God: The Holy

Spirit

The 5th Doctrine

The Holy Spirit

• God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemption.

The Holy Spirit

Gen 1:1-2 GWIn the beginning God created heaven and earth.The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God was hovering over the water.

The Holy Spirit

Job 26:13 KJV• By his spirit he

hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

The Holy Spirit

Isa 32:15 KJV• Until the spirit be

poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

The Holy Spirit

Luk 1:35 GW• The angel answered her,

"The Holy Spirit will come to you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy child developing inside you will be called the Son of God.

The Holy Spirit

Luk 4:18 GW• "The Spirit of the Lord is

with me. He has anointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to announce forgiveness to the prisoners of sin and the restoring of sight to the blind, to forgive those who have been shattered by sin,

The Holy Spirit

Luk 4:18 GW• "The Spirit of the Lord is

with me. He has anointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to announce forgiveness to the prisoners of sin and the restoring of sight to the blind, to forgive those who have been shattered by sin,

The Holy Spirit

• He inspired the writers of Scripture.

The Holy Spirit

2Pe 1:21 GW• No prophecy ever

originated from humans. Instead, it was given by the Holy Spirit as humans spoke under God's direction.

The Holy Spirit

2Co 3:18 GW• As all of us reflect the

Lord's glory with faces that are not covered with veils, we are being changed into his image with ever-increasing glory. This comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit

He filled Christ's life with power.

The Holy Spirit

Luke 4:14 GWJesus returned to Galilee. The power of the Spirit was with him, and the news

about him spread throughout the surrounding country.

The Holy Spirit

Luk 4:18-19 KJVThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

The Holy Spirit

Eph 4:11-12 GW• He also gave apostles,

prophets, missionaries, as well as pastors and teachers as gifts to his church.

• Their purpose is to prepare God's people, to serve, and to build up the body of Christ.

The Holy Spirit

• He draws and convicts human beings; and those who respond He renews and transforms into the image of God.

The Holy Spirit

Joh 16:8-11 KJVAnd when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:Of sin, because they believe not on me;Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

The Holy Spirit

1Sa 10:6 GW• Then the LORD'S Spirit

will come over you. You will be a different person while you prophesy with them.

The Holy Spirit

• We are to be baptised in the name of the Holy Spirit…this equates the Holy Spirit with the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ.

The Holy Spirit

Mat 28:19 KJV• Go ye therefore, and

teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

The Holy Spirit

• He empowers the believers for ministry.

The Holy Spirit

Act 1:8 GW• But you will receive power

when the Holy Spirit comes to you. Then you will be my witnesses to testify about me in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

The Holy Spirit

Joh 14:17-18 GW• That helper is the Spirit of

Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn't see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

• "I will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you.

The Holy Spirit

• 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.

The Holy Spirit

John 15:26 KJVBut 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:

The Holy Spirit

• According to His promise He had sent the Holy Spirit from heaven to His followers as a token that He had, as priest and king, received all authority in heaven and on earth, and was the Anointed One over His people

The Holy Spirit

• The promise of the Holy Spirit is not limited to any age or to any race. Christ declared that the divine influence of His Spirit was to be with His followers unto the end.

The Holy Spirit

• To all who have accepted Christ as a personal Saviour, the Holy Spirit has come as a counselor, sanctifier, guide, and witness

The Holy Spirit

• The Lord is more willing to give the Holy Spirit to those who serve Him than parents are to give good gifts to their children. For the daily baptism of the Spirit every worker should offer his petition to God.

The Holy Spirit

Joh 15:27 KJV

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit works to change our hearts and make us more like Jesus. He speaks in our mind, showing us the way to be like Jesus.

The Holy Spirit

• The nature of the Holy Spirit is a mystery. Men cannot explain it, because the Lord has not revealed it to them.

• Regarding such mysteries, which are too deep for human understanding, silence is golden

The Holy Spirit

• It is true that in the time of the end, when God’s work in the earth is closing, the earnest efforts put forth by consecrated believers under the guidance of the Holy Spirit are to be accompanied by special tokens of divine favour.

The Holy Spirit

• If you are a believer in Christ, God has empowered you with His Spirit. Are you carrying out His assignments for you?

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