TheoDoc_e.Pneumatology

: The Holy Spirit speaks, teaches, loves, gives gifts as He wills, forbids things at times (as He did with Paul), convicts, regenerates, intercedes, guides, and does many other things.

: The Holy Spirit is not a mere force or power as some heretically teach, but a Person.

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The Holy Spirit's Deity

The Holy Spirit is God.

- But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit... You have not lied to men, but to God." (Acts 5:3-4)

- Now the Lord is the Spirit... (2 Cor 3:17)

Some of the actions and words spoken of God are said to be of the Holy Spirit.

a. For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them..." (2 Cor 6:16b)

b. ...your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you... (1 Cor 6:19b)

Some of the actions and words spoken of God in the Old Testament, are in the New Testament spoken of the Holy Spirit.

a. God spoke: Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying... "Go, and tell this people: keep on listening, but do not perceive; keep on looking but do not understand." (Is 6:8-9)

b. Attributed to the Holy Spirit: "The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers, saying, "Go to this people and say, you will keep on hearing, but will not understand..." (Acts 28:25b-26a)

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The Holy Spirit - 3^rd Person of Trinity

The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity.

- The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all (2 Cor 13:14).

- ...to those... who are chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood... (1 Pt 1:1b-2)

- ...and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him [Jesus], and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased." (Mt 3:16b-17)

- He [God the Father] saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeration and renewing by the Holy Spirit whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior... (Titus 3:5-6)

Notes

: All three Persons of the Trinity are present in the above passages.

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The Holy Spirit - Our Creator

The Holy Spirit created us.

- The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life (Job 33:4).

Notes

: All three Persons of the Trinity are spoken of individually in Scripture as having created us.

: All three Persons of the Trinity are also spoken of as a Unity in Scripture as having created us.

- Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness... And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them (Gen 1:26-27).

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The Holy Spirit's Work Related to Jesus

The Holy Spirit was active in Jesus' life (in these, as well as many other, things):

a. Jesus' conception

- ..."The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God..." (Lk 1:35)

b. Jesus' baptism

- ...Jesus also was baptized... and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove... (Lk 3:21b-22a)

c. Jesus' temptation

- And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness... (Lk 4:1)

d. Jesus' life and ministry

- And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit... (Lk 4:14a)

- The Spirit on the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor... (Lk 4:18a)

- At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit... (Lk 10:21a)

- But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you (Mt 12:28).

e. Jesus' death

- ...how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God... (Heb 9:14)

h. Jesus' resurrection

- But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you (Rm 8:11).

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The Holy Spirit's Work Related to the World

The Holy Spirit's work in the world includes:

- And He [the Holy Spirit], when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment... (Jn 16:8)

a. concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me... (Jn 16:9)

b. ...concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you no longer behold Me... (Jn 16:10)

c. ...concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged (Jn 16:11).

- ...the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness of Me [Jesus]... (Jn 15:26b)

- ...that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him (Jn 14:17a).

Notes

: The word convict as used above means to reprove, rebuke, confute, convince of wrong doing.

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The Holy Spirit Proceeds From / Is Given / Is Sent

The Holy Spirit proceeds from, is given by, and sent by, the Father and the Son, Jesus.

- And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever... (Jn 14:16)

- When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness of Me... (Jn 15:26)

- ...He commanded them [the disciples] not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised... but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now (Acts 1:4,5b).

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The Holy Spirit's Work in Our Salvation

The Holy Spirit is active in bringing about a person's salvation.

- It is the Spirit who gives life... (Jn 6:63a)

- He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior... (Titus 3:5-6)

- In Him [Jesus], you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation - having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance... (Eph 1:13-14a)

- Do you not know that you are a temple of God , and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1 Cor 3:16)

– The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God... (Rm 8:16)

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The Holy Spirit's Work in Our Sanctification

The Holy Spirit is active in sanctifying believers.

- But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth (2 Ths 2:13).

- ...but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live (Rm 8:13b).

- But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh (Gal 5:16).

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The Holy Spirit's Work in Our Lives

There are a great many things God's Holy Spirit does in our lives, including the following:

a. guides us into all truth and glorifies Jesus

- But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. He shall glorify Me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it to you (Jn 16:13-14).

b. teaches and leads us

- But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things... (Jn 14:26a)

- Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God... (1 Cor 2:12)

- For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God (Rm 8:14).

c. helps us, intercedes for us

- And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words... (Rm 8:26)

d. gives gifts (manifestations of the Spirit) to us to employ for serving others

- But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ... But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills (1 Cor 12:7,11).

- As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God (1 Pt 4:10).

e. empowers us to be His witnesses

- ...but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses... (Acts 1:8a)

f. fills us

- ...be filled with the Spirit... (Eph 5:18b)

g. bears fruit in us

- But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law (Gal 5:22-23).

Notes

: The Holy Spirit does the above things, and so much more!

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