Here are three interesting points about the Holy Spirit, the third in the Godhead.
#1. Jesus performed miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In Matthew 12, the Pharisees accused Jesus of doing miracles by the power of Satan. Jesus assured them this was not so and then said, “But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” (Verse 28). Jesus thus said he did miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit.
#2. Jesus preached by the Holy Spirit
In Luke 4:18 Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
Jesus preached with the authority of the Holy Spirit.
Finally, #3. The thoughts in this third section are my opinion, but I thing well reasoned.
#3. We do not talk about the Holy Spirit as much as we do the Father and the Son.
Of course the question is why. Recently I heard a man tell a Bible class that the church is afraid to talk about the Holy Spirit. I think this accusation is wrong. We are not afraid to study or talk about the Spirit.
I think it is because people love stories and the Holy Spirit is not as story active as Jehovah and Jesus. We love to talk of what someone did or someplace they went or said. Jehovah made the universe, he created man, he talked to Abraham, he blessed David. He has stories we can tell, talk about, and love. Jesus came to earth, he healed the sick, he preached sermons, died on the cross, and got up from the dead. These are wonderful action stories.
In contrast, The Holy Spirit usually worked behind the scenes. Jesus did miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jehovah sent the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus. He guided the apostles into wisdom. Jesus and the apostles in these stories got their power from the Holy Spirit. Stories usually revolve about what the main actors did.
When people go to a nice restaurant, they leave and talk about the great server, or wonderful restaurant. They talk about how great the food is, but not very often will they talk about the cooks who work behind the scene. Likewise, in the Bible stories, the Holy Spirit usually works behind the scenes.
We are not afraid to talk about the Holy Spirit, we simply talk more about those whom the Holy Spirit directed.
The study of the Holy Spirit is a broad subject and is much more than can be learned in such a short message.
Lonnie Davis