The Forgotten Third

You believe in the Father. You believe in the Son. But have you ever really met the Third?

Most Christians can tell you what God the Father did and what Jesus accomplished on the cross. But ask about the Holy Spirit - who He actually is, how He speaks, what He does in a life - and the conversation gets uncomfortable fast. Vague. Uncertain. Maybe even a little awkward.

That's not an accident. We've simply never been properly introduced.

The Forgotten Third is a book about the member of the Godhead most of us quietly sideline - not out of rejection, but out of neglect. Written for everyday believers, not theologians, this book walks through ten essential truths about the Holy Spirit that most Christians were never taught:

• What it really means to be "born of the Spirit" - and why it's nothing like what you might expect
• How the Holy Spirit speaks, leads, and guides in the ordinary moments of daily life
• What genuine spiritual transformation looks like - and why willpower has nothing to do with it
• The difference between the Spirit's voice and everything else competing for your attention
• Why you cannot live the life God intended while quietly ignoring the Third

From the midnight conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus to a professional football player's cardiac arrest on national television, from the Spirit hovering over the waters at creation to a chance encounter on a desert road that changed a man's eternity - The Forgotten Third moves through Scripture and real life to show that the Holy Spirit has never been absent. He has only been overlooked.

He was present before the first word of creation was spoken. He was promised by Jesus Himself before the ascension. He was sent in full to the church - not as a symbol, not as a feeling, but as a living, guiding, empowering presence available to every believer who is willing to listen and follow.

The Third is not forgotten by God. He never has been. But it's time for us to remember Him.

Chad Reisig is a pastor, communicator, and author writing for believers who want more than a two-thirds relationship with God. The Forgotten Third grew out of a sermon series that changed his congregation - and him.