by bigerne

Created on: November 18, 2008   Last Updated: January 11, 2009

The Holy Spirit

The Seventh-day Adventist church has many fundamental beliefs, all of them are essential to understanding the point of view of an Adventist or all around Christian. Since the Adventist church is the, one true church that holds the purest truth, it is not hard to imagine the importance for understanding the Doctrines of the church. However, to me and most Adventist and hopefully Christians alike will most likely agree that the most important doctrine to understand is the Holy Spirit. Why? Well the point blank answer is the Holy Spirit helps us to understand the words of the bible, and inspirational preaching we get everyday. The Holy Spirit is the one that helps us to understand the meanings of the bibles verses and what the preacher meant to say to us. Also, the Holy Spirit guides us in our daily lives convicting us when we do something wrong, letting us know when we need to do something or go somewhere. So what is the Holy Spirit, what is his main job, why is he some times referred to as the Holy Ghost, does he have a body?, Is he on the same level as God?, and what does it mean to be dominated by the Holy Spirit. There are many misconceptions when it comes to the Holy Spirit. Hopefully some of those will be cleared up.

The Main Job of Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is part of the trinity that is on earth, he is with us just as Jesus was with us back when he was here on earth. In the book what Seventh-day Adventist Believe

It talks about how the Holy Spirit convicts and gives out spiritual gifts to those who respond to calling of God. Among the many jobs the Spirit has his; one of the most important is convicting the human heart. For example, if Johanna steals a candy bar from the store, and feels bad but, then changes her ways the Holy Spirit has been working on her heart. After that if she continues to let the Holy Spirit lead, she will soon discover how much talent God has given her. This process of conversion is so vital to the plan of salvation, that it is his main job. Conversion is a process that it brought through many ways for many people. For example, Sara may have to go through some different things than John. So the Holy Spirit knows what both need to get them thinking and he does all can do to help them to see how deep in sin they are. "The Spirit of God is the active ingredient in our Spiritual lives to drive home the meaning of the text" (Gillespie).He opens and expands knowledge so people can understand how much they need a God and

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