7 Things The Holy Ghost Does For Us

“7 Things the Holy Ghost does for Us”

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

OPENING: - I came up in church during the time when we had tarry service. Tarry service in case you don’t know was usually on Monday or Tuesday night. Tarry service was a time that those of us who wanted the Holy Ghost would get on the altar and call on the name of Jesus in repetitive session. There would be those who already had the Holy Ghost around us urging us to call on Jesus. We would call on Jesus until we got what was called stammering lips and would be slobbering profusely which was called purging ourselves. Those around us would be listening to hear if we spoke in tongues because if you did then you got the Holy Ghost. Because the Holy Ghost gives us utterance to speak in other tongues, Act 2:4 says, “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance”.

Then after you received the Holy Ghost when the Spirit moved then we would shout or dance because the Holy Ghost moved us. We would speak in tongues and shout singing I can dance, dance, dance, all night.

There is nothing wrong with that, that is how I came up in the church, it is the part of the foundation that the church is based upon. We even developed sayings like “Ain’t no party like a Holy Ghost party cause a Holy Ghost part don’t stop. Speaking in tongues is great and is part of the Holy Ghost experience Paul said in 1 Corinthians 14:5 “I would that ye all spoke with tongues…” Shouting is wonderful David danced with all his might 2 Samuel 6:14. We all need to dance like David danced.

However, if you received the Holy Ghost 30 years ago 5 years ago, 2 weeks ago and you are stuck on the Holy Ghost is for speaking in tongues and shouting then you’re missing the benefits the Holy Ghost truly gives us.

Last week I spoke on the 7 things the cross has done for us. Today I want to speak on the 7 things the Holy Ghost has done for us. Remember the number 7 represents perfection and completeness.

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE: - Galatians 5:25 “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit”.

We know the Holy Ghost comforts, guides, warns, teaches and gives us utterance of tongues. But one of the most important aspects of the Holy Ghost is sanctifying power. Sanctification is the process of Christ’s Atonement cleansing us, healing us, and helping us to become more like Christ for only through the Holy Ghost that we become like Him. The Holy Ghost is the messenger of grace by which the blood of Christ is applied to take away our sins and sanctify us. On the cross Christ paid a debt He did not owe He atoned for us and the Holy Ghost brings that atoning power to us. The Holy Ghost gives us access to the Atonement.

The 1st thing the HOLY GHOST does is gives us sanctification. The word sanctification is related to the word saint; both words have to do with holiness. To sanctify something is to set it apart for special use; to sanctify a person is to make them holy. The work of the Holy Ghost in our lives is an ongoing process of becoming holy through sanctification. Through the conviction and power of the Holy Ghost, we will not indulge the sinful acts of the flesh Galatians 5:16-21 but will bear the good fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-25. Sanctification is a state of separation unto God and when we received the Holy Ghost, we enter sanctification.

Jesus set Himself apart for God’s purpose is both the basis and the condition of our being set apart. Sanctification has in view the setting apart for the purpose for which they are sent into the world John 17:18 –19 says: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth”.

The 2nd thing the Holy Ghost does is Seals us. Ephesians 1:13 - 14 says, “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory”.

In ancient times, a seal was a legal signature attesting ownership and validating what was sealed. The Holy Ghost is our mark or seal of adoption as God’s children. Jesus sent the Holy Ghost to his followers so that they could be confident in their salvation.