When we talk about the ministry of the Holy Spirit, we actually refer to the last and highest ministry of our glorified Lord today. The ministry of the Holy Spirit refers to the various ways Jesus Christ manifests Himself on earth through His church (believers).
The Church, being the body of Christ and living temple of the Holy Spirit, is the vessel through which the Holy Spirit can bless and influence the world. If the Holy Ghost is going to work on the earth today (and He will) then He must work in partnership with believers in whom He dwells.
According to Smith Wigglesworth, the great English Apostle of Faith, "The Lord works only as believers work". This means that the Holy Spirit will work only to the proportion or degree that believers are willing to give themselves to work.
In this second volume, Holy Spirit: His Ministry and Gifts, we are going to focus on the ministry of the Holy Spirit through believers. We will see how He manifests Himself through believers today. In the first volume, 'Holy Spiriit: the promise of the Father', I emphasized the personality and functions of the Holy Spirit in the believer, now we are going to move a step further in our study.