Holy Spirit

John 20:21-22 Then Jesus said to them again, Peace to you. As My Father has sent Me, even so I send you. 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.  ( These brothers were then saved but yet needed to be empowered. And Jesus told them to wait for Pentecost to be directed by the Holy Spirit in POWER.  We are saved when we make Jesus our Lord and believe in the resurrection, Rom.10:9-10.  But then we still need the Power of the Holy Spirit to be the kind of witness in loving unity that brings souls to Jesus as Lord.

This changes how we understand our place in the Kingdom. We are not called to invent a new message, redefine the mission, or build something separate from what He established. We are called to continue what He began — to carry the same message, move with the same authority, and live with the same purpose. The very reason Yeshua was sent — to proclaim the Kingdom, to reveal the Father, and to demonstrate His rule — is now placed within His people. His mission did not conclude at the cross or even at the resurrection; it expanded through those who would receive His Spirit and walk in His calling.   The Kingdom insight is clear: the mission of Yeshua did not end — it extended. It moved from one to many, from the Son to His body, The Church, and from a singular expression to a global movement. This means that your life is not detached from His purpose — it is now an extension of it. You have been brought into His Kingdom not just to experience it, but to advance it. The same message that burned within Him is now alive within you, calling you to speak, to act, and to live in a way that reveals the reign of God.

When this truth takes hold, everything begins to shift. Faith is no longer passive — it becomes active. Identity is no longer static — it becomes a mission. You begin to see that you are not simply walking with God; you are being sent by Him. Your life becomes a vessel through which heaven touches earth, a continuation of the very purpose that sent Yeshua into the world.  You are not merely a believer — you are a carrier of the Kingdom, entrusted with the very message that sent Yeshua. That same divine purpose now burns within you, urging you forward, drawing you beyond comfort, and positioning you to reveal His reign in the earth. You were not redeemed to remain still — you were commissioned to go. And as you yield to His voice, His mission becomes your mandate, His authority fuels your steps, and His purpose is no longer distant — it is being revealed through your life.  George Baltimore:    worthybrief@worthynetwork.com

Let’s take a tour through the scriptures on the Holy Spirit.  For 13 years I was in so called churches who talked much about the Holy Spirit, but had no knowledge the Holy Spirit was missing. Let’s start with God is a Fire as we are being created to be in HIS Image, Gen 1:26

Hebrews 12:28-29, “Let us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe; For our God [is indeed] a consuming fire.

And there is a very interesting scripture in Ezekiel 28:18, “You have profaned your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities and the enormity of your guilt, by the unrighteousness of your trade. Therefore I have brought forth a fire from your midst; it will consumed you, and I will reduced you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all who looked at you.   Rev.20:10.  So what is the fire that will come from the middle of lucifer’s kingdom?  Jesus told us that lucifer was the king of this world, And we are saved by Jesus to enjoy the Kingdom of God.  So keep that in mind, we are also to become the fire of God if we submit to be disciplined to be in His Image and Likeness.

Matthew 3:11 (John the Baptist)  I indeed baptize you in (with) water because of repentance [that is, because of your changing your minds for the better, heartily amending your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins]. But He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to take off or carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 12:49, “ I (Jesus) have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I would like for it to be already kindled!”  Acts 2:3< “And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them.”  

Hebrews 1:7, “And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.”  Hebrews 1:13-14, “But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?  We are being trained to judge Angels, I Cor. 6.

Our Lord went through the pains of the cross, fire and hell for us so that we could become like HIM.  He is the 1st born of many brethren, we have been invited to become a Joint heir with Christ Jesus if we will allow the Holy Spirit to put our carnal nature flesh to death, Rom.8:13.”  So is Jesus really your LORD and have you been baptized in the Holy Spirit for power?  Or are you full of this world?

Acts 8:13-17, “Even Simon himself believed [he adhered to, trusted in, and relied on the teaching of Philip], and after being baptized, devoted himself constantly to him. And seeing signs and miracles of great power which were being performed, he was utterly amazed. Now when the apostles (special messengers) at Jerusalem heard that [the country of] Samaria had accepted and welcomed the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,  And they came down and prayed for them that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit;  For He had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then [the apostles] laid their hands on them one by one, and they received the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 1:8, “But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds, Hawaii ) of the earth.  Revelation 2:26-28, “And he who overcomes (is victorious) and who obeys My commands to the [very] end [doing the works that please Me], I will give him authority and power over the nations; And he shall rule them with a scepter (rod) of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father;”

Yours, in HIS great Love, Grace & Mercy, Pastor Ken<>< www.Trinity-Aloha.org