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Sermon: Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Do you want to be like Jesus? I don’t know how many of you are old enough or illuminated enough to remember the old tv series, Lost in Space. It was the saga of the Robinson family lost in the vast reaches
Continue reading...Studies in Revelation: The Holy Spirit
Revelation is thoroughly Trinitarian, and the Holy Spirit is seen playing a key role in the Church and in the world. The Holy Spirit Is the Trinitarian Counterpart to the Father and the Son John, To the
Continue reading...Glorious and Depraved (19): The Need for Deterrence and Grace
Because humans are inveterate sinners and, if left to themselves will only do evil continually (Genesis 6:5), God has purposed to put roadblocks in our way to delay us in the pursuit of evil. Futility Right
Continue reading...28: Summary of the Holy Spirit
He is the personal third member of the Trinity, proceeding from both the Father and the Son, eternally existent in relationship with the Father and the Son. He was active in creation. He gifted human beings
Continue reading...27: The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life
We might think of Galatians 5 as a tutorial on the Holy Spirit in the Christian life: Galatians 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away
Continue reading...26: Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Luke
Continue reading...25: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Leading
God has been leading His people forever. He led the Israelites through the wilderness by the cloud and pillar of fire. He led the people with the priest’s Urim and Thummim. He led them with dreams. And
Continue reading...24: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Filling (Part Two)
I was sitting in study hall with a friend I knew was not a Christian and I began explaining the gospel to him. I felt free and eloquent, more, I might say, than my normal self. A believing friend sitting
Continue reading...23: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Filling (Part One)
When you fill a glass with water you are expelling the air that was in there. When the Holy Spirit fills you, He is expelling what is unholy within you. There are two ways in which the Holy Spirit fills
Continue reading...22: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Gifting (Part Two)
If we were to chart the various gifts of the Spirit that Paul and Peter mention, we might get this: Peter (1 Peter 4:10,11) Speaking Gifts Serving Gifts Paul (Romans 12) Prophesying Teaching Encouraging Serving Giving Leading Showing
Continue reading...21: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Gifting (Part One)
Three passages in Scripture speak about spiritual gifts that are given to all believers, but only one attributes these gifts to the Holy Spirit. Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one
Continue reading...20: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Prayer Help
Have you ever been hurting so bad that you just couldn’t pray, or couldn’t figure out what to ask for other than relief? And maybe you felt alone in your suffering. But Paul tells us that couldn’t
Continue reading...19: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Sanctifying
He is the “Holy” Spirit and it is God’s great purpose that His people become holy, so the Holy Spirit is tasked with the job of making each believer holy. Here’s how the apostle Paul puts it: Romans
Continue reading...18: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Anointing
Anointing seems to have four different uses in Scripture: Medicinal – The good Samaritan poured oil on the wounds of the robbery victim (Luke 10:34), and so it might be a symbol of healing when
Continue reading...17: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Sealing by the Holy Spirit
Sealing a document, or a bottle, or a door, with an engraved stone, metal, or wooden stamp served several purposes. It could secure what was sealed. For example, a document’s seal had to be broken to
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