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The
Holy Spirit
God the eternal Spirit was active with
the Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemption. He
inspired the writers of Scripture. He filled Christ's life with power. He
draws and convicts human beings; and those who respond He renews and
transforms into the image of God. Sent by the Father and the Son to be
always with His children, He extends spiritual gifts to the church,
empowers it to bear witness to Christ, and in harmony with the Scriptures
leads it into all truth.
Genesis 1:1, 2
1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form and
void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God
was moving over the face of the waters.
Luke 1:35
& 4:18
(1)
35 And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will
come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
(4)
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he
has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty those who are oppressed,
Acts
10:38
38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power;
how he went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the
devil, for God was with him.
2 Peter
1:21
21
because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the
Holy Spirit spoke from God.
2
Corinthians 3:18
18
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being
changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this
comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Ephesians
4:11,12
11
And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some
evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12
to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of
Christ,
Acts 1:8
8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and
you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama'ria and
to the end of the earth."
John 14:16-18, 26; 15:26, 27; 16:7-13
(14)
16 And I will pray the Father, and he will give you
another Counselor, to be with you for ever, 17
even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it
neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and
will be in you. 18 "I will
not leave you desolate; I will come to you.
26
But the Counselor, 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
have said to you.
(15)
26 But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send
to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the
Father, he will bear witness to me; 27
and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the
beginning.
(16)
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your
advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not
come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
8 And when he comes, he will convince the world
concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;
10 concerning righteousness,
because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;
11 concerning judgment, because
the ruler of this world is judged. 12
"I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
13 When the Spirit of truth
comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his
own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to
you the things that are to come. |