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16: Common Ways the Holy Spirit Manifests Himself in All Believers – Affirmation of Sonship
What does the Holy Spirit’s entrance into, and permanent indwelling of, our lives mean for us? Paul mentions a very important way in which the Spirit shows Himself in us – the affirmation of our sonship
Continue reading...15: The Baptism in the Spirit (Part Seven)
What is the baptism in the Spirit? We have seen it expressed in several ways, the Spirit “coming to” believers (Acts 1:8), the Spirit being “poured out on” believers (Acts 2:17;
Continue reading...14: The Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Part Six)
To this point, though every believer had been baptized in the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13), the only outward manifestations that had been reported were when each different people group came to faith, Jews
Continue reading...13: The Baptism in the Spirit (Part Five)
We may say that from the perspective of the Jews there were, in a sense, only two people groups, Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews). God saw fit, however, to give a separate baptism-in-the-Spirit experience
Continue reading...12: The Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Part Four)
I want to suggest to you that the reason there are only four descriptions of the baptism in the Spirit in the book of Acts, is not because only four groups received the Spirit. It is because each group
Continue reading...11: The Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Part Three)
The baptism in the Holy Spirit that Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for occurred on the Day of Pentecost, a harvest festival for Israel that brought Jews from around the world back to Jerusalem
Continue reading...10: The Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Part Two)
John the Baptist talked about the Messiah baptizing his people in the Holy Spirit. But so did Jesus, after his resurrection and before his ascension. And though the disciples were dull about a lot of things,
Continue reading...9: The Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Part One)
John the Baptist came announcing the kingdom to prepare the way for Yahweh coming, whom John described as one he was not worthy to carry his sandals. In line with the kingdom prophecies of the Old Testament
Continue reading...8: The Parakletos
It is the night of his arrest and Jesus is celebrating Passover with his disciples. He wants to tell them that though he is leaving them, they will not be without him, because the Father and he are sending
Continue reading...7: The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament (Part Three)
In association with Holy Spirit and the coming kingdom, there is also an association of the Holy Spirit in the Messiah as he brings this kingdom: The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him— the Spirit of
Continue reading...6: The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament (Part Two)
When Americans speak about the American Dream we are including the ideas of “representative democracy, rights, liberty, and equality, in which freedom is interpreted as the opportunity for individual
Continue reading...5: The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament (Part One)
Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. The Holy Spirit is mentioned in the very second statement
Continue reading...4: The Holy Spirit in Relation to the Trinity
This is one of the issues that divided the Roman Catholic churches from the Orthodox churches, divided the west and the east parts of the church. Did the Holy Spirit proceed (that’s a technical term)
Continue reading...3: The Deity of the Holy Spirit
We have already seen that, to use Ryrie’s terminology, that the Holy Spirit has the “appellation” of deity, that is, He is called God (Acts 5:3,4). Peter tells Ananias that in lying to the Holy Spirit
Continue reading...2: The Personality of the Holy Spirit
Does it matter if the Holy Spirit is a person or not? It absolutely matters, for three reasons: 1) The testimony of Scripture is that He is a person, 2) The testimony of Scripture to the Triune personality
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