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When we see a murderer, a rapist, or a mobster, our first reaction is to be disgusted by what these people did. It is natural. God created us with conscience, and it seemed that these people have no conscience or they would not be doing what they did. Our knowledge of what good and evil is made us despised these people who seemed delighted in only doing evil and not good. We think they deserve to go to jails and even to go the electric chairs! What we often forget is that while our own sins may seem small in our eyes, they are large and big in God's eyes. We may think we are good people, but we are sinners, too, in God's eyes, just like the murderer, rapist, mobster we despise.  "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. " 1 John 1:8 ESV Before we know God or receive Jesus into our lives, we are just as hopeless as the mobster, rapist or murderer we despise. Yet, God does not think we deserve to go to eternal jail, hell but deserve to

  Do you seek the gifts of the Holy Spirit or do you seek to be His friend? The Holy Spirit is a person and not just a power or force that we seek to improve our Christian ministry. Too often, we seek the gifts of the Holy Spirit and do not seek to develop a relationship with the Holy Spirit. Like the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit is a person and seeks to develop a relationship with us. He wants our love and adorations, too, We need to see the Holy Spirit as a person and cultivate a relationship with Him, like we did with the Father and the Son. We need to remember to talk to the Holy Spirit and love Him, and not just want the gifts that He can give to us. After all, when you give gifts to your children, do you want them to love your gifts or you? You want them to love you, and not your gifts, don't you? It is the same with the Holy Spirit. He is a person, the third person of the Trinity, and like the Father and the Son, wants us to love and adore and worship Him, too. Theref