The Holy Spirit’s Temple

What is the “Holy Spirit’s Temple”?  It’s us ?. 

Charles Spurgeon referred to it as, “ the little temple of a sanctified heart”

First, Growing In The Holy Spirit:  Charles Spurgeon said the first and most important task of the Holy Spirit was to show us “the things of Christ”.  And we know that our Father sent the Holy Spirit to be our Comforter and Friend.  And He is ?

The Holy Spirit will help us to become more like Jesus!

And that is one reason why we want to keep His “Temple” as clean of sin as possible.  And “With God All Things Are Possible” ?.  It can help to think of it as keeping a room empty for the Holy Spirit to fill!  If our hearts are bogged down with sin and all that sin implies, the room for the Holy Spirit to fill us is much smaller!

For example, if we are busy coveting (wanting) things that actually belong to someone else, that takes up room in our hearts that would be so much better filled by the Holy Spirit!

As for Comforting ?.  In the most difficult of circumstances, the Holy Spirit can lift us up and out of the place we are in and fill us with the Joy and Peace that only God can give.  But we have to ask the Holy Spirit and we need to Practice ?

Second, The Holy Spirit And The Lost:  A word about the Holy Spirit and the lost sinner.  Charles Spurgeon once said that the Holy Spirit,  “shows Christ to the sinner, that Christ may be glorified in the sinner’s salvation”.  And Christ is!  How wonderful that the Holy Spirit is there for the lost too!

Third, the Saving Power Of The Holy Spirit:  We all have people that we care about that have not truly accepted Jesus as their Savior.  It is important to remember that while we may share the Joy and Peace we find in Jesus and the Comfort we find in the Holy Spirit and our Gratitude to the Father that is responsible for it all, it is ONLY the Holy Spirit that can bring a person to faith in Jesus Christ.

So plant the seed and then let it go.  We can share what Jesus has done for us, but bringing a person to faith is up to the Holy Spirit-not us!  And Thank God for that!  ?

And remember always, the Holy Spirit loves us too!