Does the Holy Ghost
Serve His Purpose
in Your Life?
by Chris Machamer
We are living in the final hour of the
great outpouring of the Holy Ghost, and
He is working on Earth like never before. He
came to live in Spirit-filled children of God and
to perform all the duties Jesus ordained Him
to perform. He yearns to work in and through
every vessel who will yield to Him.
Shortly before Jesus finished fulfilling the
plan of redemption and ascended back to
Heaven, He gave His followers special instructions
in John, chapters 14–16, about the person
of the Holy Ghost and the duties He is to perform
for them and through them. What those
duties are is the topic of this message.
The Comforter
One of the Spirit’s greatest duties is being a
comforter. Jesus said, I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you forever (John
14:16). You will face many disappointments,
sorrows, tribulations and persecutions on this
difficult journey through life. Calamity can
strike without warning, and you could even lose
a loved one in death. That is why you must have
the great Comforter to help you in those times
of distress, and He will abide with you forever.
The Apostle Paul received a great revelation
of the comfort the Holy Spirit gives us. Likewise
the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:
for we know not what we should pray for as
we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession
for us with groanings which cannot
be uttered (Romans 8:26).
There are times when the burdens of this
life are so great and the trials so fiery that your
human mind becomes clouded, tired and disoriented;
and it can’t think straight. You don’t
know what to pray for or even how to pray,
but the Holy Ghost is there to raise up a standard
and make intercession for you. When the
enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit
of the LORD shall lift up a standard against
him (Isaiah 59:19).
The Holy Ghost produces the nine spiritual
fruits in your mind to comfort and bless you
and others. But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, Meekness, temperance: against
such there is no law (Galatians 5:22,23). But
these fruits cannot be produced with any regularity
unless you take on the mind of Christ,
which the Bible says you can have. Let this
mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus (Philippians 2:5).
The Divine Guide
Life is filled with twists and turns, so the
Holy Ghost is to be your guide. The devil sets
traps and creates pitfalls along the way to try to
ensnare your soul, but the person of the Holy
Ghost will lead you through every valley and
over every mountaintop. He will give you the
divine wisdom you need to make important
decisions as long as you look to Him.
When you don’t know what to do or say in
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