![]() ![]() The Holy Spirit when being our counselor tells us what is right and what is wrong, what to do and what not to do. The spirit of counsel acts as our helper and our personal advisor who helps guide us in the will of God for our lives. Discerning what is going on around us is also apart of understanding, we get to see the behind-the-scenes of situations and even people. We then choose to walk in compassion rather than anger and bring peace to a situation. It helps us in our relationship with others, because we understand why people do what they do. The spirit of understanding will also work in practical ways for us. It allows us to understand difficult concepts, revelations, spiritual truth and interpret them in ways that are beneficial for ourselves and those around us. The spirit of understanding is an important part of the seven spirits of God. It manifests as pure, peace-loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and free of hypocrisy according to James 3:17. The spirit of wisdom is what is found from above and is more than just God's street smarts and is better than what all the earth could offer. ![]() There are four different types of wisdom that we find in James 3:15-17 those are earthly wisdom, intellectual wisdom, demonic wisdom, and wisdom from above. The Spirit of Wisdom also gives us insight into how we can use knowledge from various sources, including Scripture, to make decisions that align with God’s plan. It enables us to understand difficult concepts and interpret them in ways that are beneficial for ourselves and those around us. This spirit helps us to make wise choices. This is the same spirit of God that came upon the old testament prophets like Isaiah that allowed them to prophecy and see the miracles they saw. It is because of the Spirit of the Lord that was upon Jesus Christ, that he is able to do all of these things. ![]() He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord." In Luke 4:18-19, Jesus opens the scroll of Isaiah the prophet and spoke out what was written in Isaiah 61, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to bring the good news to the poor. It is through this spirit that we receive power from God. The spirit of the Lord is the spirit of power. So what are the functions of each of these seven spirits? If we go back into the Old Testament and go to the book of Isaiah, in chapter eleven verse two we will find what those seven spirits of God are. These verses do not tell us what the seven spirits are but it does tell us that there are seven of them. These can be found in Revelation 5:6 and Revelation 4:5. We see them from John's vision as the seven eyes and seven horns on the slaughtered lamb that is Jesus, the seven burning lamps before God's throne, and the seven stars. In a few scriptures in Revelation, we see the seven spirits of God as multiple different things. ![]() They are not separate entities but rather complementary aspects that make up our understanding of the Holy Spirit.īy studying these seven individual characteristics we can gain insight into how the seven spirits collectively manifest themselves in our lives as followers of Jesus Christ. These seven spirits, or attributes, work together to form a cohesive representation of who the Holy Spirit is and what His character looks like. The Holy Spirit and the seven spirits of God are one spirit. They are a representation of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit manifests each of these seven spirits and they all work together. The seven spirits are what is used to describe who the Holy Spirit is and His character. The seven spirits of God are NOT distinct from the Holy Spirit. In this blog post we will go through what these seven spirits of God are and what they mean to us! Are the Seven Spirits of God distinct from the Holy Spirit? Maybe you currently have similar questions that you desire the answer to. These are a few of the questions others and myself have had when we first heard of this topic. What are the seven spirits of God? Are these seven spirits distinct or are they characteristics? Why are there so many sevens? Is this different than the Holy Spirit? ![]()
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