But the Biblesays of Jesus, “For he whom God hath sentspeaketh the words of God: for God giveth not theSpirit by measure unto him” (John 3:34).
Q INTRODUCTION q 9THE SPIRIT WITHOUT MEASURE When the Spirit of God came upon Moses,Samson, Samuel, David, Isaiah and all of God’sprophets, priests, judges, and kings of old, theyreceived the anointing in a measure. Well, I don’t buy that because it’s not in theBible! The reason many Christians have acceptedthis is that they don’t understand themanifestations and capabilities of the Holy Spirit.They figure that the only way He can spreadHimself throughout the whole world is to be inJesus fully and in each of us in smaller measures.The truth, however, is that when you were bornagain and you received the Holy Ghost, you didn’treceive Him in a measure you received all of Him! One time, a highly-revered minister (whom Ialso hold in very high regard) said somethingmany believers have accepted: that only Jesusdidn’t have the Holy Spirit by measure, but everyone of us born again, Spirit-filled believers has theSpirit by measure. The “Seven Spirits of God” thereforeimplies a “completeness” or “fullness” of the HolySpirit, and this fullness of the Spirit is what ever圜hristian ought to have, for it is our birthright.
divine secrets to the miraculousqcompletion. To start with, the number Seven (7) is regardedby the Hebrew people as a sacred number, andthroughout the Bible it is used to symbolizeperfection, fullness, abundance, rest, andĨ qTHE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD. Introduction When you hear or read the title, “TheSeven Spirits of God” for the first time, the firstquestion that will likely come up in your mind is,Does this mean God has seven Holy Spirits? The Bible does show that there are “SevenSpirits of God.” It however behooves us tounderstand exactly what this means and how itapplies to us in the New Covenant. 1-416-746 5080email: : ContentsINTRODUCTION 7CHAPTER ONE: THE SEVEN SPIRITS 13CHAPTER TWO: THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD 27CHAPTER THREE: THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM 47CHAPTER FOUR: THE SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING 59CHAPTER FIVE: THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL 71CHAPTER SIX: THE SPIRIT OF MIGHT 85CHAPTER SEVEN: THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE 97CHAPTER EIGHT: THE SPIRIT OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD 111CHAPTER NINE: THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT 117
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