Dive into an enlightening exploration of the Holy Spirit as Cherry Campbell continues with the third message in her powerful series, Who is the Holy Spirit? Uncover the depths to which one can drink of the Spirit and learn why singing in tongues can elevate your spiritual experience. Discover fascinating insights from the Day of Pentecost and the profound symbolism of being ‘drunk’ in the Spirit.
00:12:00 The Importance of Our Works and Closing Thoughts
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Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherry Campbell. This morning, I’m going to continue sharing with you message three that I preached in the three message series in our Victorious Faith services called, Who is the Holy Spirit? So join me now in our live service for the continuation of this message, Who is the Holy Spirit? Part three. There is a depth of getting into the flow of the Holy Spirit that you can grow in. And I’m thinking of the word quaff. I looked that up and, you know, it means to drink deeply. Quaff. Do you know that you can drink deeply of the Holy Spirit? Most Christians don’t know how because most Christians aren’t baptized in the Holy Spirit. How do you drink deeply? Start by speaking in tongues. But then I encourage you, sing in tongues. Singing in tongues puts you into a place in the glory and in the presence of God and in the spirit of God. Deeper, greater, sweeter than almost anything else does. Singing in tongues. Singing in tongues gets you into a deeper place, a sweeter place in the spirit. than almost anything else. And by singing in tongues, you can actually get drunk. Literally drunk, but not on physical substance, but on the Holy Spirit himself, literally get drunk. There have been many people who have done that, and they literally stagger and fall over, getting drunk in the Spirit. And that’s what they looked like in Acts 2 on the day of Pentecost. When the people in Jerusalem said, these men must be drunk. Did you ever notice? Peter did not deny that they were drunk. He did not say, no, they’re not drunk. He said, they’re not drunk as you suppose. In other words, not in the way you think. They’re drunk because but not on wine, not on anything natural or physical. They’re not drunk as you suppose. That’s Acts 2.15. These men are not drunk as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning, so they haven’t had wine. But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel in the last days. God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women. Underline that verse. Some people think that women shouldn’t be preachers. Right here. On my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my spirit in those days and they will prophesy. And preaching is a form of prophesying because prophecy is speaking by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. And preaching comes under prophesying. And he said, I will pour out on my servants, both men and women, my spirit, and they will prophesy. That includes preaching. So women will preach. I will show wonders in the heavens above, etc. But back at the top, they were drunk, but they just weren’t drunk on wine. They were drunk on the Holy Spirit. And people, even in modern times, have gotten really fully drunk on the Holy Spirit, staggering and passing out drunk. And so it’s thirst quenching and it’s also cleansing. What else does water do? Water cleanses and washes. Well, so does the Holy Spirit as you are in his presence. Yes, we plead the blood, apply the blood, wash ourselves, heart, soul. the blood regularly just because we’re not perfect and anytime you’ve sinned you want to wash in the blood again the blood of Jesus but not only that you live in a sinful dirty world and the contaminants around you can contaminate you what you see what you hear unclean things contaminate you the blood washes you the word is washing you with water and so does the spirit wash you with water the word the washing of water of the word and also the washing of the spirit cleanses you then we also see that the holy spirit is symbolized by wind. In Acts chapter 2, verse 2, right here, the day of Pentecost, what we were just talking about, suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind, not true, it was a sound like a wind, that came from heaven and and filled the whole house where they were sitting. But it’s interesting that it is like a wind. The Holy Spirit is like a wind. And it’s been seen that way in different services at different times. But one of the things that we see about wind is that it’s invisible, but you can feel the force of it. Or you can see the effects of it moving on a tree or a flag. And so it itself, the wind is invisible, but you see the effects of its force and its power moving. Well, that’s the same with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit himself is invisible. No one has ever seen the Holy Spirit, but you can see his effects of where he’s working and what he’s doing in people’s lives. how he’s changing people, how he’s healing people. And we’re not talking about just in one service. A person’s life being changed over a period of days and weeks and months and years. That’s the effect of the Holy Spirit. You did not see the Holy Spirit. He was invisible. But here’s the changes in the effects that you see in a person’s life. Healing and deliverances, etc. So invisible, but you see the effects of the power working. Also, wind is like a refreshing breath. And actually, the Holy Spirit is also called the breath of God. The Spirit of God is the breath of God. In Latin, we get our English word spirit from the Latin spiritus. And it literally means both breath and spirit. And I’ve said this a number of times before, even in this series, I think in our first message of part one of this series, that also in Hebrew and in Greek, the same word is used to mean both breath and spirit. In Hebrew, there’s actually two words, ruach. which is more often translated spirit, but sometimes translated breath. And then neshama is more often translated breath, but also translated spirit. They’re both translated breath. both breath and spirit. And in the Greek, the word pneuma means both breath and spirit. So, you know, people ask sometimes if animals have a spirit. Well, backing up a little bit, you know, some, a lot of people think that people are two parts. I’ve said this before. They refer to the body and soul, and they usually put body first. Body and soul, body and soul, body and soul. The Bible points out that we are spirit and soul and body. And I don’t have that verse reference right here. I think it’s in 1 Corinthians. But your whole spirit and soul and body, that verse identifies all three parts, spirit and soul and body. But we see that spirit is also breath. And so what about animals? Are they just soul and body? Well, do they have breath? Yes, that means that they are spirit and soul and body because spirit and breath are the same word in Latin, Hebrew, and Greek. In the Bible, they’re always the same. So if it has breath, it has spirit because breath is the same word as spirit. So animals that breathe have spirit. In Genesis 2, 7, I’ve mentioned this scripture before. The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. I’ve said that same word can also be translated spirit. You could say he spirited into his nostrils the spirit of life. It’s exactly the same word. And so wind also symbolizes breath, the breath of God. And then another symbol of the Holy Spirit we see in the Bible is fire. And again, that was in Acts chapter 2, verse 3 on the day of Pentecost. Acts 2, verse 3. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire burning. Now, I’ve heard of other testimonies of fire manifesting in a church where there was actually a strong outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And so much so, fire seen in that building. I’m thinking of one particular. Someone outside a block away from the building, the church building, saw fire on the roof of the church, and they called the fire department. And the fire department came with their hoses, and I don’t remember, I don’t know the rest of the story, but they discovered it was not a natural fire. I don’t know if they actually then could see the fire, the Holy Spirit, or if the Holy Spirit lifted or what, but… It looked so real that somebody called the fire department. And yet it was not a natural fire. It was the Holy Spirit. And I’ve heard of more stories, more than one story like that, where the Spirit of God was moving so strong in a church that it actually appeared as fire. And some people thought to call the fire department. And it wasn’t natural fire. So the Holy Spirit has been seen more than just on the day of Pentecost in the form of fire. Now, what does fire represent? One thing, it represents purging, purging. 1 Corinthians 3.13, his work will be shown. That’s every person, every believer and non-believer, unbeliever, but especially this talking about Christians, because in the judgment, our works will be tested by fire. to see if they last. If our works were gold and silver, then they will last through the fire and be purged and purified and rewarded. If our works are as hay and stubble, they’ll be burned up. So that’s what he’s talking about. The quality of the works, that’s the good works we do. We don’t do good works for salvation. No, salvation is free by grace through faith. But our good works earn rewards after we get to heaven. and harvest in this life. What you just heard was the continuation of message three in a three message series that I preached in our victorious faith services called who is the Holy spirit part three. And we will continue this message again tomorrow. So join me again tomorrow and remember God loves you. You are blessed and highly favored by the Lord.
