How do you know whether you have the Holy Spirit?
Adrian Rogers answers: “God’s Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the child of God. What is this witness? How do I know that I have the Holy Spirit of God? Well I don’t know that I have the Holy Spirit of God because of some emotional feeling. Emotions come and go. I’ve told you many times, you’re emotions are the shallowest part of your nature; salvation is the deepest work of God; God doesn’t do the deepest work in the shallowest part. The Holy Spirit is the One who communicates the things of God. Your human spirit is the instrument of spiritual knowledge, and the Holy Spirit of God speaks to your human spirit that you belong to God. It is not an emotional feeling. It is an awareness. You say, ‘Pastor, I’m not sure of the difference.’ If you have it, you know the difference. If you have it, you know the difference. If you don’t have it, I don’t know that I could explain it to you. But when you get saved, the Holy Spirit of God comes into you. I mean, how else could Jesus come into you? Could He, in His physical body, come into you? How else could Jesus come into you, apart from the Holy Spirit? You see, Christ is in you. How is Christ in you? Through the Holy Spirit.” (The Principles of Power: Acts 2:1-4, emphasis mine)
Adrian Rogers adds: “I used to think, ‘God, if I could just prove to you that I don’t need this power, maybe you’ll give it to me. If I could live holy, if I could live pure, if I could win enough souls, then maybe you’ll give it to me. I wouldn’t need it then.’ One of the greatest things I have ever learned in my life is this, that holiness is not the way to Christ; Christ is the way to holiness. Oh, if you could only understand this. That doesn’t mean that you could come, wanting to be filled with the Holy Spirit, with your hands full of sin. No, Peter said, ‘Repent!’ But don’t think that you can earn anything from God. This is a gift!, like your salvation. Do you understand that? Quit trying to make yourself worthy. You’re not worthy. You’re not worthy of salvation. You’re not worthy of anything. ‘What do you have, that you have not received?,’ that’s what the apostle Paul says. The Holy Spirit of God is a promise to be received. Then He is a power to be released.” (The Principles of Power: Acts 2:1-4, emphasis mine)
Question: How do you know whether you have the Holy Spirit?
