John Bevere - If You Really Want to Know Jesus, Know the Holy Spirit

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If you honor the Holy Spirit, talk to Him, and spend time with Him, He will be closely associated with you. I find that when you talk about Him, He manifests. I remember one time speaking in a very large church, a five-thousand-member congregation, on a Sunday morning. I preached on the baptism and infilling of the Holy Spirit, and I think five hundred people were baptized with the Holy Spirit in that church. It was quite an amazing morning. I remember that Sunday night, during the service, I was supposed to get the mic about thirty-five minutes in, but I didn't get the mic until two hours into the service.

The pastor, who could bench press four hundred and forty-five pounds—he's no wimp of a man—came up to me, and tears were pouring down his face. He said, "I have never felt the presence of God in this church like this tonight." I asked, "Do you know why?" He responded, "Why?" I said, "Because we talked about the Holy Spirit this morning, and when you talk about Him, He manifests. When He manifests, what does He do? He glorifies Jesus. He loves to glorify Jesus; that's His favorite thing to do—talk about Jesus. He loves doing it. Are you with me? So if you really want to know Jesus, you have to know the Holy Spirit.

Now, look, okay, wait a minute, I know about—I'm just going to say a name here; hopefully, you'll pick up on it—I know about Kobe Bryant. Why? Because the media has portrayed him to me; people have talked about him. But you know what? If I'm walking down the road, Kobe Bryant wouldn't even know who I am, and I probably would meet a very different person than I think he is, because I really don't know him. I just know what people tell me about him. That's the way a lot of people are in their relationship with Jesus. People talk about Jesus from the Scriptures; they talk about Him in the Bible, but they have not met the Holy Spirit. He is the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Are you following me?