This is about how the Holy Spirit bears witness.
Scripture will say how a man is to bear witness to be a true witness and not to be a false witness as it will be the same for the Holy Spirit.
Proverbs 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
John 5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
So the Holy Spirit will not testify of Himself to seek His own glory.
Who does the Spirit testify of in seeking the glory of?
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
So the Holy Spirit will testify of the Son through us to glorify the Son of God.
That has to include worship. This is why there are no scripture teaching the practice of worshiping the Holy Spirit even though He is God.
So when believers and churches worship the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son, or especially when they honor the Holy Spirit alone in worship, as some hymnals are focused on the Holy Spirit, they are not led by the Holy Spirit in them nor scripture to do that.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
That means the moment the believer and the church stop honoring the Son to honor the Holy Spirit or the "Trinity", they are not honoring the Father.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
In coming to God the Father in worship, it is by the only way provided, the Son.
John 10:1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
When we come to God the Father by any other way beside the Son, that is the antichrist. Since the Holy Spirit is God and not the antichrist, is why the focus and the spotlight and the mind of Christ we are to have is on the Son. That is the obedience Paul was stressing for believers to have in worship.
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Scripture & the Holy Spirit in us is leading believers to keep going to the Son in coming to God the Father by for anything & everything as we live this reconciled relationship with God thru Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Is it important? It is an iniquity for why some believers will be left behind.
Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
To depart from that iniquity, believers & churches should narrow the way back to the straight gate; Jesus Christ in worship, and no longer worship the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son, let alone worshiping the Holy Spirit by Himself.
Scripture will say how a man is to bear witness to be a true witness and not to be a false witness as it will be the same for the Holy Spirit.
Proverbs 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
John 5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
So the Holy Spirit will not testify of Himself to seek His own glory.
Who does the Spirit testify of in seeking the glory of?
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
So the Holy Spirit will testify of the Son through us to glorify the Son of God.
That has to include worship. This is why there are no scripture teaching the practice of worshiping the Holy Spirit even though He is God.
So when believers and churches worship the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son, or especially when they honor the Holy Spirit alone in worship, as some hymnals are focused on the Holy Spirit, they are not led by the Holy Spirit in them nor scripture to do that.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
That means the moment the believer and the church stop honoring the Son to honor the Holy Spirit or the "Trinity", they are not honoring the Father.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
In coming to God the Father in worship, it is by the only way provided, the Son.
John 10:1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
When we come to God the Father by any other way beside the Son, that is the antichrist. Since the Holy Spirit is God and not the antichrist, is why the focus and the spotlight and the mind of Christ we are to have is on the Son. That is the obedience Paul was stressing for believers to have in worship.
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Scripture & the Holy Spirit in us is leading believers to keep going to the Son in coming to God the Father by for anything & everything as we live this reconciled relationship with God thru Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Is it important? It is an iniquity for why some believers will be left behind.
Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
To depart from that iniquity, believers & churches should narrow the way back to the straight gate; Jesus Christ in worship, and no longer worship the Holy Spirit with the Father & the Son, let alone worshiping the Holy Spirit by Himself.
