Is it more important to know who the Holy Spirit is, or is it more important to know whether or not you have Him?
First, notice that He is a He. In other words, He is a person rather than some vague "spirit"...in particular, the King James tends to use the word "ghost" with Holy; which in our day only tends to mislead everyone.
It is more important to know whether or not you have the Spirit, than it is to know who He is.
Consider Romans 8:9-
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Pretty simple. If you do not have Christ, you do not have His Spirit. If you have Christ, you have the Spirit. A lot of times we receive things and don't even know they're there (kind of like Dorothy's slippers); but, it doesn't change the fact.
If you have Christ, then you have His Spirit...the very presence of God and His power, such that unfathomable resources await your use. Do you have Christ? If so, then you have His Spirit too!
How do you know for sure? I suggest you start here:
May I ask you a question? (Click)
God bless,
Fred
P.S. To be theologically correct, I guess I shouldn't ask, "Do you have Christ?"...instead, I should ask, "Does Christ have you?"
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