Who is the Holy Spirit?
May 15, 2015
Who is the Holy Spirit?
What the Holy Spirit “IS NOT”
Impersonal FORCE
Enthusiasm
Emanation
What the Holy Spirit “IS”
1. He is a PERSON• Acts 8:29 - He SpeaksHe Speaks
• John 14:26 - He TeachesHe Teaches
• Ephesians 4:30 - He Can Be GrievedHe Can Be Grieved
2. He is God• Acts 5:34 - Who did Peter say Ananias Lied Who did Peter say Ananias Lied
to?to?
• Matthew 28:19 - What does this passage What does this passage teach about God being Oneteach about God being One
• Who Raised Jesus from the Dead? Acts 3:26 - God the FatherJohn 2:19 - God the SonRomans 8:11 – The Holy Spirit
Attributes of God Ascribed to the Holy Spirit
• Hebrews 9:13 - 14 EternalEternal
• Psalm 139:7 - 10 Always PresentAlways Present
• 1 Corinthians 2:10- 11 Knows EverythingKnows Everything
• Luke 1:35 All PowerfulAll Powerful
Where is the Holy Spirit?Where is the Holy Spirit?1 Corinthians 6:191 Corinthians 6:19
What the Holy Spirit Does
Old Testament
• Genesis 1:2-3 He CreatedHe Created
• 2 Peter 1:19-21 He Revealed TruthHe Revealed Truth
• Judges 14:6 He EmpoweredHe Empowered
New Testament• John 16: 7-8 He Convicts UsHe Convicts Us
• Titus 3:5, John 3:8 He Regenerates UsHe Regenerates Us
• 1 John 2:27 He Teaches and Guides He Teaches and Guides us to the Truthus to the Truth
• Acts 8:29 He Empowers us to be He Empowers us to be Witnesses for JesusWitnesses for Jesus• Luke 12: 11-12
• Romans 8:26 He Intercedes for usHe Intercedes for us