The Holy Spirit is not a ghost, but He frequently goes unnoticed in churches today. All too often, He is left out of church teaching altogether-as if only people who want to become really mature believers need to know Him.We need to recognize that the Holy Spirit is a foundational part of our liven as Christians. Jesus told His disciples not to go anywhere or say anything until the Holy Spirit came (Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:4-5). Think about that. Jesus' death and resurrection was the greatest news the world had ever knowu, but He told the disciples not to tell anyone until they received the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who empowers us to live the Christian life. We can’t live the Christian life without Him, and we shouldn't try to.
Jesus didn’t begin His public ministry until He received an anointing from the Holy Spirit, even though Jesus was God from birth. The angels sang l‘Glor'y to God in the highest” and they called jesus “Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11, “News didn’t somehow become God through a process of maturation. He was born God. Yet Jesus didn't begin His earthly ministry until He had received the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:16-17), and the Bible doesn’t mention him performing a single miracle until after that time.