stephen, the man so full of faith and THE HOLY SPIRIT’s power, did spectacular miracles among the people.

Acts 6:8 (TLB)

 

Stephen spoke with wisdom and power given by THE HOLY SPIRIT.  They were not able to say anything against what he said.

Acts 6:10 (NLV)

 

You stubborn and hardheaded people!  You are always fighting against THE HOLY SPIRIT, just as your ancestors did.

Acts 7:51 (CEV)

 

 But Stephen was filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT.  He looked toward heaven, where he saw our glorious GOD and JESUS standing at his right side.

Acts 7:55 (CEV)

 

When they arrived, they prayed for the believers that they might receive THE HOLY SPIRIT.

For THE HOLY SPIRIT had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the Name of THE LORD JESUS.

Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Simon saw that THE SPIRIT had been given to the believers when the apostles placed their hands on them.  So he offered money to Peter and John,

and said, “Give this power to me too, so that anyone I place my hands on will receive THE HOLY SPIRIT.”

But Peter answered him, “May you and your money go to Hell, for thinking that you can buy GOD’s GIFT with money!

Acts 8:15-20 (GNT)

 

THE HOLY SPIRIT said to Philip, “Go over to that carriage and stay close to it.”

Acts 8:29 (GNT)

 

When they came up out of the water, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD took Philip away.  The official did not see him again, but continued on his way, full of joy.

Acts 8:39 (GNT)

 

So Ananias left and went to the house of Judas.  He laid his hands on Saul and said, “Saul, my Brother, THE LORD JESUS sent me.  HE is the ONE you saw on the road when you came here.  HE sent me so that you can see again and also be filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT.”

Acts 9:17 (ERV)

 

The church in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace.  And with the help of THE HOLY SPIRIT, these groups of believers became stronger in faith and showed their respect for THE LORD by the way they lived.  So the church everywhere grew in numbers.

Acts 9:31 (ERV)

 

While Peter was still thinking about the vision, THE SPIRIT said to him, “Listen, three men are looking for you. 

Get up and go downstairs.  Go with these men without wondering if it’s all right, because I sent them.”

Acts 10:19,20 (ERV)

 

You know about JESUS from Nazareth.  GOD made him THE MESSIAH by giving HIM THE HOLY SPIRIT and power.  JESUS went everywhere doing good for people.  HE healed those who were ruled by the Devil, showing that GOD was with HIM.

Acts 10:38 (ERV)

 

While Peter was still speaking these words, THE HOLY SPIRIT came down on all those who were listening to his speech. 

The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that THE HOLY SPIRIT had been poured out as a gift also to people who were not Jews. 

They heard them speaking different languages and praising GOD.  Then Peter said, 

“How can anyone object to these people being baptized in water?  They have received THE HOLY SPIRIT the same as we did!”

Acts 10:44-47 (ERV)

 

 THE SPIRIT told me to go with them without any hesitation.  Six believers from Joppa went with me, and we visited Cornelius’ home.

Acts 11:12 (GW)

 

“When I began to speak, THE HOLY SPIRIT came to these people.  This was the same thing that happened to us in the beginning.

I remembered that THE LORD had said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized by THE HOLY SPIRIT.’

When they believed, GOD gave them the same Gift that HE gave us when we believed in THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.  So who was I to interfere with GOD?”

Acts 11:15-17 (GW)

 

 Barnabas was a dependable man, and he was full of THE HOLY SPIRIT and faith.  A large crowd believed in THE LORD.

Acts 11:24 (GW)

 

One of them was named Agabus.  Through THE SPIRIT Agabus predicted that a severe famine would affect the entire world.  This happened while Claudius was emperor.

Acts 11:28 (GW)

 

While they were serving THE LORD and fasting, THE HOLY SPIRIT said to them, “Set apart for ME Barnabas and Saul, to do the work to which I have called them.”

They fasted and prayed, placed their hands on them, and sent them off.

Having been sent by THE HOLY SPIRIT, Barnabas and Saul went to Seleucia and sailed from there to the island of Cyprus.

Acts 13:2-4 (GNT)

 

Then Saul—also known as Paul—was filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT; he looked straight at the magician

and said, “You son of the Devil!  You are the enemy of everything that is good.  You are full of all kinds of evil tricks, and you always keep trying to turn THE LORD’s truths into lies!

THE LORD’s hand will come down on you now; you will be blind and will not see the light of day for a time.  ”At once Elymas felt a dark mist cover his eyes, and he walked around trying to find someone to lead him by the hand.

Acts 13:9-11 (GNT)

 

The believers in Antioch were full of joy and THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Acts 13:52 (GNT)

 

Acts 15:8,28; 16:6,7; 19:2,6; 20:22,23,28; 21:4,11; 28:25-27

Romans 1:4; 5:5; 8:2,4-6, 9-11,13-16,23,26,27; 9:1; 15:13,16,19,30

1 Corinthians 2:4,10-15; 3:1; 6:19; 7:40; 12:1,3,4,7-11,13; 14:1,2

2 Corinthians 1:22; 3:3,6,8,16-18; 5:5; 6:6; 11:4; 12:18; 13:14

Galatians 3:2,3,5,14; 4:6,29; 5:5,16-18,22,23,25; 6:8

Ephesians 1:13,14; 2:18,22; 3:5,16; 4:3,4,30; 5:9,18; 6:17,18

Philippians 1:19; 2:1

Colossians 1:8,9

 

For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for THE HOLY SPIRIT gave you full assurance that what we said was true.  And you know that the way we lived among you was further proof of the truth of our message.

So you received  the message with joy from THE HOLY SPIRIT in spite of the severe suffering it brought you.  In this way. you imitated both us and THE LORD.

1 Thessalonians 1:5,6 (NLT)

 

For GOD called us to holiness, not to impurity.  Anyone therefore who flouts these rules is flouting, not man, but GOD WHO bestows upon you HIS HOLY SPIRIT.

1 Thessalonians 4:5 (GNB)

 

Do not restrain THE HOLY SPIRIT.

1 Thessalonians 5:19 (GNB)

 

We must thank GOD at all times for you, brothers, you whom THE LORD loves.  For GOD chose you as the first to be saved by THE SPIRIT’s power to make you HIS holy people.

2 Thessalonians 2:13 (GNB)

 

Without question this is the great mystery of our faith:  CHRIST appeared in the flesh and was shown to be righteous by THE SPIRIT.  HE was seen by angels and was announced to the nations.  HE was believed on in the world and was taken up into heaven.

1 Timothy 3:16 (NLT)

 

Now THE SPIRIT speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils

1 Timothy 4:1 (KJV)

 

For THE SPIRIT that GOD has given us does not make us timid, instead, HIS SPIRIT fills us with power, love, and self-control.

2 Timothy 1:7 (GNB)

 

You have been trusted with a wonderful treasure.  Guard it with the help of THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO lives within you.

2 Timothy 1:14 (CEV)

 

HE saved us because of HIS mercy, not because of good deeds we did to be right with God.  HE saved us through the washing that made us new people.  HE saved us by making us new through THE HOLY SPIRIT.

GOD poured out to us that HOLY SPIRIT fully through JESUS CHRIST our SAVIOR.

We were made right with GOD by HIS grace.  And GOD gave us THE SPIRIT so that we could receive the life that never ends.  That is what we hope for.

Titus 3:5-7 (ICB)

 

And GOD was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural power, and by HIS distribution of THE HOLY SPIRIT at HIS pleasure.

Hebrews 2:4 (TBIBE)

 

That is why THE HOLY SPIRIT says, “Today you must listen to HIS voice.

Don’t harden your hearts against HIM as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested GOD’s patience in the wilderness.

There your ancestors tried MY patience, even though they saw MY miracles for forty years.

So I was angry with them, and I said, ‘Their hearts always turn away from ME.  They refuse to do what I tell them’.

So in MY anger I made a vow:  ‘They will never enter MY place of rest’.”

Hebrew 3:7-11 (NLT)

 

For how can those who abandon their faith be brought back to repent again?  They were once in GOD’s light:  they tasted heaven’s gift and received their share of THE HOLY SPIRIT

Hebrews 6:4 (GNB)

 

The HOLY GHOST this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

Hebrews 9:8 (KJV)

 

how much more shall the blood of CHRIST, WHO through THE ETERNAL SPIRIT offered HIMSELF without spot to GOD, purge your conscience from dead works to serve THE LIVIVNG GOD?

Hebrews 9:14 (KJV)

 

THE HOLY SPIRIT also speaks of this by telling us that THE LORD said,

“When the time comes, I will make an agreement with them.  I will write MY laws on their minds and hearts.

Then I will forget about their sins and no longer remember their evil deeds.”

Hebrews 10:15-17 (CEV)

 

But it is much worse to dishonor GOD’s SON and to disgrace the blood of the promise that made us holy.  And it is just as bad to insult THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO shows us mercy.

Hebrews 10:29  (CEV)

 

elect according to the foreknowledge of GOD THE FATHER, through sanctification of THE SPIRIT, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of JESUS CHRIST:  Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

! Peter 1:2 (AKJV)

 

searching what, or what manner of time THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST WHO was in them did signify, when It testified beforehand the sufferings of CHRIST, and the glory that should follow.

Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them, that have preached the gospel unto you with THE HOLY GHOST sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

1 Peter 1:11,12 (AKJV)

 

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth though THE SPIRIT unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of GOD, which liveth and abideth for ever.

1 Peter 1:22,23 (AKJV)

 

For CHRIST also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that HE might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by THE SPIRIT.

1 Peter 3:18 (NKJV)

 

Count it a blessing when you suffer for being a Christian.  This shows that GOD’s glorious SPIRIT is with you.

1 Peter 4:14 (CEV)

 

For no prophetic message ever came just from the will of men, but men were under the control of THE HOLY SPIRIT as they spoke the message that came from GOD.

2 Peter 1:21 (GNB)

 

But you have had THE HOLY SPIRIT poured out on you by CHRIST, and so all of you know the truth.  But as for you, CHRIST has poured out HIS SPIRIT on you.

1 John 2:20 (GNB)

 

As long as HIS SPIRIT remains in you, you do not need anyone to teach you.  For HIS SPIRIT teaches you about everything, and what He teaches is true, not false.  Obey THE SPIRIT’s teaching, then and remain in union with CHRIST.

1 John 2:27 (GNB)

 

Those who obey GOD’s commandments live in fellowship with HIM, and HE with them.  And we know HE lives in us because THE HOLY SPIRIT lives in us.

1 John 3:24  (NLT)

 

My dear friends, do not believe all who claim to have THE SPIRIT, but test them to find out if the spirit they have comes from GOD.  For many false prophets have gone out everywhere.

This is how you will be able to know whether it is GOD’s SPIRIT:  anyone who acknowledges that JESUS CHRIST came as a human being has THE SPIRIT WHO comes from GOD.

1 John 4:1,2 (GNB)

 

But you belong to GOD, my children, and have defeated the false prophets, because THE SPIRIT WHO is in you is more powerful than the spirit in those who belong to the world.

1 John 4:4 (GNB)

 

We are of GOD.  He who knows GOD hears us; he who is not of GOD does not hear us.  By this we know THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH and the spirit of error.

1 John 4:6 (NKJV)

 

We are sure that we live in union with GOD and that HE lives in union with us, because HE has given us HIS SPIRIT.

1 John 4:13 (GNB)

 

This is HE WHO came by water and blood — JESUS CHRIST; not only by water, but by water and blood.  And it is THE SPIRIT WHO bears witness, because THE SPIRIT is truth.

For there are Three WHO bear witness in heaven:  THE FATHER, THE WORD, and THE HOLY SPIRIT; and these THREE are one.

And there are three that bear witness on earth:  THE SPIRIT, the water, and the blood and these three agree as one.

1 John 5:6-8 (NKJV)

 

These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not THE SPIRIT.  But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in THE HOLY GHOST.

Jude 19:20 (KJV)

 

“Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to THE SPIRIT and understand what THE SPIRIT is saying to the churches.  Everyone who is victorious will eat from the tree of life in the paradise of GOD.

“Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to THE SPIRIT and understand what THE SPIRIT is saying to the churches.  Whoever is victorious will not be hurt by the second death.

“Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to THE SPIRIT and understand what THE SPIRIT is saying to the churches.  Everyone who is victorious will eat of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven.  And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.

Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to THE SPIRIT and understand what THE SPIRIT is saying to the churches.

Revelation 2:7,11,17,29  (NLT)

 

Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to THE SPIRIT and understand what THE SPIRIT is saying to the churches.

Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to THE SPIRIT and understand what THE SPIRIT is saying to the churches.

Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to THE SPIRIT and understand what THE SPIRIT is saying to the churches.

Revelation 3:6,13,22  (NLT)

 

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this down:  Blessed are those who die in THE LORD from now on.  Yes, says THE SPIRIT, they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from all their toils and trials; for their good deeds follow them!”

Revelation 14:13  (NLT)

 

And THE SPIRIT and the bride say, “Come!”  And let him who hears say, “Come!”  And let him who thirsts come.  And whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Revelation 22:17

 

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Some people think that they are automatically baptized by THE HOLY SPIRIT when they are baptized with water.

When anyone is actually baptized by THE HOLY SPIRIT, it will be vividly known and not falsely justified by theory.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of JESUS CHRIST for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of THE HOLY GHOST. Acts 2:38 (KJV).

GOD decides whether a person receives THE HOLY SPIRIT, if ever — not finite minds in a seminary theology school.

The apostles and myself (re-read the first testimony in the Home Page) were baptized by THE HOLY SPIRIT — years after being baptized with water.

 

While the Apostle Peter was speaking, Cornelius [as in  Page 2, Courage …] and his family were baptized by THE HOLY SPIRIT — before they were baptized with water.

 

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

If ye the, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly FATHER give The HOLY SPIRIT to them that ask HIM?

Luke 11:9,13 (KJV)

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The first supernatural experience I had with THE HOLY SPIRIT was right after I Prayed and Asked GOD, THE FATHER to forgive me for all of my sins and right when I Prayed and Asked JESUS, THE KING OF KINGS to Come Into my heart — I was Baptized By THE HOLY SPIRIT right then!

I was not Given the gift of Speaking In Tongues, but was Given the Gift of Wisdom from being Baptized By THE HOLY SPIRIT!

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To one person THE SPIRIT gives the ability to give wise advice;

to another THE same SPIRIT gives a message of special knowledge.  

The same SPIRIT gives great faith to another,

and to someone else THE one SPIRIT gives the gift of healing. 

HE gives one person the power to perform miracles,

and another the ability to prophesy. 

HE gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from THE SPIRIT OF GOD or from another spirit. 

Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages,

while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.  

It is THE one and only SPIRIT who distributes all these gifts. 

HE alone decides which gift each person should have.

1 Corinthians 12:8-11 (NLT)

 

 

THE HOLY SPIRIT’s Gift of wisdom is before even Speaking In Tongues.  The Gift of wisdom is the first Gift before the other Gifts.

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College professors were surprised by what I was saying from the Wisdom THE HOLY SPIRIT Had Given me, and they would meet with me off campus.

They kept in contact with me after they retired, as well.

When I visited a city hundreds of miles from where I lived, a Dean of a university welcomed me to stay over in his house.

He & his wife insisted I sleep in their master bedroom, while they slept in their guest room.

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. . . for he who is honouring ME, I honour . . .

1 Samuel 2:30 (YLT)

 

There is more Wisdom with THE HOLY SPIRIT than in all of the colleges and universities.

I have corrected Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance.

I was, also, a counselor for the former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.

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I have felt the Presence Of THE HOLY SPIRIT a number of times for many years!

I  felt the Glory Of THE HOLY SPIRIT for the 1st time in 2020, that HE Sent down to me a few times; and, on December 21, 2020 AD,  THE HOLY SPIRIT Covered me with HIS Glory — different from the Baptism Of THE HOLY SPIRIT I have received !

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When I was 28 years old, I obeyed the Greatest Commandment for the first time.

I had trouble with doing the “all” part in Loving JESUS, my LORD with all of  my heart, all of my soul, all of my mind, and all of my strength, and I was not successful  [Later read Chapter 4 & Chapter 5].

I Prayed to and Asked THE HOLY SPIRIT To Help me Love JESUS with the “all” in Loving JESUS with all of my heart, all of my soul, all of my mind, and all of my strength; and THE HOLY SPIRIT Helped me completely and successfully Love JESUS with

all of my heart,

all of my soul,

all of my mind,

and all of my strength!

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THE HOLY SPIRIT Has Done the same thing for me with GOD, THE FATHER!  [Also, JESUS, my LORD Led me directly To HIS FATHER, GOD, THE FATHER after I successfully did the Greatest Commandment with JESUS proving, when I was 28 years old!  John 14:6, “JESUS Said Unto him, I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life:  no man cometh unto THE FATHER, but by ME.”]

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When I completed obeying the Greatest Commandment, I had and have direct Communication with GOD!

I Ask HIM questions and HE Answers me, as GOD Has Done for other Christians!

I continue to obey the Greatest Commandment on a regular basis.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT, also, Helped me with the Greatest Commandment letters, and HE Helped me write the book, How To Love GOD More — Experiences In Obeying The Greatest Commandment [which is in this Testimonies and Miracles in Chapter 5 — Experiences In Obeying The Greatest Commandment and Love]!

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Joseph, Jacob’s son, went through a number of bad troubles (Genesis chapters 37 thru 40), but GOD Used Joseph and Honored Joseph.

In my early and mid 30’s, I had bad troubles, but I stood true to GOD.

In my mid 30’s THE HOLY SPIRIT supernaturally sent wild animals to be with me and to comfort me [later read the 1st Testimony in Chapter One & Chapter 6]!

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And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook;

and I Have Commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

1 Kings 17:4

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For years I wanted to have the Gift Of THE HOLY SPIRIT of Speaking In Tongues; I did about everything I could think of for this to happen; but I was not succeeding.

Even the former mayor’s daughter would come by and asked me if I was Speaking In Tongues yet.

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Later one night, I had a temperature, but I went ahead and Prayed in fervent Prayer and around midnight GOD, THE FATHER and JESUS and THE HOLY SPIRIT graciously Gave me, which I did not deserve, the Gift of Speaking In Tongues and it was wonderful!

GOD Has Granted me the Heavenly Language of Speaking In Tongues through the years to this day!

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Now at this sound,

the multitude came together and were confounded

because each one heard them speak in his own tongue.

Acts 2:6 (JUB)

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Years later, being a chaplain in the emergency room there was a patient there whose legs were darkened and thrashing about because of lack of blood flow to the legs.

The doctor did not know what to do and left the room in the emergency room she was in.

I went to her next to her bed and Prayed for her in the Name Of JESUS and THE HOLY SPIRIT immediately Healed her!

Normal color came back into her legs immediately and her legs instantly stopped thrashing around!  Her son was there and witnessed the Miracle, too.

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Rev, Bill Bathman, the famous missionary [later read Chapter 10], and I were talking again on the telephone, but this time he had a chronic cough.

I Prayed for him in JESUS’s Name and THE HOLY SPIRIT immediately Healed him of the chronic cough, which he later in the conversation acknowledged!

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There are other people, whom THE HOLY SPIRIT Has Healed when I Prayed for them In JESUS’s Name!

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Then Peter, filled with THE HOLY SPIRIT,

said to them,

“Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:

If we today are being examined concerning a good deed done to a crippled man,

how this man has been healed,

Acts 4:8,9 (MEV)

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THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE HOLY GHOST is

my HELPER and my COUNSELOR,

my COMFORTER, and

THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH!

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Not much is accomplished in the Kingdom Of GOD without the power Of THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Examine the lives of the disciples before Pentecost — then examine the lives of the disciples after THE HOLY SPIRIT Pentecost.

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When Christian individuals and groups of Christian people have before GOD deeply repented with no compromise, THE HOLY SPIRIT has come down on them working miracles with THE HOLY SPIRIT’s presence felt — in the United States from the Great Awakening in the 18th and 19th Centuries.

Some of the true HOLY SPIRIT revivals from that time period thru the 20th Century were the Cane Ridge Meeting (which was the very 1st Camp Meeting) 1801 (near Paris, Kentucky), Landis Park Revival 1867 (Vineland, New Jersey), Manheim Revival 1868 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), Parham Bible School Revival 1901 (Topeka, Kansas), Azusa Street Revival 1906 (Los Angeles, California), Cashwell Revival 1907 (Dunn, North Carolina), and the Asbury College (not the proud seminary school next to the college — as Pastor Ross, who was a seminary student at the “prestigious” Asbury Seminary in 1950, told me) Revival in 1950 in Wilmore, Kentucky.

Another one of the true HOLY SPIIRT revivals has occurred in Pensacola, Florida  where Pastor  John Kilpatrick and his congregation Prayed earnestly for real revival during the 1990’s, with Evangelist Steve Hill, attended by Dr. Michael Brown and Glen Gerhauser  [Pastor Glen Gerhauser has been following the new posts in this Testimonies and Miracles for over 8 years, and you can read about him later in Chapter 8 — Glen Gerhauseer of Australia].

I had the privilege of attending the Pensacola Revival, otherwise known as the Brownsville Revival; and, Daniel Kolenda attended this Revival, too, and he became the successor to the much loved Reinhard Bonnke, and Daniel is now the successor president of  Christ for all Nations.

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The Revivals in the USA pale in comparison to the Revivals in Africa, with many thanks to Reinhard Bonnke for knowing and obeying THE HOLY SPIRIT.

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Because of THE HOLY SPIRIT being with Reinhard Bonnke over 76 million people have dedicated their lives to JESUS, THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS.  Sad for many people here on earth, Reinhard Bonnke passed on December 7, 2019 AD.

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If you want to receive THE HOLY SPIRIT, go to JESUS THE CHRIST.

If you read the first testimony in Chapter 1, you will see that when I first received THE HOLY SPIRIT, I had sincerely Asked GOD,  THE FATHER To Forgive me for everything I had done wrong and then sincerely asked JESUS CHRIST into my heart and immediately I was baptized by THE HOLY SPIRIT!  Neighbor, I hope this happens to you, too.

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The following Song was written about 4 to 5 centuries ago.  I have been singing it from my soul for years.

Praise GOD from WHOM all Blessings flow!

Praise HIM all creatures here below!

Praise HIM above ye Heavenly Host!

Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST!

 

 

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This song was written 190 years ago [Steve Green’s albums are shone just before the Song begins], click on arrow:

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This medley is for THE HOLY SPIRIT:

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If THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WHO raised JESUS from death, lives in you, then HE WHO raised CHRIST from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of HIS SPIRIT in you.  Romans 8:11 (GNB)

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Breathe on me, Breath of GOD,

Fill me with life anew,

That I may love what THOU dost love,

And do what THOU Wouldst do.

Breathe on me Breath of GOD,

Until my heart is pure,

Until with THEE I will one will,

To do and to endure.

Breathe on me, Breath of GOD,

Till I am wholly THINE,

Till all this earthly part of me

Glows with THY fire Divine.

Breathe on me, Breath of GOD,

So shall I never die,

But live with THEE the perfect life

Of  THINE  eternity

Edwin Hatch

19th Century

When JESUS had said this, HE breathed on them. HE said, “Receive THE HOLY SPIRIT.  John 20:22 (NLV)

 

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“Call to mind our numerous offences against The Most High GOD, confess them before HIM with the sincerest penitence, implore HIS pardoning mercy, through the Great MEDIATOR and REDEEMER, for out past transgressions, and that through the grace of HIS HOLY SPIRIT, we may be deposed and enabled to yield a more suitable obedience to HIS righteous requisitions.”

John Adams

2nd Founding President of the United States of America

John Adams: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence | Ancestral ...

 

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We are witnesses of these things, and so is THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM GOD has given to those who obey HIM.”  Acts 5:32 (NIV)

THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE HOLY GHOST, THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE HELPER – THE COUNSELOR, THE COMFORTER, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH is good.

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Brother Phil

549 thoughts on “Chapter 3 – THE HOLY SPIRIT

  1. Blessings, Edgar Mayer (Lutheran pastor in Toowoomba, Australia and author of “Surprised by the Holy Spirit” and coming out soon “Surprised by Miracles”).

    1. Senior Pastor Edgar Mayer, Australia’s national Chair of Lutheran Renewal

      Living Grace Lutheran Church

      Toowoomba

      Australia

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      Love The Holy Spirit with all of the heart, with all of the soul, and with all of the mind.

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      About a half millennium ago, “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” Martin Luther.

      For more of Toowoomba, Australia click on the Comments of the Home Page of this TestimoniesAndMiracles.net

  2. THE HOLY SPIRIT Baptized me again,
    Covering me from the top of my head — all the way down my body — to the tip of my toes in May, 2016.

    The first and last time THE HOLY SPIRIT did this over me was in June, 1967!

    Brother Phil Osborne

  3. I love The Holy Spirit

    Blossom

    (Ed. note: Blossom is a sharp woman,
    who with no training for it,
    successfully rebuilt a transmission and,
    also, rebuilt 3 different engines;
    Blossom is a successful hunter for years with a long bow,
    muzzleloader,
    and crossbow;
    she has been successful in college;
    and, she was a rodeo star for about a decade and a half.)

    1. Puerto Rico

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      Love The Holy Spirit with all of the heart, with all of the soul, and with all of the mind.

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      Love The Holy Spirit with all of the heart, with all of the soul, and with all of the mind.

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    1. Lewisham, England

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      Love The Holy Spirit with all of the heart, with all of the soul, and with all of the mind.
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      Love The Holy Spirit with all of the heart, with all of the soul, and with all of the mind.
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