In three important chapters (John 14-16 and Acts 1:5,8) the Lord Jesus opened His heart to His disciples. With compelling love, He poured out His soul. Shortly, He would pour out His Spirit upon His disciples. In the record of His last hours with the people He had chosen to be with Him, and with words full of compassion, He spoke to them as friends. What He said was full of insight into what the Holy Spirit would mean in their lives after He went back to His Father. Jesus made the following statements about the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the believer:
1) God the Father sends the Holy Spirit.
2) He will be with us always.
3) He teaches us all things; He reminds us of what Jesus has said.
3) He teaches us all things; He reminds us of what Jesus has said.
4) He gives testimony of Jesus.
5) The world cannot receive Him; He reproves the world of sin; He convinces the sinner of their sinfulness.
6) He guides us into all truth.
7) He will show us things to come.
8) He glorifies Jesus.
9) He will tell us what Jesus is saying.
10) He baptizes us into Jesus Christ; He puts us into Christ.
11) He empowers us to give a clear and understandable testimony of Jesus Christ; He empowers us to witness. He enables the hearer to understand our testimony; our witness.
10) He baptizes us into Jesus Christ; He puts us into Christ.
11) He empowers us to give a clear and understandable testimony of Jesus Christ; He empowers us to witness. He enables the hearer to understand our testimony; our witness.
You might as well try to hear without ears or breathe without lungs, as try to live a Christian life without the Spirit of God in your heart. (D. L. Moody)
The average church member’s understanding of the Holy Spirit is so vague it is nearly non-existent. The study of the Holy Spirit in theological terminology is called pneumatology. The study of the Holy Spirit raises certain basic questions. Who is the Holy Spirit? What is the biblical evidence for the personhood of the Spirit? What did the Holy Spirit do in regard to creation and revelation? What is the Holy Spirit’s role in a person’s conversion and sanctification? What about spiritual gifts? The Holy Spirit is a member of the Trinity and as such is a Person.
The Holy Spirit has attributes that only a person could have:
a) He has intelligence. (1 Corinthians 2:10-13)
b) He has feelings or emotions. (Ephesians 4:30)
c) He has a will. (1 Corinthians 12:11; Acts 16:6-12)
d) He prays. (Romans 8:26)
e) He does miracles. (Acts 8:39)
f) He can be lied to. (Acts 5:3)
g) He can be insulted. (Hebrews 10:29)
h) He brings spiritual gifts; He gives spiritual gifts. (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
h) He brings spiritual gifts; He gives spiritual gifts. (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
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