The Holy Spirit is God, and should never be referred to as “it,” or as a mere influence. We have observed from Parts 1,2, and 3, that the Holy Spirit is equal to, yet distinct, from the Father and the Son. In this fourth study of the Attributes of the Holy Spirit, we will explore the Work of the Holy Spirit.
JESUS CHRIST SAID THAT WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME HE WOULD:
- Convict men of the sin of unbelief.
John 16:9 – Of sin, because they believe not on Me:
- Convict men that Jesus Christ IS the righteousness of God.
John 16:10 – Of righteousness, because I go to My Father, and ye see Me no more;
- Convict men that the power of Satan has been broken.
John 16:11 – Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
- Regenerate the believer.
John 3:5 – Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
- Indwell the believer.
1 Cor. 6:19,20 – What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- Seal the believer.
Eph.1: 13,14 – In Whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in Whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory.
- Baptize the believer.
Acts 1:5 – For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
- Infill the believer.
Eph. 5:16 – And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- Empower the believer.
Acts 1:9 – But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
- Lead the believer.
Gal. 5:16-18 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
The Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost, and will remain with the church until His work is finished, in the same manner that Jesus Christ finished His work in the flesh. . .
JOHN 16:13
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