Who is the HOLY SPIRIT?

Who is the HOLY SPIRIT? - Continuation -

4/12 Identification

“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going” - John 3:8 ? ? ?

“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” - John 3:8 “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” - Rom. 8:14 “But I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.” - 1 Cor. 9:27

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” - John 14:26

“I speak of these three: to be, to know, and to will. For I am, and I know, and I will: I am a knowing and a willing being, and I know that I am and that I will, and I will to be and to know. Therefore, in these three, let him who can do so perceive how inseparable a life there is, one life and one mind and one essence, and finally how inseparable a distinction there is, and yet there is a distinction. Surely a man stands face to face with himself. Let him take heed of himself, and look there, and tell me. But when he has discovered any of these and is ready to speak, let him not think that he has found that immutable being which is above all these, which is immutably, and knows immutably, and wills immutably.” - Augustine, Confessions, Bk. 13, Ch. 11

The Holy Spirit: • Has a Mind (Rom. 8:26-27) • Expresses Love (Rom. 15:30) • Possesses Knowledge (1 Cor. 2:11) • Speaks and Teaches (1 Tim. 4:1) • Can be Insulted (Heb. 10:29)

4/19 Creation

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” - Genesis 1:1 “The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.” - Genesis 1:2

Creation of World (Psalm 104:30) Creation of Man (Gen. 1:26) Creation of Scripture (John 14:26)

Creation of World (Psalm 104:30) Creation of Man (Genesis 1:26) Creation of Scripture (John 14:26) “O Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions….You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the ground.” - Psalm 104:24, 30

Creation of World (Psalm 104:30) Creation of Man (Genesis 1:26) Creation of Scripture (John 14:26) “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” - Genesis 1:26

Creation of World (Psalm 104:30) Creation of Man (Genesis 1:26) Creation of Scripture (John 14:26) “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” - John 14:26

Creation of World (Genesis 2:7) Creation of Man (Genesis 2:7) Creation of Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16-17) “By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?” - Job 26:13-14

Creation of World (Psalm 104:30) Creation of Man (Gen. 1:26) Creation of Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16-17) “Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” - Genesis 2:7

Creation of World (Psalm 104:30) Creation of Man (Gen. 1:26) Creation of Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16-17) “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.” - 2 Timothy 3:16-17

God’s “Breath of Life” • Samson(Judges 14:6, 19; 15:14) • David(1 Samuel 16:13) • Joseph(Genesis 41:38) • Daniel(Daniel 2:20-23, 26-28)

“Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became very angry.” - 1 Samuel 11:6 “He [Saul] also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, ‘Is Saul also among the prophets?’” - 1 Samuel 19:24

4/26 Confirmation

Confirm: establish the truth or correctness of “This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.” - John 2:11

Water into Wine Heals Official’s Son Drives out Evil Spirit Heals Peter’s Mom-in-Law Heals “Many Sick” Miraculous Catch of Fish Cleanses Leprous Man Heals Centurion’s Servant Heals Paralytic Heals Withered Hand Raises Widow’s Son Calms a Storm Casts Out Demons in Pigs Heals Woman in Crowd Raises Jairus’ Daughter Heals Two Blind Men Heals Mute Man Heals at Pool of Bethesda Feeds 5,000 Walks on Water Heals Sick at Genessarat Casts out Demon of Gentile Heals Deaf and Dumb Man Feeds 4,000 Heals Blind Man Heals Man Born Blind Heals Demon-Possessed Boy Pays Temple Tax with Fish Heals Blind, Mute Demoniac Heals Crippled Woman Heals Man With Dropsy Cleanses Ten Lepers Raises Lazarus From Dead Restores Sight to Bartimaeus Withers Fig Tree Heals Malchus’ Ear Second Miraculous Catch of Fish

Water into Wine Heals Official’s Son Drives out Evil Spirit Heals Peter’s Mom-in-Law Heals “Many Sick” Miraculous Catch of Fish Cleanses Leprous Man Heals Centurion’s Servant Heals Paralytic Heals Withered Hand Raises Widow’s Son Calms a Storm Casts Out Demons in Pigs Heals Woman in Crowd Raises Jairus’ Daughter Heals Two Blind Men Heals Mute Man Heals at Pool of Bethesda Feeds 5,000 Walks on Water Heals Sick at Genessarat Casts out Demon of Gentile Heals Deaf and Dumb Man Feeds 4,000 Heals Blind Man Heals Man Born Blind Heals Demon-Possessed Boy Pays Temple Tax with Fish Heals Blind, Mute Demoniac Heals Crippled Woman Heals Man With Dropsy Cleanses Ten Lepers Raises Lazarus From Dead Restores Sight to Bartimaeus Withers Fig Tree Heals Malchus’ Ear Second Miraculous Catch of Fish 37 Miracles Total “Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.” - John 20:30-31

Healing of the Lame Man (Acts 3) Fact 1: Peter and John were nothing more than mere men (Acts 3:4) Fact 2: A miracle had plainly happened (Acts 4:16) What’s the Logical Conclusion?

Healing of the Lame Man (Acts 3) Fact 1: Peter and John were nothing more than mere men (Acts 3:4) Fact 2: A miracle had plainly happened (Acts 4:16) “Let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this Name this man stands here before you in good health.” (Acts 4:10)

“The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and miracles.” - 1 Corinthians 2:12 “Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst” - Acts 2:22 The Apostles were able to do miracles because they were inspired by God; Jesus was able to do miracles because He was God.

Definition (1 Cor. 12) Duration (1 Cor. 13) Regulation (1 Cor. 14)

5/10 Communication

Does the Holy Spirit speak to us today?

“Here I am, for you called me” - 1 Sam. 3:5 “Here I am, for you called me” - 1 Sam. 3:6 “Here I am, for you called me” - 1 Sam. 3:8 “Samuel did not know the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord been revealed to him.” - 1 Sam. 3:7

“But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith…” - 1 Tim. 4:1 “…The Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them’.” - Acts 13:2 "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt’” - Acts 21:11

“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me” - John 15:26

“…Therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.” (John 12:50) God the Father “He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak” (John 16:13) God the Son “The Holy Spirit will…bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” (John 14:26) God the Holy Spirit

“Get thee behind Me, Satan!” (Matt. 16:13) “This Jesus whom you crucified!” (Acts 2:36) ? ?

“When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit.” (Mark 13:11)

“That by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.” (Ephesians 3:3)

Does the Holy Spirit speak to us today? “We proclaim Him…so that we may present every man complete in Christ.” - Col. 1:28

Quick Recap When the Spirit spoke, the message was crystal clear. Unity of Message verified the truth of God. Spirit revealed truths were designed to communicate the Gospel.

5/17 Conviction

Conviction: Formal declaration of guilt Firmly held belief or opinion “My firmly held belief is that I am guilty of sin.”

God God Conviction of Sin Man is separated from God because of sin (Is. 59:1-2) Christ came to forgive us of sins (Matt. 26:28) Many will not respond (Matt. 7:13)

Calvin Says… “The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.” - Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 2, p. 193 Irresistible Grace

“A man is not saved against his will, but he is made willing by the operation of the Holy Ghost. A mighty grace which he does not wish to resist enters into the man, disarms him, makes a new creature of him, and he is saved.” - Charles Spurgeon “A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us” - Acts 16:14-15a

“A man is not saved against his will, but he is made willing by the operation of the Holy Ghost. A mighty grace which he does not wish to resist enters into the man, disarms him, makes a new creature of him, and he is saved.” - Charles Spurgeon “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” - Romans 10:17

“And He [Holy Spirit], when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment” - John 16:8 • Sin - “Because they do not believe in Me [Jesus]…” • Righteousness - “Because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me” • Judgment - “Ruler of this world has been judged”

How Are We Convicted by the Bible?

5/24 Conversion

Cane Ridge Revival August 6-12, 1801 “The vast sea of human beings seemed to be agitated as if by a storm.”

“The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?” - Jeremiah 17:9

Who is the HOLY SPIRIT?