Neglected God
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The Neglected Member of the Trinity
The Neglected Member of the Trinity
Why have Baptists neglected the Holy Spirit
Why have Baptists neglected the Holy Spirit
Perhaps a reaction to the modern Pentecostal Movement
a) 1896 Charles Parham and Baptism of the Holy Spirit
b) Azusa Street Meetings and William J. Seymour
Baptists and other denominations rejected the revival of “charismatic gifts”
b) Baptists and other denominations rejected the revival of “charismatic gifts”
a) Reactionism should not result in neglect
b) neglecting the Holy Spirit is neglecting God
Nicene Creed
“I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father (and the Son,).
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets…”
Person of the Holy Spirit
Person of the Holy Spirit
Deity of the Holy Spirit
a) Peter understands that lying to the Spirit is lying to God:
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife’s full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet.
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?
“While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it.
The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.
b) Paul understands the Spirit and God as the same: ;
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
c) The Spirit shares attributes with God:
1) Omniscience
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
2) Power ;
The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
3) Eternality
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
d) The bible deals with the Spirits creative work with the Father: ;
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.
e) The bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit ;
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
Personality of the Holy Spirit
Personality of the Holy Spirit
a) The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force, but a person
b) grammar points to the Holy Spirit’s personality
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
“He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.
c) the Holy Spirit is referred to the Paraclete as Jesus was ;
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
d) matthew 28.19