Communion With The Holy Spirit
Jesus Christ declared:“Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak… He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall shew it unto you. (John 16:12–15)“
The greatest privilege granted to every believer in Jesus Christ is not merely receiving the forgiveness of our sins, but living in communion with the Father through the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. The believer’s life was never intended to be lived through our natural understanding, human effort, or religious routine.
It was designed to be lived through continual fellowship with the Holy Spirit, who faithfully reveals the Father’s mind and heart through Jesus Christ. Many desire to know Almighty God’s will, yet we so often fail to recognise the One whom the Father has sent to make His will known.
The Holy Spirit has not been given simply to comfort the believer during difficult times; He has been given to reveal Jesus Christ, and to lead us into truth, transformation of the inner life, and continually communicate the Father’s heart. The Father has never ceased speaking. The greater question is whether His people are in the spiritual condition to hear Him.
The believer can possess complete confidence in the ministry of the Holy Spirit because everything He speaks is in perfect agreement with the Father and the Son. All things that the Father hath are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.These words reveal the comprehensive ministry of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling presence in our lives as believers.
- The Holy Spirit never promotes Himself.
- He never speaks independently.
- He never introduces a message contrary to the revealed Word of God.
Everything that the Holy Spirit communicates proceeds from the Father through the Son. His entire ministry is to glorify Jesus Christ and make Him known within the believer’s life. This grants to our lives a tremendous assurance. Whenever the Holy Spirit speaks, He is revealing the Father’s purpose through the words of Jesus Christ.
There is perfect unity within the Godhead. The Father speaks, the Son reveals, and the Holy Spirit makes that revelation living and personal within the believer. Jesus said: “It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.“(John 6:63)
When a person is born again, the Holy Spirit brings life to the human spirit. It is this regenerated spirit that has been created to receive the Father’s voice. This is a very important truth that as believers we grasp the revelation that the communication of Almighty God is spiritual. Many believers expect the Father to communicate primarily through our natural reasoning or intellectual ability.
Yet the truth is that the Holy Spirit witnesses directly to our inner man of the heart. “The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. This explains why many struggle to hear the Lord while relying only upon the natural mind. Spiritual things are spiritually discerned.
Jesus promised: “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.“(John 14:26).
The Holy Spirit continually takes the written Word and makes it living, personal, and active within the heart. This is of great importance; the Holy Spirit does not create new truth outside the Scriptures.He continually unfolds the truth already revealed in Jesus Christ.
The more clearly He is heard, the more completely Jesus Christ is revealed through the believer’s life. This is why Jesus Himself stated: Whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man...“(Matthew 7:24)
The ministry of the Holy Spirit is never complete when truth is merely heard. His purpose is fulfilled when the believer becomes a doer of the Word. The Father longs to lead His children into ever-deepening fellowship with Himself. The Holy Spirit patiently waits to reveal more of Jesus Christ than the believer has yet understood.
Those who cultivate a listening heart will increasingly discover that the believer’s life is not sustained by human effort but by continual dependence upon the indwelling Holy Spirit. He alone takes the life of Jesus Christ and makes it a living reality within the believer. Communion with the Holy Spirit is not an optional experience reserved for a few spiritually mature believers.