A Church Familiar with God the Holy Spirit
“The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name…”
John
15:26 (ESV)
“When the Helper comes, whom
I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth…”
John 16:7 (ESV)
“It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.”
Acts 1:4-5 (NIV)
“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift My Father promised, which you have heard Me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
“The work of the Holy Spirit is to manifest the active presence of the God in the world, and especially in the Church.”
- Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
The Activity of God the Holy Spirit
1. Is to bring life and to be a blessing.
Isaiah 32:14-18 (ESV)
“For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted…until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.”
Isaiah 44:3 (ESV)
“For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit upon your offspring, and My blessing on your descendants.”
“They rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; therefore He turned to be their enemy, and Himself fought against them.”
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?”