1. THE HOLY SPIRIT: COMFORTER AND TRANSFORMER OF LIFE Rev. Dr. Samuel P. Fernandez PREACHER LITURGIST

2. COMFORTER AND TRANSFORMER OF LIFE John 1:15-21 Rev. Dr. Samuel P. Fernandez COMFORTER AND TRANSFORMER OF LIFE John 1:15-21

3. A city full of churches Great preacher, lettered men, Grand music, choirs and organs; If all these fail, what then? Good workers, eager, earnest, Who labour hour by hour: But where, or where, my brother, Is God’s Almighty power?

4. It is the Holy Spirit, That quickeneth the soul. God will not take man-worship, Nor bow to man’s control. No human innovation, No skill, or worldly art, Can give a true repentance, Or break the sinner’s heart.

5. Great God, revive us truly! And keep us every day; That men may all acknowledge, We live just as we pray. The Lord’s hand is not shortened, He still delights to bless, If we depart from evil And all our sins confess.

6.  When resurrected Christ ascended to heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to be our Comforter and Transformer.  A comforter is one who consoles, upholds, boosts, heartens, and soothes one’s feelings, perceptions, understanding and consciousness.  A transformer is one who converts, remodels, transmutes, mutates and reinvents beings or things.  When resurrected Christ ascended to heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to be our Comforter and Transformer.  A comforter is one who consoles, upholds, boosts, heartens, and soothes one’s feelings, perceptions, understanding and consciousness.  A transformer is one who converts, remodels, transmutes, mutates and reinvents beings or things.

10. “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.” (John 14:23, KJV)

12. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you.” (John 14:26, KJV)

13. Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese writer and painter “Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all. Take the plough and the forge and the mallet and the lute. The things you have fashioned in necessity or for delight. For in reverie you cannot rise above your achievements, nor fall lower than your failures. And take with you all men: For in adoration you cannot fly higher than their hopes, nor humble yourself lower than their despair.”

16. “When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure, idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarrelling, jealousy, outburst of anger, selfish ambition, division, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. “But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law.

17. “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. If we are living now by the Holy Spirit, let us follow the Holy Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or irritate one another, or be jealous of one another.” (Gal; 5:16-26, NLT)

18. THE HOLY SPIRIT: COMFORTER AND TRANSFORMER OF LIFE Rev. Dr. Samuel P. Fernandez PREACHER