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The Holy Spirit in the New Testament (Scofield)

Mt 1:18 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: When, as his mother, Mary, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.”

Mt. 1:20 “But while he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary, thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is if the Holy Spirit.”

Mt. 3:11 “I, indeed, baptize you with water unto repentance, but he who cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire;”

Mt. 3:16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water; and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him.”

Mt. 4:1 “Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil.”

Mt. 10:20 “For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaketh in you.”

Mt. 12:18 “Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall show justice to the Gentiles.”

Mt. 12:31-32 “Wherefore, I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, neither in the age to come.”

The “blasphemy against the Holy Spirit” consisted in ascribing to Satan the work of the Holy Spirit (vs. 24). Such a sin was unpardonable because of the

unusual circumstances of their rejection of Christ. This most serious sin of the Pharisees was the climax of their continual denial of the obvious truth that the miracles of Jesus represented the power of God, (Mt. 9:33-34), so that Jesus’ message was heaven-authenticated. Their folly in deliberately apostatizing by ascribing to the devil the mighty works of Christ by the Holy Spirit is summarized by our Lord in Mt. 23:13-36 and Lk. 11:52. Anyone who is concerned about his rejection of Christ has obviously not committed this “unpardonable sin,” and can still come to Christ.”

Mt. 22:43 “He saith unto them, How, then, doth David, in the Spirit, call him Lord, saying,”

Mt. 28:19 “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,”

In the progress of revelation the one true God appears clearly in the N.T. as existing in three divine Persons: named here “the Father,” and “the Son,” and “the Holy Spirit.” Compare also Mt. 3:16-17; 1 Cor. 12:4-6; 2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 2:18; 4:4-6; 5:18-20; 1 Pet. 1:2; Jude 20-21.

1. Each of these divine Persons possesses His own personal characteristics and is clearly distinguished from the other Persons (Jn. 14:16-17,26; 15:26; 16:7-15). Yet the three Persons are equal in being, power, and glory: each being called “God” (Jn. 6:27; Heb. 1:8; Acts 5:3,4); each possessing all the divine attributes (Jas. 1:17; Heb. 13:8; 9:14); each performing divine works (Jn. 5:21; Rom. 8:11); and each receiving divine honors (Jn. 5:23; 2 Cor. 13:14).

2. With reference to the order of their activities, the Father is first, the Son is second, and the Holy Spirit is third; the general formula being as follows: of the Father (1 Cor. 8:6), through the Son (Jn. 3:17), by the Holy Spirit (Eph. 3:5), and unto the Father (Eph. 2:18). Even so, however, no one of the Persons acts independently of the other Persons; but there is always mutual concurrence, as our Lord said, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work” (Jn. 5:17); and, “The Son can do nothing of himself” (Jn. 5:19); and again, “I and my Father are one” (Jn. 10:28-30).

3. In the N.T. revelation of God as a tri-personal Being, there is no retreat from the stern monotheism of the O.T. (Dt. 6:4-5 with Mk. 12:29-30 and Rom. 3:30). The three divine Persons are one God, not three gods. It was necessary in the O.T. to emphasize first the divine unity in order to guard against polytheistic tendencies. But even in the O.T., read in the light of the N.T., a plurality of Persons appears within the one true God (Gen. 1:26; Isa. 6:8; 48:12 with 48:16).

4. The Trinity of God is confessedly a great mystery, something wholly beyond the possibility of complete explanation. But we can guard against error by holding fast to the facts of divine revelation: that (1) with respect to His Being or essence, God is one: (2) with respect to His Personality, God is three; and (3) we must neither divide the essence, not confuse the Persons. Yet, in spite of its mystery, the doctrine of the divine Trinity has always proved to be rich in spiritual and practical values.

5. The importance attached to the divine Trinity, in N.T. revelation, appears in the fact that the doctrine is firmly embedded in two formulas which are constantly repeated in the hearing of the church: (1) the formula of baptism (Mt. 28:19); and (2) the formula of benediction (2 Cor. 13:14).

Mk. 1:8 “I, indeed, have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Mk. 1:10 “And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.”

Mk. 1:12 “And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.”

Mk. 3:29 “But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation;”

Mk. 12:36 “For David himself said, by the Holy Spirit, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.”

Mk. 13:11 “But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate; but whatever shall be

given you in that hour, that speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.”

Lk. 1:15 “For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.”

Lk. 1:17 “And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to ake ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Lk. 1:35 “And the angel answered, and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”

Lk. 1:41 “And it came to pass that, when Elisabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Lk. 1:67 “And his father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,”

Lk. 2:25-27 “And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child, Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,”

Lk. 3:16 “John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;”

Lk. 3:22 “And the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou are my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”

Lk. 4:1 “And Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,”

Lk. 4:14 “And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.”

Lk. 11:13 “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”

To the Jew this promise was undoubtedly new and staggering, for it indicates that in advance of the fulfillment of Joel 2:28-29, all might receive the Holy Spirit. It should be kept in mind, however, that in accordance with the promise, as recorded in Lk. 24:49; Jn. 7:38-39; 14:16-17; Acts 1:4-5, and with the historic fact stated in Rom. 8:9,15; 1 Cor. 6:19; 2 Cor. 1:22; Gal. 4:6; 1 Jn. 2:20, 27, for the Christians to go back to Lk. 11:13 is to forget Pentecost and to ignore the truth that now every believer has the indwelling Spirit.

Lk. 12:10 “And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.”

Lk 12:12 “For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.”

Lk. 24:49 “And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.”

Jn. 1:32-33 “And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not; but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remining on him, the same is he who baptizeth with the Holy Spirit.”

Jn. 3:5-6 “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

Jn. 3:8 “The wind bloweth where it willeth, and thou hearest the sound of it, but canst not tell from where it cometh, and where it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”

Jn. 3:34 “For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God; for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.”

Jn. 4:14 “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the wter that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

Jn. 7:38-39 “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spoke he of the Spirit, whom they that believe on him should receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)”

Jn. 14:16-18 “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: But ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.”

Greek parakletos meaning one called alongside to help; thus, a consoler. It is translated “advocate” in 1 Jn. 2:1. Christ is the Christian’s Paraclete with the Father when the Christian sins; the Holy Spirit is the Christian’s indwelling Paraclete to help his ignorance and infirmity, and to make intercession (Rom. 8:26-27).

Jn. 14:26 “But the Comforter, who is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said unto you.”

Jn. 15:26-27 “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me; And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.”

Jn. 16:7-11 “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And 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.”

Jn. 16:13-14 “Nevertheless, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself, but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come.”

Jn. 20:22 “And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit;”

Acts 1:2 “Until the day in which he was taken up, after he, through the Holy Spirit, had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen;”

Acts 1:5 “For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Acts 1:8 “But ye shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

Acts 1:16 “Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of David, spoke before concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.”

Acts 2:2-4 “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind, and if filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

(1) The Holy Spirit is revealed as a divine Person. This is expressly declared (Jn. 14:16-17, 26; 15:26; 16:7-15; Mt. 28:19), and everywhere implied.

(2) The revelation concerning Him is progressive: (a) In the O.T., He comes upon whom He will, apparently without reference to conditions in them. (b) During His earth-life Christ taught His disciples (Lk. 11:13) that they might receive the Spirit though prayer to the Father. (c) At the close of His ministry He promised that He would Himself pray to the Father, and that in answer to His prayer the Comforter would come to abide (Jn. 14:16-17). (d) On the evening of His resurrection He came to the disciples in the upper room and breathed on them saying, “Receive ye the Holy Spirit” (Jn. 20:22), but He instructed them to wait before beginning their ministry until the Spirit came upon the whole body of believers (Acts 2:1-4). (f) After Pentecost the Spirit was imparted to such as believed, in some cases by the laying on of hands (Acts 8:17; 9:17). And (g) with Peter’s experience in the conversion of Cornelius (Acts 10) it became clear that the norm for this age was that Jew and Gentile were to be saved on precisely the same conditions, and the Holy Spirit was to be given without delay to those who met the one essential condition of trust in Christ (Acts 10:44; 11:15-18). This is the permanent fact for the entire Church Age. Every believer is born of the Spirit (Jn. 3:3-6; 1 Jn. 5:1); indwelt by the Spirit, whose presence makes the believer’s body a temple (1 Cor. 6:19; Rom. 8:9-15; Gal. 4:6; 1 Jn. 2:27); and baptized with the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:12-13; 1 Jn. 2:20,27), thus sealing him for God (Eph. 1:13; 4:30).

(3) The N.T. distinguishes between having the Spirit, which is true of all believers, and being filled with the Spirit, which is the Christian’s privilege and duty (Acts 2:4 with 4:29-31; Eph. 1:13-14 with 5:18). There is one baptism with the Spirit, but many fillings with the Spirit.

(4) The Holy Spirit is related to Christ in His conception (Mt. 1:18-20; Lk. 1:35), baptism (Mt. 3:16; Mk. 1:10; Lk. 3:22; Jn. 1:32-33), walk and service (Lk. 4:1,14), resurrection (Rom. 8:11), and as His witness throughout this age (Jn. 15:26; 16:8-11,13-14).

(5) The Spirit forms the Church (Mt. 16:18; Heb. 12:23) by baptizing all believers into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:12-13; 1 Cor. 1:1-2); imparts gifts for service to every member of that body (1 Cor. 12:7-11,27-30); guides the

members in their service (Acts 16:6-7); and is Himself the power of that service (Acts 1:8; 2:4; 1 Cor. 2:4).

(6) The Spirit abides in a company of believers, making of them, corporately, a temple (1 Cor. 3:16-17).

(7) The N.T. indicates a threefold personal relationship of the Spirit to the believer: “with,” “in,” and “upon” (Jn. 14:16-17; 1 Cor. 6:19; Acts 1:8). “With” indicates the approach of God to the soul, convicting of sin (Jn. 16:9), presenting Christ as the object of faith (Jn. 16:14), imparting faith (Eph. 2:8), and regenerating (Mk. 1:8; Jn. 1:33). “In” describes the abiding presence of the Spirit in the Christian’s body (1 Cor. 6:19) to give victory over the flesh (Rom. 8:2-4; Gal. 5:16-17), create the Christian character (Gal. 5:22-23), help infirmities (Rom. 8:26), inspire prayer (Eph. 6:18), give conscious access to God (Eph. 2:18), actualize to the Christian his sonship (Gal. 4:6), apply the Scriptures in cleansing and sanctification (Eph. 5:26; 2 Th. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2), comfort and intercede (Acts 9:31; Rom. 8:26), and reveal Christ (Jn. 16:14). “Upon” is used of the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Lord Jesus Christ (Mt. 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk. 4:18; Jn. 1:32-33), to the Virgin Mary in connection with the incarnation and birth of our Lord (Lk. 1:35), to certain designated disciples (Lk. 2:25 [Simeon]; Acts 10:44-45; 11:15 [household of Cornelius]; Acts 19:6 [disciples at Ephesus]), and to believers generally (Lk. 24:49; Acts 1:8; 2:17; 1 Pet. 4:14). Based on Lk. 4:18, some understand that the expression has to do with anointing for special service for God, as well as with the original coming and indwelling of the Holy Spirit to and in the individual Christian.

(8) Sins against the Spirit, committed by unbelievers, are: to blaspheme (Mt. 12:31), resist (Acts 7:51), and insult (Heb. 10:29, “hath done despite”). Christians’ sins against the Spirit are: to grieve Him by allowing evil in heart or life (Eph. 4:30-31), and to quench Him by disobedience (1 Th. 5:19). The right attitude toward the Spirit is yieldedness to His sway in life and service, and constant willingness for Him to “put away” whatever grieves Him or hinders His power (Eph. 4:31).

(9) The symbols of the Spirit are : (a) oil (Jn. 3:34; Heb. 1:9); (b) water (Jn. 7:38-39); (c) wind (Jn. 3:8; Acts 2:2); (d) fire (Acts 2:3); (e) a dove (Mt. 3:16); (f) a seal (Eph. 1:13; 4:30); and (g) an earnest, or pledge (Eph. 1:14).

Acts 2:17-18 “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy:”

Acts 2:33 “Therefore, being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.”

Acts 2:38-39 “For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord, our God, shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”

Acts 4:8 “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,”

Acts 4:31 “And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.”

Acts 5:3 “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?”

The sin of Ananias and Sapphira consisted in lying, not in keeping back their property.

Acts 5:9 “Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.”

Acts 5:32 “And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.”

Acts 6:3 “Wherefore, brethren, look among you for seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.”

Acts 6:5 “And the saying pleased the whole multitude; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,”

Acts 6:10 “And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.”

Acts 8:15-19 “Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; For as yet he was fallen upon none of them; only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 8:29 “Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.”

Acts 8:39 “And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing.”

Acts 9:17 “And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightiest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 9:31 “Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.”

Acts 10:19 “While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.”

Acts 10:38 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit, and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

Acts 10:44-45 “And they of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,”

Acts 10:47 “Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?”

Acts 11:12 “And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house.”

Acts 11:15-17 “And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning. Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Forasmuch, then, as God gave them the same gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God?”

Acts 11:24 “For he was a righteous man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and many people were added unto the Lord.”

Acts 11:28 “And there stood up one of them, named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.”

Acts 13:2 “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them.”

Acts 13:4 “So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed unto Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.”

Acts 13:9 “Then Saul (who also is called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him,”

Acts 13:52 “And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 15:8 “And God, who knoweth the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;”

Acts 15:28 “For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, as to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:”

Acts 16:6-7 “Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit allowed them not.”

Acts 19:2 “He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there is any Holy Spirit.”

In both this passage and 1:8 the Greek participles have been translated in such a way that some have concluded that the gift of the Holy Spirit was granted to believers some time after the exercise of faith on their part. The original language allows no such interpretation. The literal rendering of 1:8 is: “But ye shall receive power, the Holy Spirit coming upon you…” The literal rendering of 19:2 is: “He said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit, having believed?” Both passages could not be stronger in indicating that the Spirit was given at the time of believing.

Paul was evidently impressed by some lack in the disciples at Ephesus. Their answer showed that they were Jewish proselytes, disciples of John the Baptist, looking forward to a coming king, but not Christians resting on a finished redemption. Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 6:19; Eph. 1:13, reading “having also believed, ye were sealed.”

Acts 19:6 “And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.”

Acts 20:23 “Except that the Holy Spirit witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.”

Acts 20:28 “Take heed, therefore, unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.”

Acts 21:4 “And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.”

Acts 21:11 “And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s belt, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this belt, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.”

Acts 28:25 “And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit by Isaiah, the prophet, unto our fathers,”

Rom. 5:5 “And hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.”

Rom. 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”

Hitherto in Romans the Holy Spirit has been mentioned only once (5:5); in this chapter He is mentioned nineteen times. Redemption is by blood and by power (Ex. 14:30). Rom 3:21-5:11 speaks of the redemptive price; Ch. 8, of redemptive power.

Rom. 8:4-5 “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.”

Rom. 8:9-11 “But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of

his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”

Rom. 8:13-16 “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if you, through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God;”

Rom. 8:23 “And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, that is, the redemption of our body.”

Rom. 8:26-27 “Likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”

Rom. 9:1 “I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, by conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,”

Rom. 14:17 “For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

Rom. 15:13 “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Rom. 15:16 “That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.”

Rom. 15:19 “Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.”

Rom. 15:30 “Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me:”

1 Cor. 2:4 “And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;”

1 Cor. 2:10-14 “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

Paul divides men into three classes: (1) psuchikos, meaning of the senses, sensuous, (Jas. 3:15: Jude 19), natural, i.e. the Adamic man, unrenewed through the new birth (Jn. 3:3,5); (2) pneumatikos, meaning spiritual, i.e. the renewed man as Spirit-filled and walking in the Spirit in full communion with God (Eph. 5:18-20); and (3) sarkikos, meaning carnal, fleshly, i.e. the renewed man who, walking “after the flesh,” remains a babe in Christ (1 Cor. 3:1-4). The natural man may be learned, gentle, eloquent, fascinating, but the spiritual content of Scripture is absolutely hidden from him; and the fleshly or carnal Christian is able to comprehend only its simplest truths, “milk” (1 Cor. 3:2).

1 Cor. 3:16 “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”

The temple here is the Church, the body of Christ, as distinguished from the temple in 6:19, which is the physical body of the Christian.

1 Cor. 6:11 “And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”

1 Cor. 6:19 “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”

1 Cor. 7:40 “But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment; and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.”

1 Cor. 12:3-4 “Wherefore, I give you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.”

The Holy Spirit bestows gifts for service to men. Christ gives the gifted men to the churches.

1 Cor. 12:11 “But all these worketh that one and the very same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.”

1 Cor. 12:13 “For by one Spirit were we all baptized unto one body, whether we be Jews or Greeks, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”

2 Cor. 1:22 “Moreover, I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.”

2 Cor. 3:3 “Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart.”

2 Cor. 3:6 “Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.”

Compare Rom. 2:29; 7:6. “The letter” is a Paulinism for the law, as “spirit” in these passages is his word for the relationships and powers of new life in Christ Jesus. Here in ch. 3 is presented a series of contrasts between law and spirit, between the old covenant and the new. The contrast is not between two methods of interpretation, literal and spiritual, but between two methods of divine dealing: one, through the law; the other, through the Holy Spirit.”

2 Cor. 3:8 “How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be more glorious?”

2 Cor. 3:17-18 “Now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

“Changed”= “transformed” In the Greek the same word (metamorphoo) is rendered “transfigured” in Mt. 17:2; Mk. 9:2.

2 Cor. 5:5 “Now he that hath wrought us for the very same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.”

2 Cor. 6:6 “But pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,”

2 Cor. 13:14 “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.”

Gal. 3:2-3 “This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”

Gal. 3:5 “He, therefore, that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?”

Gal. 3:14 “That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”

Gal. 4:6 “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”

Ga. 4:29 “But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.”

Gal. 5:5 “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”

Gal. 5:16-18 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if you be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”

Gal. 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.”

Christian character is not mere moral or legal correctness, but the possession and manifestation of the graces of vs. 22-23. Taken together they present a moral portrait of Christ, and may be understood as the apostle’s explanation of 2:20, “Not I, but Christ,” and as a definition of “fruit” in John 15:1-8. This character is possible because of the believer’s vital union with Christ (Jn. 15:5; 1 Cor. 12:12-13), and is wholly the fruit of the Spirit. “Fruit” (singular), in contrast with “works” (plural, vs. 19), suggests that the Christian’s life in the Spirit is unified in purpose and direction in contrast with the life in the flesh, with its inner conflicts and frustrations.

Gal. 6:8 “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

Eph. 1:13 “In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,”

The Holy Spirit is Himself the seal. In the symbolism of Scripture a seal signifies: (1) a finished transaction (Jer. 32:9-10; Jn. 17:4; 19:30); (2) ownership (Jer. 32:11-12; 2 Tim. 2:19); and (3) security (Est. 8:8; Dan. 6:17; Eph. 4:30).

Eph. 2:18 “For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”

Eph. 2:22 “In whom ye also are built together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”

Eph. 3:5 “Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:”

Eph. 3:16 “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;”

Eph. 4:3-4 “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;”

Eph. 4:30 “And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”

Eph. 5:18 “And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,”

Eph. 6:17-18 “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”

Phil. 1:19 “For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,”

Phil. 2:1 “If there be, therefore, any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,”

Col. 1:8 “Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.”

1 Th. 1:6 “And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,”

1 Th. 4:8 “He, therefore, that despiseth, despiseth not man but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.”

1 Th. 5:19 “Quench not the Spirit.”

2 Th. 2:13 “But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,”

1 Tim. 3:16 “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the nations, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”

1 Tim. 4:1 “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that, in the latter times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of demons,”

2 Tim. 1:14 “That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Spirit, who dwelleth in us.”

Ti. 3:5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit,”

Heb. 2:4 “God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?”

Heb. 3:7 “Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, Today if ye will hear this voice,”

Heb. 6:4 “For it is impossible for those who were one enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,”

The clause rendered “and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit” might be paraphrased somewhat like this: “and were willingly being led toward the Holy Spirit.” The warning is issued to those who have been instructed and even moved by the Holy Spirit but have never committed themselves to Christ.

Heb. 9:8 “The Holy Spirit this signifying that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was yet standing;”

Heb. 9:14 “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”

Heb. 10:15 “And the Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before,”

Heb. 10:29 “Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, and unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?”

1 Pet. 1:2 “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God, the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.”

1 Pet. 1:11-12 “Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them did signify, when he testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed that, not unto themselves but unto us they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven, which things the angels desire to look into.”

1 Pet. 1:22 “Seeing that ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, so that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently,”

1 Pet. 3:18 “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,”

1 Pet. 4:14 “If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you; on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.”

2 Pet. 1:21 “For prophecy came not at any time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”

1 Jn. 3:24 “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit whom he hath given us.”

1 Jn. 4:2 “By this know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God;”

1 Jn. 4:13 “By this know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.”

1 Jn. 5:6 “This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.”

1 Jn. 5:8 “And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and these three agree in one.”

Jude 19-20 “These are they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,”

Rev. 1:10 “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,”

Rev. 2:7 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”

Rev. 2:11 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches: He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.”

Rev. 2:17 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth except he that receiveth it.”

Rev. 2:29 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”

Rev. 3:6 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”

Rev. 3:13 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”

Rev. 3:22 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”

Rev. 4:2 “And immediately I was in the Spirit and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”

Rev. 14:13 “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.”

Rev. 17:3 “So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”

Rev. 21:10 “And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,”

Rev. 22:17 “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”