What Do I Really Know About the Holy Spirit Lesson One (2)

17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. 19 “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

John 14:17 TPT

16 And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Savior, the Holy Spirit of Truth, who will be to you a friend just like me—and he will never leave you. The world won’t receive him because they can’t see him or know him. But you will know him intimately, because he will make his home in you and will live inside you.

John 16:13 NKJV

13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

John 16:13 TPT

13 But when the truth-giving Spirit comes, he will unveil the reality of every truth within you. He won’t speak his own message, but only what he hears from the Father, and he will reveal prophetically to you what is to come.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit (XV. The Spirit of Truth)

XV. The Spirit of Truth.

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth in John 14:17, “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him; but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you”

John 15:26 KJV

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

John 16:13 KJV

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XV. The Spirit of Truth

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth because it is the work of the Holy Spirit to communicate truth, to impart truth, to those who receive Him

The Key is Who Receive Him

Colossians 2:6 AMP

6 As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to Him.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XV. The Spirit of Truth

This comes out in the passage given above, and, if possible, it comes out even more clearly in John 16:13, R. V., “Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He shall guide you into all the truth: for He shall not speak from Himself; but what things soever He shall hear, these shall He speak: and He shall declare unto you the things that are to come.” All truth is from the Holy Spirit. It is only as He teaches us that we come to know the truth.

The Truth & The Life

The Holy Bible: King James Version Chapter 14

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

A Handbook on the Gospel of John (John 14:6)

What is the relation between the words way, truth, and life?

In the present context Jesus as “the way” is the primary focus, and “truth” and “life” are somehow related to Jesus as “the way.”

Thus there are two possible interpretations:

(1) The emphasis may be on the goal to which the way leads .

If this exegesis is followed, one may translate “I am the way that leads to the truth and to life”; or, expressed more fully, “I am the way that leads to the truth (about God) and to the life (that God gives).”

(2) However, the emphasis may be on the way itself.

If this exegesis is followed, “truth” and “life” must be taken as qualifiers of “way,” which is primary in the context. One may then render “I am the true way, the way that gives people life.” Or, more fully, “I am the way that reveals the truth (about God) and gives life (to people).” In effect, the two possible interpretations are close in meaning, and it is difficult to argue for one against the other. However, the context would seem to favor the second.

Questions:

Since you have gained a closer walk with Christ, has the Holy Spirit revealed any truth about you?

Since we have been studying the bait of satan and the works of the flesh has any truth come out of these teachings?

John 14.17 States the world does not know him

1 John 2:16 KJV

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1 John 2:17 KJV

17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

This Leads Me To My Next Description:

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVI. The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding

XVI. The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVI. The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of wisdom and understanding in Isa. 11:2

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVI. The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding

“And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.”

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVI. The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding

The significance of the name is so plain as to need no explanation. It is evident both from the words used and from the context that it is the work of the Holy Spirit to impart wisdom and understanding to those who receive Him.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVI. The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding

Those who receive the Holy Spirit receive the Spirit “of power” and “of love” and “of a sound mind” or sound sense

2 Timothy 1:7 TPT

7 For God will never give you the spirit of fear, but the Holy Spirit who gives you mighty power, love, and self-control.

Mighty Power

Mighty Love

Mighty Mind

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVII. The Spirit of Counsel and Might

XVII. The Spirit of Counsel and Might.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVII. The Spirit of Counsel and Might

We find this name used of the Holy Spirit in the passage given under the preceding head. The meaning of this name too is obvious, the Holy Spirit is called “the Spirit of counsel and of might” because He gives us counsel in all our plans and strength to carry them out

Acts 8:29 TPT

29 The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go and walk alongside the chariot.”

Acts 16:6 TPT

6 The Holy Spirit had forbidden Paul and his partners to preach the word in the southwestern provinces of Turkey, so they ministered throughout the region of central and west-central Turkey.

Acts 16:7 TPT

7 When they got as far west as the borders of Mysia, they repeatedly attempted to go north into the province of Bithynia, but again the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to enter.

Acts 1:8 KJV

8 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.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVII. The Spirit of Counsel and Might

It is our privilege to have God’s own counsel in all our plans and God’s strength in all the work that we undertake for Him. We receive them by receiving the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of counsel and might.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVIII. The Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord

XVIII. The Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit (XVIII. The Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord)

This name also is used in the passage given above

Isaiah 11:3 KJV

3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XVIII. The Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord

The significance of this name is also obvious. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to impart knowledge to us and to beget in us a reverence for Jehovah, that reverence that reveals itself above all in obedience to His commandments. The one who receives the Holy Spirit finds his delight in the fear of the LORD.

Isaiah 11:1–5 (KJV)

1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Last One Tonight:

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XIX. The Spirit of Life

XIX. The Spirit of Life.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XIX. The Spirit of Life

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of life in Rom. 8:2, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit XIX. The Spirit of Life

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of life because it is His work to impart life

John 6:63 TPT

63 “The Holy Spirit is the one who gives life, that which is of the natural realm is of no help. The words I speak to you are Spirit and life. But there are still some of you who won’t believe.”

Romans 8:2 NLT

2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit (XIX. The Spirit of Life)

In the context in which the name is found in the passage given above, beginning back in the seventh chapter of Romans, seventh verse, Paul is drawing a contrast between the law of Moses outside a man, holy and just and good, it is true, but impotent, and the living Spirit of God in the heart, imparting spiritual and moral life to the believer and enabling him thus to meet the requirements of the law of God, so that what the law alone could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, the Spirit of God imparting life to the believer and dwelling in the heart enables him to do, so that the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in those who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:2–4 AMP

2 For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. 3 For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice], 4 So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit].

The Holy Spirit is therefore called “the Spirit of life,” because He imparts spiritual life and consequent victory over sin to those who receive Him

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