84 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
What did Jesus say about the Spirit? He said that when
He comes, "He will not speak on His own authority, but
whatever He hears He will speak" (John 16:13). What does
He hear? The precious Holy Spirit hears the Father and
speaks directly to you. But when He speaks, He doesn't say,
"The Father says." He says, "I say." Why? Because Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit always act in harmony.
Like the Sun in the Sky
It is so easy to limit the Godhead or to divide the
Godhead unscripturally. Young Christians often ask, "How
can God be one and three at the same time?" God is one.
But God is three: Father, Son and Holy Ghost. And while
this book dwells on the Holy Spirit, I am distinguishing
them on purpose to show you the triune being.
God is like the sun in the sky. If you look at its
brightness you see one sun. In reality, however, it is a triune
sun that keeps our planet alive. There are three distinct
elements: the sun, light, and heat.
And so it is with the Trinity. The Father is like the
whole sun, Jesus is the light, and the Holy Ghost is the heat
you feel. When you stand in the presence of the Father,
what do you feel? The warmth, the energy, and power of
the Holy Spirit. If you look into the face of the Father,
whom do you see? "He who has seen Me has seen the
Father," Jesus said to Philip (John 14:9).
I get excited when I think about the time I enter heaven.
The Godhead will be there. When I stand before the Father
I will see all three—the Spirit, the Son, and God Himself.
What does God look like? There's not one place in the
Word of God where the Father is described in detail.
Stephen, "being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right