The Holy Spirit and Its Importance

Christians celebrate the Holy Spirit on Pentecost each year seven weeks after Easter. Pentecost, which was recently celebrated on May 24, 2026, is the day when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles and Jesus’s followers, empowering them to spread the Gospel worldwide.

What is this Holy Spirit?

The Bible describes the Holy Spirit in several ways, but for me, its most meaningful description is the one Jesus gave to his disciples— a counselor, who “will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you” (John 14:26). This verse was important for developing my faith and belief in the Bible. Beforehand, I had questioned whether New Testament writers could accurately remember and quote Jesus’s exact words many years after His death. They could, because their memory wasn’t involved—it was God speaking directly to them through the Holy Spirit. The same God, who had enough supernatural power to create the universe, was easily capable of using His supernatural spirit to truthfully inform the gospel writers.

Another Holy Spirit importance was revealed by the lives of the Apostles and New Testament writers. Many of them were brutally murdered in defending God’s truth, the truth God revealed to them by the Holy Spirit. History shows that people will go to great lengths—sometimes death— to defend the truth but will abandon a lie. That believers died to defend the Holy Spirit’s truth further shows the Holy Spirit’s importance and credibility.