Theology of the Holy Spirit (2)

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Deity of the Holy Spirit

Interchangeably referenced with God

Acts 5 - Ananias and Sapphira “it seems that in Peter’s mind “lying to the Holy Spirit” and “Lying to God” were interchangeable expressions.” M. Erickson

1 Corinthians 3:16 “16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 6:19 “19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,” Paul equates God’s temple as the same as the Holy Spirits.

Attributes and qualities of God

Omniscience. 1 Corinthians 2:10–11 “10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.”

John 16:13 “13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.”

Power of the Holy Spirit

Luke 1:35 “35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.”

Paul’s accomplishments were achieved by the power of he Spirit Romans 15:19.

Holy Spirits ability to change human hearts

John 16:8-11 - Conviction

John 3:5-8: Regeneration

The Spirit is Eternal

Hebrews 9:14 - spoken of as eternal yet Hebrews 1:10-12, only God is eternal.

Involved in creation and its providential keeping/directing

Psalm 104:30.

Holy Spirit’s spiritual working upon or within humans.

John 3:5-8: Titus 3:5: Romans 8:11.

Giving the scriptures

2 Timothy 3:16 - “God breathed” or “God-Spirited”

Giving Prophecy

2 Peter 1:21.

He is equal with the Father and Son

Matthew 28:19: 2 Corinthians 13:14: 1 Corinthians 12:4-6: 1 Peter 1:2.

The Personality of the Holy Spirit

Todd Procter

Signs of Life that the giver of life brings

Expectation

Its marked by a increasing/growing expectation that can only be brought about by God

John Tyson - Church of the city

Became passionate about the remarkable moves of God throughout history

Read books, did interviews, studying revival, traveled around the world to meet with people.

Learned principle “God comes where He is wanted.”

1 Corinthians 14:1 “1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.”

How do we create space to linger. Space to just be present. Space to sit quietly before the Lord. Intentional space created to be present. Are you hungry enough for God to create intentional space to linger in His presence?

Do you come to church, ready, hungry and expectant?

“Spiritual hunger was what moved a few students to linger after chapel February 8th. Hunger rose to starvation as numbers increased. It was as though we had stepped inside the New Testament among the throngs pressing in to gain the help of the Lord.” - David Thomas - articulation of what happened at Asbury - Personal reflection

Growing Revelation

Jeremiah 33:3 “3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”

John 15. Spirit will guide us in all truth

1 Corinthians 14. Gift of prophecy - God revealing himself to people for people.

Growing activation

He empowers the natural and the supernatural

Romans 12 - each have been given different gifts to use.

we are too tempted to settle for watching a few all-stars do their thing.

Nameless, Faceless leadership - because so many are involved.

Growing Adoration - Jesus truly being enthroned in worship.

We have been shaped by culture to want to where the crown of adoration. - Burger kings have it your way slogan

John 16:14 “14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.”

Jesus is the ultimate object of worship.

Growing Consecration - Growing adoration and worship of God brings about broken authentic people who will humbly repent.

Isaiah - natural reaction to a bigger understanding of God - I am doomed

Psalm 24. Whom may ascend the holy hill - those with holy hands.

Glenn Packiam - The Holy Spirit and the Church

If you love the things of the Spirit but not the church there is probably something off in you. Because for 2,000 years the role of the Holy Spirit has been to gather, build, and establish the church, the Family of God.

If you love the things of the church but not the Holy Spirit there is probably something off in you.

Who is the Holy Spirit

Not an element - earth, wind fire

Not a force - gravity or wind

Not a feeling - sometimes an encounter with the feeling can involved our feelings

The Holy Spirit is a person - the third person of the Trinity

The Holy Spirit is the LORD - The giver of life

The father is the creator, The son is the redeemer, and the Spirit is the renewer. The three persons of the trinity are one God. Meaning, we cannot divide the actions of the trinity. We experience the love of God through the Holy Spirit. We know the truth of the kingdom of God because of the Spirits teaching through Jesus.

The Spirit is the giver of life. Giver is ongoing. It’s not something He once did but continues to do. John 3:7–8 “7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.””

The spirit is like breath that makes us born again

The Spirit is like wind that fills us up and pushes us out into the world

Three ways the Spirit gives life to the church

Encounter an upward orientation towards God

Formation is the downward work of God doing a deep work in us

Mission is the lateral movement of God’s work going out through us

The Spirit and Encounter

Ephesians 5:18–21 “18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.”

Go on being filled - continual

Carry out your fulfillment in these ways

Encounter - ways we encounter the Spirit through Psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, as we give thanks, mutual submitting relationships with one another.

How do you mentally visualize encountering the Holy Spirit? is it accurate?

We often think of God being upstairs, a little removed from where we are and that we are downstairs. and when we are calling from the basement.

The bible describes a world that is God’s world - completely His - it is not different worlds that God lives in but rather that God fills all of it as one space where He is present all along.

Some of us have a habit of removing our mind, body, or our emotions from being filled with the spirit. We are scared of trusting God with our mind, body, or our emotions. If it is emotions, it may be that you are afraid of getting emotional in worship - that you can clap, raise your hands or cry during worship.

Practice praying with the Holy Spirit

Romans 8:26–27“26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”

The Spirit intercedes with groans - Maybe the spirit can pray with me in this moment.

The Spirit in Formation

Galatians 5:16; 18; 22-23.

God uses people to help form us into the image of God. Its why we gather in life groups, and other church events. We make gathering a priority because of the way God uses us to bring about the work of God in each other.

Colossians 3:16 “16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”

Is it the word or the Spirit dwelling with me???? Both!

I dont know how to hear the Holy Spirit. I dont know what it sounds like. The Holy Spirit speaks, through what He spoke (The Bible).

Crayon Illustration

You can by a box of 8 Crayon and now they sell a box of 96 crayons. With the box of 8 crayons an artist could probably paint a pretty nice picture. But with a box of 96 crayons, that same artist would be able to paint a vastly better picture. Why? Because of the depth of color, the greater detail that they would be able to illustrate and the more crayon they actually have to use before they run out.

Now imagine if the box of crayons that you have is reflective of your bible knowledge. If you have 8 crayons, maybe you are familiar with 8 books of the bible. Guess what the picture of God’s will or plan for your life is going to look like? It will be fine. It will be okay. But the more you spend time in the word of God and you steep in the scriptures, guess whats going to happened to your ability to hear Gods voice and your ability to see a picture of Jesus. Its going to have more detail to it. Its going to have more color to it.

Im a holy spirit guy, I just want more of the Holy Spirit. Or maybe you say you are a bible guy and you have just been memorizing scripture but you are not really interested in the Holy Spirit or the ways that He calls you.

It is about studying the bible, the word of the Spirit in a fresh way. Coming to it like its the first time, each time. Where you ask God to speak to you and through you with this scripture. Asking the Spirit to fill you with His word. We are a bible Church. We are a Spirit led church.

Acts 1:8 “8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.””