talk 8 life in the holy spirit (new)

Life in the Holy SpiritTalk 8

The Early Christians

Life in the Holy Spirit•They are never afraid of giving all that they have for the needy.•They are never afraid to share Christ to the people they meet.•They are never afraid to die for the faith.

Thus, they conquered the entire Roman Empire.

The Holy Spirit

• Not just a doctrine but the 3rd person in the Holy Trinity

• He is responsible for the burning fire of love in spreading the Gospel to the ends of the Earth.

• Importance of the Holy Spirit is said by Jesus (John 16:7-11)

The First Pentecost

Receiving the Holy Spirit Today

Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Teaching Gifts– Gifts that teach about

God and His Kingdom

• Sign Gifts– They call attention to

God’s reality, and so they bring people to the knowledge of God.

• Revelational Gifts– They reveal God’s power

to people.

Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Teaching Gifts– Gifts that teach about

God and His Kingdom

• Sign Gifts– They call attention to

God’s reality, and so they bring people to the knowledge of God.

• Revelational Gifts– They reveal God’s power

to people.

• Wisdom– concerned with the best

way to live.

• Knowledge– inspiring someone to

speak an understanding of a truth of the mystery of Christ.

Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Teaching Gifts– Gifts that teach about

God and His Kingdom

• Sign Gifts– They call attention to

God’s reality, and so they bring people to the knowledge of God.

• Revelational Gifts– They reveal God’s

power to people.

• Faith– special spiritual gift of prayer

with a God-given confidence and it produces extraordinary results.

• Healing– Cures that science cannot

explain.

• Miracles– The spirit works through them

to produce “works of power” to produce “things for people to be astonished at”, to produce miracles.

Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Teaching Gifts– Gifts that teach about

God and His Kingdom

• Sign Gifts– They call attention to

God’s reality, and so they bring people to the knowledge of God.

• Revelational Gifts– They reveal God’s power

to people.

• Prophecy– speaking the mind of the

Lord

• Discernment– the ability to distinguish

between Spirits.

Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Teaching Gifts– Gifts that teach about

God and His Kingdom

• Sign Gifts– They call attention to

God’s reality, and so they bring people to the knowledge of God.

• Revelational Gifts– They reveal God’s power

to people.

• Tongues– Speaking in different

languages which the deliverer does not understand.

• Interpretation of Tongues– The receiver interprets

the message and delivers it to the community.

Come, Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your Love.

Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created.

And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Come, Holy Spirit

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ Our Lord.

Amen.