The Holy Spirit is Holy and eternal. #15

Here is another truth for us to remember this morning. To prove the point of being eternal look at this verse:

John 14:16
16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—

How long will the Holy Spirit (Counselor) be with us? " Forever"! Just as God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit has been from the beginning and They will be for eternity. Another verse that tels us of the eternal Holy Spirit is:

Hebrews 9:14
14How 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!

Did you catch that? "Through the eternal Spirit." I think the Bible has made it clear the Spirit is eternal! He is not something that comes and goes and you have to wonder if He will be here when we need Him. It is very clear He is here to stay!

Next we need to see the Spirit is holy. Obviously He is called the Holy Spirit for a reason. It is reinforced throughout the New Testament.

Romans 1:4
4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

Romans 5:5
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

It is clear from scripture the Spirit is Holy but here is some to think about today....Because the Spirit is Holy and dwells in us, our bodies are holy sactuaries from God's standpoint. Most of the time we just think about our bodies as the source of sin and it's fallenness but our body is the exact spot the Spirit of God has chosen to dwell! Isn't that awesome??? It also should make us want to use these bodies in the best possible manner to please God!

So I hope you can see clearly this morning that the Spirit is both Holy and eternal!

Have a great weekend!

Tom