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Some of you might get upset with this because you have been taught this it's okay, but it's not okay. A believer that prays to the Holy Spirit does not understand his relationship to the Holy Spirit as a believer nor does he understand why he was given the Holy Spirit when he first believed upon the Son. The believer does not have the Spirit without the Son. The believer should never pray to the Holy Spirit. The believer prays to the Father in the name of the Son with the Holy Spirit's help or in the Spirit when they do not know how to pray / Mt 6:9-14, Jn 14:13, Rom 8;26. Never do we ask the Holy Spirit to forgive us or cleanse us from sin, because it was the plan of the Father that sent His Son to die and shed His blood to satify the Father and provide redemption for us. The Father is the one who instructs the Spirit because it came from Him / Jn 15:26. We pray to the Father in the name of the Son and He directs the Spirit what to do or what not to do for the believer and for man.
The Son taught the disciples to pray to the Father and it did not include praying to the Spirit, even though God is Spirit / Jn 4:24. There is not a single prayer in the scriptures that is directed to the Holy Spirit nor in the name of the Holy Spirit and that includes those that would desire any of the gifts of the Spirit as well. Jesus Christ is also the author and finisher of our faith, not the Holy Spirit / Heb 12:2. We received the Spirit not by asking but by the hearing of faith through the word Gal 6:2. The Spirit came through a promise by faith / Gal 6:14. It was a promise of the Father sent by and through the name of the Son / Lk 24:49, Acts 1:4, 2:33, Jn 14:26, 15:26.
*As a side note and comment, as a Spirit-filled believer we never have to ask God for an anointing or to anoint us when we speak, preach or share the gospel because we have that unction from God within / 1Jn 2:20.
The Holy Spirit can't forgive you because the Son paid for your sins with His blood to satisfy the justice of the Father. The Son offered Himself to God without spot through the help of the eternal Spirit / Heb 9:14. The Holy Spirit can only reveal that truth through the work of the Son and through His word that has been given to set us apart / Jn 17:17, Eph 1:13, 1Thes 2:13, Jm 1:18. The Father forgives us through the blood of His Son that satisfied His justice even before we understood it. The Holy Spirit reveals that truth in us and helps us to understand and obey it, to honor the Son and glorify the Father / 1Pt 1:2, Jn 5:23, Rom 15:6.
The Son taught the disciples to pray to the Father and it did not include praying to the Spirit, even though God is Spirit / Jn 4:24. There is not a single prayer in the scriptures that is directed to the Holy Spirit nor in the name of the Holy Spirit and that includes those that would desire any of the gifts of the Spirit as well. Jesus Christ is also the author and finisher of our faith, not the Holy Spirit / Heb 12:2. We received the Spirit not by asking but by the hearing of faith through the word Gal 6:2. The Spirit came through a promise by faith / Gal 6:14. It was a promise of the Father sent by and through the name of the Son / Lk 24:49, Acts 1:4, 2:33, Jn 14:26, 15:26.
*As a side note and comment, as a Spirit-filled believer we never have to ask God for an anointing or to anoint us when we speak, preach or share the gospel because we have that unction from God within / 1Jn 2:20.
The Holy Spirit can't forgive you because the Son paid for your sins with His blood to satisfy the justice of the Father. The Son offered Himself to God without spot through the help of the eternal Spirit / Heb 9:14. The Holy Spirit can only reveal that truth through the work of the Son and through His word that has been given to set us apart / Jn 17:17, Eph 1:13, 1Thes 2:13, Jm 1:18. The Father forgives us through the blood of His Son that satisfied His justice even before we understood it. The Holy Spirit reveals that truth in us and helps us to understand and obey it, to honor the Son and glorify the Father / 1Pt 1:2, Jn 5:23, Rom 15:6.