Seven Facets of The Spirit

Isa 11:1,2
1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

Seven facets to the Person of the Holy Spirit.
He is one Holy Spirit, not seven spirits. But one Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 4:4  
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;

The Spirit of the LORD
The Spirit of wisdom
The Spirit of understanding
The Spirit of counsel
The Spirit of might
The Spirit of knowledge
The Spirit of the fear of the LORD

As we develop communion and partnership with the Holy Spirit, we must learn to receive from who the Holy Spirit is.

We are anointed by the Holy Spirit so that He can be in us and through us, who He is. He desires to manifest all of Himself in us and through us.

The Spirit of the LORD (Jehovah)
The Holy Spirit is eternal, self-existent One and sovereign.
We honor, worship and reverence Him.
We yield to His sovereignty, as He chooses to work as He pleases.
Celebrate how He works through each one. There are diversities of gifts and manifestations.

The Spirit of wisdom
Wisdom is the ability to know and reveal the mind of God, what God wants done in a particular situation.
Wisdom is the ability to see solutions to problems and determine the right course of action.
Wisdom is the ability to foresee the future and determine what we should do now to be ready for things yet to come.
The Holy Spirit is here for us as the Spirit of wisdom.
Learn to ask and receive from Him the wisdom you need specific to your situation.
He give us "a word of wisdom" (1 Corinthians 12:8). This means He gives in each situation the wisdom we need.

The Spirit of understanding
Understanding is the ability to comprehend and grasp.
Spiritual understanding is the ability to comprehend spiritual things. We call this 'revelation'. The Spirit of understanding bring the revelation of spiritual truths into our hearts.
The natural man does not understand spiritual things (1 Corinthians 2:13,14)

Ephesians 1:17-20
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of wisdom and understanding (revelation) enlightens "the eyes of our understanding" so that we may know

• the hope (purpose, future) of His calling
• the glory (riches) of His inheritance in the saints
• the exceeding greatness of His power towards us who believe

As we develop our communion and partnership with the Holy Spirit, He takes us deeper and deeper in our understanding of these things.

The Spirit of counsel
We discussed about the Holy Spirit being our Counselor last week.
He counsels us bringing hope, encouragement, comfort and guidance.

The Spirit of might
He is the Spirit of might, power, strength.
He empowers us.
He releases the power of God through us.
Signs, wonders and miracles and supernatural things take place through us because the Spirit of might releases His power through us.

The Spirit of knowledge
He reveals the knowledge of God to us.
He reveals the things God has prepared, for each of us (1 Corinthians 2:9-12)
He reveals and guides us into all truth (John 16:13)
 
The Spirit of the fear of the LORD
He imparts reverence for God and relationship with God in our hearts.
For the unsaved, He brings about conviction for sin, righteousness and judgment (John 16:8-11).
For the believer He leads us into deeper realms of reverence, worship, and obedience to God.
He empowers us to righteousness and holiness.

CONCLUSION

We have discussed seven facets of who the Holy Spirit is.
He is here to impart these to us, so that He can manifest Himself through us.
We must learn to draw from the Spirit of God in these areas, through our communion and partnership with Him.


[Side Note; Just FYI : In the book of Revelation, John often refers to seven Spirits of God. Seven represents completion or perfection.
Rev 1:4  John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,
Rev 4:5  And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Rev 5:6  And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

The Lamb Jesus having seven horns (complete dominion =  omnipotence) and seven eyes (complete knowledge = omniscience), which are the seven Spirits of God.

There is one Holy Spirit, reveal through seven facets. Jesus is anointed by the Holy Spirit.