Few believers understand how radically accessible God’s presence is and what that means for their everyday lives. Who is the Holy Spirit? What did Jesus say about Him? What does a Spirit-empowered life look like? Join us for School of the Spirit, a seven-week series all about the Holy Spirit.
Who is this Holy Spirit?
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Josh Blount
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School of the Spirit
January 7th & 8th
Pastor Josh Blount
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Who is the Holy Spirit?
God has more for you.
Charles Spurgeon
Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.
Warren W. Wiersbe
It is futile for us to try to serve God without the power of the Holy Spirit. Talent, training, and experience cannot take the place of the power of the Spirit.
Acts 1:4
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
The early believers looked to, depended on, interacted with and spoke about the Holy Spirit all the time.
A. W. Tozer
If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 95 percent of what they did would stop, and everybody would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference.
John 14:16-18
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper,that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
1. The Holy Spirit Is A Person
Dirkie Van Der Spuy
It is impossible to understand the working of the Holy Spirit without first knowing Him as a Person. Like Christ, the Person of the Holy Spirit is living and eternal.
2. The Holy Spirit Is God
Acts 5:3-4
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
John 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper,
Allos
One of the very same kind; same character; same everything; nearly a duplicate.
A.W. Tozer
The Holy Spirit is epitome of love, kindliness, geniality, warm attractiveness and sweetness. He is the sweetest, most understanding and wonderful Teacher in the world, and He never panics anybody. It is sin that does that.”
3. The Holy Spirit Is Our Helper
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 things that I said to you.
John 15:26
“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
John 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 Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
John 16:12-13
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
Paráklētos
Para - along side and Kletos - to walk
The Holy Spirit wants to help you by being your Comforter
Psalms 16:8-9 TPT
Because you are close to me and always available my confidence will never be shaken for I experience your wrap-around presence every moment. My heart and soul explode with joyfull of glory! Even my body will rest confident and secure.
The Holy Spirit wants to help you by being your Counselor
Counselor
A person trained to give guidance on personal, social, or psychological problems
John 16:13
When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
John 17:17
Thy word is truth.
LOGOS
Of the moral precepts given by God, the sayings of God”
The Holy Spirit wants to help you by being your Advocate
Revelation 12:10
“the accuser of the brethren”
The Holy Spirit wants to help you by being your Intercessor
Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
The Holy Spirit wants to help you by being your Strengthener
Ephesians 3:16
“…to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality]."
Romans 8:11
"But if the Spirit of Him (God) who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you"
"give life" = to revitalise, to make alive and cause to live.
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
The Holy Spirit wants to help you by being your Standby
Isaiah 59:19
When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
WORD DECLARATION
1 John 4:13
This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us his Spirit