Fellowship with Holy Spirit

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1. Introduction

Fellowship with the Holy Spirit is the second in a series of five fellowships with God found in the Bible. We have already explored Fellowship in the Gospel, which marks our entry into fellowship with God.

2. Fellowship with the Holy Spirit

A. We Can Have Fellowship with the Person of the Holy Spirit.

Fellowship with the Holy Spirit is wonderful, for He is our Comforter and our Teacher. Resurrection life flows from Him; the anointing comes through Him, and power is released through Him.

Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,

Philippians 2:1

B. Fellowship with the Holy Spirit Grows through our Personal Prayer Language

When we use our prayer language, we are praying in the Spirit. Praying in the Spirit strengthens our relationship with the Holy Spirit.

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.

1 Corinthians 14:14-15

C. Fellowship grows by Walking in the Spirit

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16

3. Benefits of Fellowship with the Holy Spirit.

A. Gifts of the Holy Spirit

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

1 Corinthians 12:7-11

B. Fruit of the Holy Spirit

The more time we spend in fellowship with the Holy Spirit, the more we become like Him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

C. He will be your Helper

Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

John 16:7

D. He brings Power

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:8

E. He is Truth

However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

John 16:13

F. Further Teaching

Because I love fellowship with the Holy Spirit so much, we’re doing a series on the Holy Spirit. The messages in this series are: “The Holy Spirit and Jesus,” “Being Filled with the Holy Spirit,” “The Baptism in the Holy Spirit,” and “Tongues: A Personal Prayer Language.“

3. The Holy Spirit is Jealous

One of the Holy Spirit’s primary roles is to protect you from being consumed by worldliness.

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

James 4:4-6

He wants to make you a friend of God, not an enemy of God through worldliness.

5. Risk of Power Bringing Spiritual Pride

The risk is that we can come to enjoy the power of the Holy Spirit more than fellowship with the Holy Spirit. People who want to join the ministry often ask me, “Are you Pentecostal?” They say this as though they have already “arrived.” It is sad to hear this, as it reveals a subtle spiritual pride. They are not yet ready to understand that Pentecost is only the beginning, and that God’s original intention is to have sons and daughters who are holy and blameless, growing from glory to glory.

I believe in the power of the Holy Spirit. I speak in different tongues, and I have seen the dead raised, deaf ears opened, barren wombs made fruitful, blind eyes see, lepers healed, and the paralysed walk, all in the name of Jesus. But Jesus warns us:

Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Matthew 7:22-23

Unfortunately, some Pentecostal and Charismatic churches have become content with simply enjoying the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. They have become just as—if not more—religious than the churches they see themselves as superior to.

6. Summary

• Fellowship with the Holy Spirit is the second fellowship we enter after Fellowship in the Gospel. Five fellowships are identified in the New Testament.
• The fellowship of the gospel teaches us forgiveness and welcomes us into the family of God.
• As the Spirit of adoption, the Holy Spirit enables us to recognise God as our Father.
• Fellowship with the Holy Spirit keeps us filled and leads us into operating in the power of God.
• Next in the series is Fellowship with the Son.

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