WHOSE VOICE DO YOU HEAR? 85hand of God" (Acts 7:55).
Stephen saw Jesus clearly, but when he saw the Father
he could only see the "glory" that surrounded Him. Yes,
God the Father has a form but no man knows what it looks
like (Phil. 2:6). The Word says, "No one has seen God at
any time" (John 1:18), but the Son came to reveal Him.
If you look closely at what Christ said, you will
understand how the Spirit embraces the Godhead. Jesus
said, "No one comes to the Father, except through
Me" (John 14:6). And Scripture teaches that we are drawn
to Christ by the Spirit. In other words, you've got to have
the Spirit if you want the Godhead. When you embrace the
Holy Ghost, you are also embracing the Father and the Son.
I will never forget the day that the Holy Spirit revealed
to me that His Lordship is equal to that of Jesus. He showed
me in Scripture that He is called Lord.
Paul, writing to the church at Corinth, says, "Now the
Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty" (2 Cor. 3:17). That's right. We all confess that
Jesus is Lord—but so is the Holy Spirit. He is the Spirit of
Jesus!
The Holy Spirit is omnipresent, but unfortunately
liberty and freedom are not found everywhere. Some
churches feel more like a hostile prison than a house of
praise. Why? Because the Spirit is not Lord in that
congregation.
Never forget it: The Lord is the Spirit! In the very next
verse Paul writes, "But we all, with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just
as by the Spirit of the Lord" (v. 18).
How Do You Know?