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John 14:17 → “...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.”
Matthew 28:19 → “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”
2 Corinthians 13:14 → “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
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Acts 5:3-4 → “But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”
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John 14:16 → “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever…”
Hebrews 9:14 → “...how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
Romans 1:4 → “...and was declared to be the son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord…”
Romans 5:5 → “...and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”
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Romans 8:27 → “...but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”
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Isaiah 63:10 → “But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.”
Ephesians 4:30 → “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”
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1 Corinthians 12:11 → “All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.”
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Zechariah 4:6 → “Then he said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.’”
Psalm 139:7-8 → “Where shall I go from you Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!”
1 Corinthians 2:10b → “...For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.”
Isaiah 40:13 → “Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?”
Who is the Holy Spirit?
What does the Holy Spirit do in our lives?
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Mark 13:11 → “And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.”
Luke 12:12→ “...for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very house what you ought to say.”
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Psalm 143:10 → “Teach me to do you will, for you are my God! Let your Spirit lead me on level ground!”
John 14-16 → “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 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…But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring your remembrance all that I have said to you…But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me…Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged…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. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.”
Acts 9:31 → “So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.”
Acts 13:2 → “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’”
Acts 15:28 → “For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.”
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 → “But as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him’ – these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.”
1 John 5:6-8 → “This is he who came by water and blood – Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.”
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Acts 1:8 → “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Romans 8:26 → “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”
Ephesians 3:16-19 → “...that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith – that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
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Romans 8:2 → “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
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Romans 8:15-16 → “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God…”
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John 16:7-11 → “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.”
1 Thessalonians 1:5 → “...because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.”
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Romans 8:10-11 → “But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 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 dwells in you.”
2 Corinthians 3:17 → “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom.”
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Romans 15:13 → “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
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1 Corinthians 12:7 → “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”
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2 Corinthians 3:18 → “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:22-23 → “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
books to read
books to read
Practicing the Power - Sam Storms
The Way to Pentecost - Samuel Chadwick
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit According to Saint Thomas Aquinas
Mystery of The Holy Spirit - A.W Tozer
How to be Filled with the Holy Spirit - A.W Tozer
Alive in the Spirit - A.W Tozer
Without the Holy Spirit, Billy Graham's ministry wouldn’t have been possible. In this 1983 message from Sacramento, California, hear how the Spirit can help you live for Christ.
VIDEO RESOURCES
In this video, we explore the original meaning of the biblical concept of “spirit” and what it means that God’s Spirit is personally present in all of creation. Ultimately, the Holy Spirit was revealed through Jesus and sent out into the lives of his followers to bring about the new creation.
Want a fresh start? Learn how the Holy Spirit can transform your life in Billy Graham’s 1978 message from Kansas City, Missouri.
The ground and the center and the goal of all the truth the Spirit brings is the glory of Jesus Christ — the greatness, the excellency, the beauties of Jesus. The essence of the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to magnify the beauty of Christ in the human mind and heart. Jesus said, “I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
QUOTES
““The Lord challenges us to suffer persecutions and to confess him. He wants those who belong to him to be brave and fearless. He himself shows us how weakness of the flesh is overcome by courage of the Spirit. This is the testimony of the apostles and in particular of the representative, administrating Spirit. A Christian is fearless.””
““What does the Spirit do? His works are ineffable in majesty, and innumerable in quantity. How can we even ponder what extends beyond the ages? What did He do before creation began? How great are the graces He showered on creation? What power will He wield in the age to come? He existed; He pre-existed; He co-existed with the Father and the Son before the ages. Even if you can imagine anything before the ages, you will discover that the Spirit is even further beyond.” ”
““The Christians’ life in all its aspects – intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness – is supernatural; only the Spirit can initiate and sustain it. So apart from him, not only will there be no lively believers and no lively congregations, there will be no believers and no congregations at all.” ”
““When we are at our wits’ end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?” ”
““And to expose our hearts to truth and consistently refuse or neglect to obey the impulses it arouses is to stymie the motions of life within us and, if persisted in, to grieve the Holy Spirit into silence.” ”
““What the soul is in our body, the Holy Spirit is in the body of Christ, which is the church.” ”
““The union between the Father and Son is such a live concrete thing that this union itself is also a Person. I know that among human beings, when they get together in a family, or a club, or a trade union, people talk about the “spirit” of that family, or club, or trade union. They talk about its “spirit” because the individual members, when they are together, do really develop particular ways of talking and behaving which they would not have if they were apart. It is as if a sort of communal personality came into existence. Of course, it is not a real person: it is only rather like a person. But that is just one of the differences between God and us. What grows out of the joint life of the Father and Son is a real Person, is in fact the Third of the three Persons who are God. This third Person is called [. . .] the Holy Ghost or the ‘spirit’ of God.”
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