Message: "Who is the Holy Spirit" by Joel King

No longer do you have to wait for the crowds to disappear. No longer do you have to wait for Peter to stop talking. God is accessible twenty four seven. He resides in us. Now, I understand there's there's much more to the question, who is the Holy Spirit? And in in essence, each of these weeks is gonna kinda add to that. And I also understand, for some of us, especially if you're already a follower of Jesus, you're like, have the Holy Spirit, but something's off because if I have God in me, my life is a little too mundane. Why is that? We're gonna talk about that. We're gonna talk about all that. [00:39:39] (38 seconds)  #GodIsAlwaysAccessible

Now Jesus is either stretching the truth to kinda, you know, lessen the blow, Or this helper, who we find out is the Holy Spirit, is someone that's pretty incredible. And that kinda leads us to what we're gonna look at, really this series, but we're gonna begin to lean into today. Who is this Holy Spirit? He's gotta be something if he's a replacement for Jesus. Now, I'll give you the answer right up front. There's no mystery here. He's God. The Holy Spirit is God. [00:11:39] (37 seconds)  #HolySpiritIsGod

Can you imagine the one who created the 100% of the brain? The knowledge that he has? Not only all the knowledge that we have now or ever will have, but the knowledge that is untapped, that he already knows because he created it. We are moral. There there there is something in us that that that naturally, to a certain degree, wants to do good. Now, it's corrupted, but we we learn we lean in those ways, but God is morally perfect. There is no there is no shade of selfishness in God. There is none. [00:29:32] (35 seconds)  #GodAllKnowingCreator

It says in first Corinthians that he is all knowing. That's that fancy word, omniscient, means that he knows everything. There is nothing that he does not know. And again, only God is all knowing. And yet, it says the Holy Spirit has this attribute. Some of the works are attributed to the Holy Spirit. The things that he does are divine works, only things that God does. [00:18:23] (25 seconds)  #HolySpiritAllKnowing

Right? When we when we start, when the whole story starts, it's better it's better than than The Hobbit before the ring showed up. Right? They're in Hobbiton, they're all eating, and then have you ever seen that movie? And a lot of movies start out this, it's just like kind of utopia, and then the bad thing happens. Right? And and in essence, it can be the the utopia is described in Genesis chapter two verse 25 where it says, the man and his wife were both naked and this is the one this is the deal here, not that they were naked, and they felt no shame. [00:32:25] (33 seconds)  #GardenOfInnocence

You see, God is greater in all ways. Period. God is greater in all ways. Wherever we are, you move up from there when you get to God. So we have a certain amount of power, of ability, but God is all powerful. There is nothing that he cannot do. We have a little bit of knowledge, but we only use 10% of our brain. And anyone who has a lot of education, right, I can tell you this. The more education you have, the more you learn what little we know. [00:28:51] (38 seconds)  #GodIsAllPowerful

And then when when sin happens, right, the bible I don't know if it literally like God's walking in the garden. It could have been. It could have been Christ. I don't know. But it does describe this. God shows up to spend some time with them, and they bolt. For the first time, they bolt. Why? Because they feel shame. They realize they're naked. They realize they messed up, and they hide. And that is what was lost. That is what was lost. [00:33:50] (27 seconds)  #SinBroughtSeparation

No. They were without shame. They were they were relationally clean. They felt good about themselves. They forgot felt good about the about the other person. They felt good about God. It was it was all kosher. It was all good. It's a very thing that we all really truly desire in this life. Not just to be in a relationship where someone takes us as we are, but to be in the kind of relationship with with where as we are and as they are, it's completely accepted and appreciated and loved and and there's nothing between you. [00:33:16] (31 seconds)  #RelationalWholenessAndAcceptance