The Holy Spirit

H. H. Snell
"Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost?... Thou hast not Pied unto men, but unto God" (Acts 5:3-4).
At a Bible reading some time ago the question was asked, "Where is the devil?" Someone immediately replied, "In hell," And when another question was asked, "Where is the Holy. Spirit?" the answer given was, "In heaven." Now it need scarcely be said that neither of these answers was correct.
The fact is that persons, even Christians, are often accustomed to think and speak about spiritual things without considering what the real truth is, as revealed by God in His Word. As a result, the most unscriptural and extraordinary notions are widely circulated, which are not only wrong, but sometimes dead against the truth of God.
As to Satan, he is not yet shut up, but he will be. Instead of being under confinement, he is going to and fro in the earth. He is not omnipresent, but "walking up and down in it." Peter says, "Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (I Peter 5:8). Yes, he is still "the accuser of our brethren," which deceives the whole world and "the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.”