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DG9_CR6_We Believe in DG9_CR6_We Believe in The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit

Dogma for Pr-Servants

May 21, 2011

The CreedThe Creed

CR1 & 2: We believe in One God, God the Father who created CR1 & 2: We believe in One God, God the Father who created heaven and earth:heaven and earth:

God (CR1)God (CR1) Trinity (CR2)Trinity (CR2)

CR3: We believe in One Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of CR3: We believe in One Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, Begotten of the Father before all ages, Light of Light, God, Begotten of the Father before all ages, Light of Light, True God of True God, Begotten not made, One essence with True God of True God, Begotten not made, One essence with the Father :the Father :

Divinity of ChristDivinity of Christ

CR4: Who for us all and for our salvation came down from heaven CR4: Who for us all and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnated of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary and was incarnated of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary and became Man.and became Man.

Incarnation of ChristIncarnation of Christ

The Creed The Creed “Cont’d”“Cont’d”

CR5: And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and CR5: And He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried. And on the third day He rose from the dead, was buried. And on the third day He rose from the dead, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into the heavens; according to the Scriptures, and ascended into the heavens; and sat at the right hand of His Father and also He is coming and sat at the right hand of His Father and also He is coming again in His glory to judge the living and the dead, whose again in His glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom has no end:kingdom has no end:

Christ RedemptionChrist Redemption

CR6: Yes we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, CR6: Yes we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophetsSon is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets

The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit

1) Introduction1) Introduction

2) The Holy Spirit is Lord (God)2) The Holy Spirit is Lord (God)

3) The Holy Spirit is the Giver of Life3) The Holy Spirit is the Giver of Life

4) Proceeds from the Father4) Proceeds from the Father

5) The Holy Spirit was spoken by the prophets5) The Holy Spirit was spoken by the prophets

6) The Gifts of the Holy Spirit6) The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

1) Introduction1) Introduction+ The Holy Spirit is one of the three Hypostasis of the

Triune God; “God is Spirit” John 4:24

+ The Holy Spirit is ranked the same with the Father and the Son; “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit….You have not lied to men but to God” Acts 5:3-4

+ The Holy Spirit cannot be separated from the Father and the Son:

- “No one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God” 1Corinthians 2:11- “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted” Matthew 4:1

2) The Holy Spirit: God and Lord2) The Holy Spirit: God and Lord• 2Thess 3:5; “And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love

of God and into the patience of Christ”

• Acts 5:3-4; “You have lied to the Holy Spirit…you have lied to God”

• 2 Corinthians 3:17,18; “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”

• 1Thess 3:11-12; “And may our God and Father Himself and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all”

Holy Spirit: Attributes of Deity Holy Spirit: Attributes of Deity Creator

• Job 33:4 “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life”

• Genesis 2:7 “The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

• Psalm 104:30; “When you send your Spirit, they are created…”

• Genesis 1:2; “…and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.”

• Psalm 33:6; Isaiah 40:6-7

Holy Spirit: Attributes of Deity Holy Spirit: Attributes of Deity Omnipresent

• Psalm 139:7-12: “Where can I go from you Spirit?…If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there…”

• 2 Timothy 1:14; “…the Holy Spirit who lives in us.”• 1 Corinthians 3:16; “…you yourselves are God’s temple

and that God’s Spirit lives in you”• John 7:38-39; “Whoever believes in Me, …streams of

living water will flow from within him. (By this He meant the Spirit…”)

• John 14:26; “The Spirit…will teach you all things”

Holy Spirit: Attributes of Deity Holy Spirit: Attributes of Deity Eternal

• Hebrews 9:14; “How much more then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God…”

The Holy Spirit is eternal and uncreated. In fact, He is Creator

• “When you (LORD) send your Spirit, they are created…” Psalm 104:30

• “O LORD, are you not from everlasting?” Hab 1:12

Sins Against the Holy Spirit Sins Against the Holy Spirit equated as sins against Godequated as sins against God

Grieving the Holy Spirit• Ephesians 4:30; “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit

of God…”Resisting the Holy Spirit• Acts 7:51; “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in

heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit”Quenching the Spirit• I Thessalonians 5:19; “Do not quench the Spirit”


• Rejecting/Insulting the Spirit• Hebrews 10:28-29; “Anyone who rejected the law of

Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?”


• Blaspheme of the Holy Spirit• Matthew 12:31-32; “Every sin and blasphemy will be

forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.”

Because of the above …, the Church

Pray and Praise God the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is fully God and powerful to answer prayer. Christians in the NT communicated with Him.

• In response to prayer and fasting, the Holy Spirit DIRECTLY answers the Christians at Antioch to the work for which HE has called them. “As they ministered to be the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said,

‘separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them” Acts 13:2

• The will of the Holy Spirit was known by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. This also implies direct communication with Him. “For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no

greater burden than these necessary things” Acts 15:28

• The Holy Spirit communicates DIRECTLY to Paul: “except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains

and tribulations await me” Acts 20:23


• God created the heaven and earth by the Holy Spirit“And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” Genesis 1:2

• God breathed in Adam the breath of life“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into the nostrils the breath of life” Genesis 2:7

4) The Holy Spirit’s “proceeding”4) The Holy Spirit’s “proceeding”• ““But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Fatherfrom the Father, He will testify of Me” John 15:26 , He will testify of Me” John 15:26 - From the Father not the Father and the SonFrom the Father not the Father and the Son- Difference between the words “proceed” and “send”Difference between the words “proceed” and “send”

• From the Father, the Son is “born” and the Holy From the Father, the Son is “born” and the Holy Spirit “proceeds”; Spirit “proceeds”; all in the beginningall in the beginning. However, in a . However, in a certain timecertain time, the Father “sent” the Son “in the fullness , the Father “sent” the Son “in the fullness of the time” Gal 4:4 and the Holy Spirit (day of of the time” Gal 4:4 and the Holy Spirit (day of Pentecost) ; Acts 2Pentecost) ; Acts 2

5. The Holy Spirit and the Prophets5. The Holy Spirit and the Prophets

• The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of the Holy Book:“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God” 2Tim 3:16

• The Holy Spirit worked in the prophets:“And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word ”the Holy Spirit spoke rightly by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers” Acts 28:25

Holy Spirit: His works

He is The Author of Scripture

• Acts 1:16; “[Peter] said, ‘Brothers, the Scriptures had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the mouth of David…”

• 2 Peter 1:21; “For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

• Acts 28:25; “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your forefathers when He said through Isaiah the prophet…” [Isaiah 6:9-10]

• Hebrews 3:7-11; “So as the Holy Spirit says…” [Psalm 95:7-11]

• Hebrews 10:15-17; “The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says…” [Jeremiah 31:31-34]

• Matthew 22:43; [Jesus] said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit…” [quotes Psalm 110:1]

• “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” [spoken 7 times by Jesus in Revelation 2 & 3]

Holy Spirit: His worksHe spoke through the prophets and

predicted the future• I Peter 1:10; “Concerning this salvation, the

prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow”


• THE Gift of the Holy Spirit is…• HIMSELF!• Acts 2:38; “Peter replied, ‘Repent and be

baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive THE GIFT of the Holy Spirit.”

The Gifts of the Spirit “Cont’d”

• Companionship and Comfort• Counsel / Guidance• Correct Teaching – Truth• The knowledge that we are children of God• Freedom

The Gifts of the Holt Spirit The Gifts of the Holt Spirit Companionship and Comforter Companionship and Comforter • Gen 2:18 “It is not good for the man to be alone.” • John 14:16; “…another counselor to be with you

forever—” “Another” [Allon] another of the same type “Counselor” [Paraclete, Comforter, Helper] one who comes

alongside to help

Counsel/Guidance• He convicts the world of guilt in regard to sin, and

righteousness and judgment (John 16:8)• He will guide you into all truth (John 16:13)• He will tell you what is yet to come (John 16:13; 1Tim 4:1)

The Gifts of the Holy SpiritThe Gifts of the Holy SpiritCorrect Teaching—Truth Correct Teaching—Truth • He will guide you into all truth (John 16:13) • He will teach you all things and remind you of

everything Jesus said (John 14:26)• “As for you, the anointing you received from Him

remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in Him.” I John 2:27

The Knowledge that we are children of GodThe Knowledge that we are children of God• Romans 8:16; “The Spirit Himself testifies with our

spirit that we are God’s children.”

• “Even to this day when Moses (the Scriptures) is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:15-17

• The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man [discerns] all things…” I Corinthians 2:14-15

Freedom from fear

The Gifts of the Holy SpiritThe Gifts of the Holy SpiritFreedom to understand the Scriptures

• “For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by Him [The Spirit] we cry, ‘Abba, Father.” Rom 8:15

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