HOLY SPIRIT

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HOLY SPIRIT
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HOLY SPIRIT His Person

• IS THE HOLY SPIRIT PERSONAL?
• The Use of personal pronouns proves this, John
  1526 1613
• Personal actions, works ascribed to him also
  prove this
• Searching, I Cor. 211
• Judging, Acts 1528
• Hearing, John 1613
• Speaking, Acts 132
• Willing, I Cor. 1211
• Teaching, John 1426
• Interceding, Rom. 827
• Witnessing, John 1526.

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HOLY SPIRIT His Person

• IS THE HOLY SPIRIT PERSONAL?
• That there is a coordinate relation with the
  Father and the Son proves this.
• Baptismal formula, Matt. 2819,20
• Gifting and service, I Cor. 124-6
• Benediction, II Cor. 1313
• See also Rev. 14.

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HOLY SPIRIT His Deity

• IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD?
• Divine attributes are ascribed to the Holy
  Spirit.
• Eternity, Heb. 914
• Omnipresence, Ps. 1397
• Omniscience, I Cor. 210
• Omnipotence, I Cor. 124-6.

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HOLY SPIRIT His Deity

• IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD?
• Divine Works are ascribed to the Holy Spirit
• Creation, Gen 12
• Regeneration, John 663 Titus 35
• Sanctification, I Peter 12
• Preserving, Eph. 113 430
• Giving of gifts to the Church, I Cor. 123-11
• Uniting the believer to Christ, I Cor. 1213
  Eph. 222
• Adoption, Rom. 815
• Resurrection, Rom. 810.

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HOLY SPIRIT His Deity

• IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD?
• Divine names are ascribed to him
• Spirit of God, Gen. 12
• Spirit of Yahweh, Judges 310
• Holy Spirit, Isa. 6310
• Spirit of Christ, Rom. 89
• Holy Spirit of God, Eph. 430.

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HOLY SPIRIT The Trinity
The Holy Spirit in Trinitarian relationship
The third person, having no special name like
Father or Son, is content with Gods generic
name of spirit. It is enough to be known as
bond of love. This does not mean the Spirit
does not have a more specific profile, but only
that we have not been told about it. Spirit is
content to be thought of as the medium and
fellowship of love. He delights in the loving
relationships of the divine dance and exults in
the self emptying love that binds Father and Son.
He delights to introduce creatures to union with
God, the dance of the Trinity and the sabbath
play of new creation. Clark Pinnock, Flame of
Love, 39.
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HOLY SPIRIT His Work

• The Holy Spirit and Redemptive History
• The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is decisive for
  the progress of redemptive history
• Life-giving is the work of the Spirit
• The distinctive work of the Holy Spirit is not to
  call attention to himself but to Jesus Christ
• The doctrine of the Spirit is woven into all
  other doctrines of Scripture.

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HOLY SPIRIT His Work

• The Holy Spirit continues the ministry of Jesus
  Christ and God the Father
• Pentecost is Christs personal coming to the
  Church as the life-giving Spirit, R.B.Gaffin
• The application of redemption is ultimately
  Trinitarian, WCF 8.5
• The Lord Jesus, by His perfect obedience, and
  sacrifice of Himself, which he, through the
  eternal Spirit, once offered up unto God, hath
  fully satisfied the justice of His Father and
  purchased not only reconciliation, but an
  everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven,
  for all those whom the Father hath given unto Him.

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HOLY SPIRIT Pentecost

• Acts 2 is the fulfillment of Joel 2
• In the Old Testament, the Spirit was present, but
  in the background
• That which was preparatory has given place to
  that which is final and eternal
• There is a transition
• From provisional and symbolic to the real
• From bondservant to sonship
• From prophecy and ceremony to history.

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HOLY SPIRIT Pentecost

• The Church of Jesus Christ is a Pentecostal
  Church
• This Pentecostal Church is the Church of the New
  Covenant
• In O.T. God related to his people by covenant
• After Pentecost, covenant continues to describe
  this relationship
• The newness is that of fulfillment, not substance
• Redemption is applied within the context of the
  covenant community, i.e., the Church.

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HOLY SPIRIT Pentecost

• The Pentecostal Church is the Church of the Great
  Commission
• Background is the Abrahamic Covenant
• Abraham to be a blessing to the whole world, Gen.
  123
• Geographic expansion over the whole world
• Incorporation of non-Jews into the covenant
• Great Commission is fulfillment of promise
• Matt. 2819,20
• Acts 238,39
• Gal. 314
• Contrast what God gave in OT, and how much more
  he gives now.

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HOLY SPIRIT Work of the Spirit

• Regeneration, John 35 Titus 35
• Assurance, Rom. 816 
• Justification, I Cor. 611
• Adoption, Gal. 44-6 Rom. 815
• Sanctification, II Thess. 213 Rom. 1516 I
  Peter 12
• Conversion
• Repentance Acts 1115, 18
• Faith I Cor. 29, 12 123
• Good works, Gal. 522-23
• Perseverance, Eph. 430 113-14 II Cor. 122
  55.

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HOLY SPIRIT Gifts of the Spirit

• Charisma, A gift, favor freely bestowed
• Lists (20 listed), I Cor. 12, Rom. 12
• Includes extraordinary gifts
• Includes less spectacular gifts
• Helps, Teaching, Encouraging
• Purpose-
• Believers to edify, to build up
• Non-believers to evangelize
• Gifts are generally associated with periods of
  great revelatory activity Patriarchs, Exodus,
  Judges, Prophets, Incarnation, Resurrection.

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HOLY SPIRIT Fruit of the Spirit

• The Fruit (karpos) of the Spirit is related to
  the Gifts of the Spirit
• Many gifts, one fruit (albeit, a cluster is the
  best image)
• The Fruit of the Spirit is the antithesis of
  works of the flesh Gal. 516,19-21
• Fruit implies growth
• There is a ripening, or maturing process that
  occurs through time-not climactic, as in a
  second blessing model.

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HOLY SPIRIT Fruit of the Spirit

• The first three deal with basic dispositions
  toward man and God
• Love (for God and man), agape, Rom. 1310, I Cor.
  13
• Joy, chara, I Pet. 18 Neh. 810
• Peace, eirene, Phil. 47, Rom. 51.
• The second three deal with relations to others
• Patience, makrothumia, (long-suffering), Eph.
  42 Col. 111
• Kindness, chrestotes, I Cor. 134, Eph. 27
• Goodness, agathosune, Rom. 1514 Eph. 59
• The third three relate to ourselves
• Faithfulness, pistis, Matt. 2323 Rom. 33
  Titus 210
• Gentleness, prautes, II Cor. 101 Eph. 42, II
  Tim. 225
• Self-control, egkrateia, Acts 2425 II Peter 16.

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HOLY SPIRIT Baptism w/the Spirit

• Gospels Matt. 311, Mark 18, Luke 316, John
  133 Pentecost
• Acts 15, will be baptized Pentecost
• Acts 1116, bestowal of H.S. at conversion
• I Cor. 1213, baptized by one Spirit
• Four Elements in all these baptisms
• The baptizer is Jesus Christ
• The baptized believers
• The element by which baptized is H.S.
• The Purpose of baptism remission of sins.

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