Why Do You Need to Know the Holy Spirit?

Posted on Dec 01, 2022 Topic : Inspirational/Devotional, Men's Christian Living, Women's Christian Living
Posted by : Tony Evans

The Holy Spirit is the most misunderstood, marginalized, misused, and underappreciated member of the Trinity. On the one hand, He’s ignored, and on the other hand, He’s illegitimately sensationalized. Both extremes cancel or limit His work in and through God’s people. That’s why it’s important for us to not only know the Holy Spirit more but as He really is.

The Spirit has a central role in the life of the believer and the empowerment of the church, with the distinctive task of making the reality and truth of God experienced in both. And because He possesses emotions, intellect, and will, He is to be related to on a personal level. He’s to be known, not merely considered a force or power to be manipulated or used. Although He’s nonmaterial, intangible, and invisible, He is nonetheless real and relational.

As with the other two members of the Trinity, one of the best means to understand, appreciate, and benefit from the person of the Holy Spirit is to explore the names and attribute descriptions He’s given in Scripture. We can identify, explain, and illustrate the Holy Spirit and His work through those descriptions and names, and then we can begin to experience how He lives those roles in us, through us, and for us.

As believers, we can relate to the person of the Holy Spirit in a more personal and intimate way, and we can take full advantage of all the Spirit offers for our physical lives, our emotional lives, and most importantly, our spiritual lives. When we grasp how to do this, His availability can be maximized for our personal and collective growth and impact.

When we come to know the Spirit—again, not only more but as He really is—we can more intimately tap into the unique ways God reveals Himself to us. That’s why we all need to understand that to the degree we take the person and work of the Holy Spirit seriously is the degree to which we will experience more of God.