Who Is The Holy Spirit? | Herbert Cooper - Audio

Acts 19:1–2 NIV - While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2  and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” <br><br> 3 Myths About the Holy Spirit <br><br> 1. The Holy Spirit is junior varsity <br><br> Acts 5:3-4 NIV - Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?  4  Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.” <br><br> 1. Holy Spirit is eternal <br><br> Hebrews 9:14 NIV - How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! <br><br> 2. Holy Spirit is all-powerful <br><br> Luke 1:35 NIV - The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Romans 8:11 NLT - The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. <br><br> 3. Holy Spirit is omnipresent <br><br> Psalm 139:7 ESV - Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? <br><br> 4. Holy Spirit is omniscient <br><br> 1 Corinthians 2:10-11 NASB - For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. <br><br> 5. Holy Spirit is creator <br><br> Genesis 1:1–2 NLT - In th