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The Holy Spirit - His Power Living Within

This describes what the Holy Spirit has been sent to earth to accomplish in the lives of those who, by the Spirit’s power, have embraced God as their Father and Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity, whose identity and work are revealed especially by Jesus in his farewell discourses to his disciples (John 14–17). Jesus said that after his departure he would send his followers the Holy Spirit, another “Comforter” who would be with them always and lead them into all truth (John 15:26). The Holy Spirit would come to convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment—in other words, to proclaim the gospel of Christ and its fulfillment (John 16:8).

The Spirit had been active in earlier times, brooding over the unformed creation and bringing life and order from it (Gen 1:2); giving skill to the artisans who constructed the tabernacle (Exod 31:2–5); inspiring the prophets and others who composed the Hebrew Scriptures (2 Sam 23:2)—but he was not known in the same personal way and to the same degree by all believers before the dawning of the new covenant (Joel 2:28; Acts 2:1–4).

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Key Passages

Jn 14:15–26 “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he…

Jn 16:4–15 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ Rather, you are filled with grief…

Ac 2:1–40 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and…

2 Pe 1:21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Re 2:1–3:22“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people,…