94 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
Him. You thought that the Baptists couldn't have Him. But
I've got news for you. He's jumped over your fence and
walked into Saint Michael's, First Baptist, United
Methodist, and all the rest."
Millions of people have been touched by the Spirit, but
their spiritual growth has been stunted by clergy who, for
whatever reasons, choose to subordinate the third person of
the Trinity.
Unfortunately the Church of Jesus Christ has ignored
what I am sharing with you. The fact that you are reading
this book, however, tells me that you have a personal
hunger to know the Holy Spirit. You can be "filled" with
the Spirit and have an undeniable encounter with Him, but
a deep understanding of the Holy Ghost does not come
overnight. For me it has taken years and years of His
leading and revelation in Scripture. And I am still learning
every day.
THE GODHEAD
What I am about to share with you regarding the
Godhead gave me an entirely new picture of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit. I found that God is eternal spirit
yet with nonmaterial form, but He often reveals Himself
through human form and other human traits.
God the Father
What about the way God frequently appears to man?
When Ezekiel had his vision of God in 593 B.C., he
described Him seated above an expanse that separated
creatures from the glory of the Lord. He saw "the likeness
of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone,... with the
appearance of a man high above it" (Ezek. 1:26). What was
the appearance of God the Father? Like that of a man.
You say, "I've been taught that God is spirit." Yes, but