{"id":1225,"date":"2014-10-30T00:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/2014\/10\/30\/right-spirit\/"},"modified":"2014-10-30T00:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T00:34:00","slug":"right-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kinshipradio.org\/home\/right-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Right Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a child, I remember being afraid of ghosts hiding under my bed or in my closet. They were shadowy, scary things and, even though Dad told me there were no such things as ghosts, it still felt like they were hiding in the dark corners of my room ready to\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Come to think of it, I guess all a ghost could really do was scare you. I don\u2019t remember even the scariest ghost stories really having much more of point than some variation of the ghost jumping out and saying, \u201cBOO!\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Still, I do remember lying in my bed somewhere between the ages of five and ten and repeating over and over, \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as ghosts, there\u2019s no such thing as ghosts\u2026\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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It didn\u2019t help much when we went to church and the pastor would say, \u201cIn the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost\u2026\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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I considered it a welcome change when churches and clergy began using \u201cHoly Spirit\u201d instead of \u201cHoly Ghost. \u201c There was enough of the culture assigning meanings to \u201cghost\u201d that ranged from evil poltergeists to Casper. <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The thing is, even though \u201cHoly Spirit\u201d is a better description, the third person of the Trinity is much harder to get a handle on than the Father or the Son.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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I think that\u2019s because we picture the Father and the Son as having human features. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, is most often depicted as a dove because of the imagery mentioned in Mark 1:10, John 1:32, and Matthew 3:16 at Jesus\u2019 baptism. I think it\u2019s important to note that all three of the passages of scripture above describe the Holy Spirit\u2019s movement <\/i>as being dove-like, but not His actual appearance. <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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If you really start to look for the Holy Spirit in scripture, He\u2019s not hard to find. He comes up in the second verse of the Bible, where the Spirit is described as \u201chovering\u201d over the waters of the formless and empty Earth. As we go through the creation account, it was God\u2019s word and the power of His Spirit that created the universe and everything in it.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon with power in the book of Judges and the Spirit gives Samson power to tear lions apart and defeat enemies.  <\/span>Samuel receives power from the Holy Spirit in 1 Samuel 10, then it comes upon Saul, and then upon David. Micah says he is filled with the power of the Spirit in chapter three of that book, and Mary is told it is the power of the Holy Spirit that will overshadow her and cause her to be the mother of Jesus.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Acts 10:38 says Jesus was anointed with power and the Holy Spirit to do good and heal those oppressed by the devil.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Jesus Himself tells His disciples: \u201cBut you will receive power<\/span> when the Holy Spirit<\/span>comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere\u2014in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.\u201d (Acts 1:8 ESV)<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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When that day comes, as described in Acts 2, it is a powerful event with a mighty rushing wind and tongues of fire resting on the disciples. Those drawn from all over Jerusalem were \u201ccut to the heart\u201d by Peter\u2019s sermon on that day and three thousand were baptized.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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In Romans, Paul tells us the power of the Spirit has freed us from the power of sin that leads to death and that we will overflow with confident hope through this power. <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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In First Thessalonians 1:5, we are told that the gospel comes to us not only in word, \u201cbut also in power<\/span>and in the Holy Spirit<\/span> and with full conviction.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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And, in <\/span>2 Timothy 1:7, it says, \u201c\u2026 for God gave us a spirit<\/span>not of fear but of power<\/span> and love and self-control.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Far from being some scary specter hiding in a dark corner and waiting to jump out and scare us, it is the Holy Spirit that created us and the entire universe, that fortifies us, that brought Jesus to us, that fills us with the power to witness, that frees us, that gives us confident hope and guidance, that is our guarantee of salvation, that directs our prayers when we have no words, that fills us with love and self-control and all the fruits of the Spirit, and that enables us to say, \u201cJESUS IS LORD!\u201d <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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It is that Spirit that is present every day on Kinship Christian Radio in word, in preaching, in teaching, and in song and it changes hearts and minds and lives for all eternity.<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Today\u2019s Praise<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. (1 Corinthians 2:4-5 KJV)<\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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