Presence of Holy Spirit (4)
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· 9 viewsPresent throughout the world, the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin and brings peace and comfort to believers through his refreshing and restoring presence.
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The Holy Spirit is present and active in creation
The Holy Spirit is present and active in creation
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
See also Job 33:4; Ps 104:30
The Holy Spirit is present everywhere
The Holy Spirit is present everywhere
Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
See also Ac 20:23
He is equated with God’s presence
He is equated with God’s presence
Cast me not away from thy presence;
And take not thy holy spirit from me.
He is present with God’s people
He is present with God’s people
According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt,
So my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
See also Is 59:21; Is 63:10–14; Eze 36:27; Eze 37:14; 1 Co 3:16; Eph 2:22
He is present in Jesus Christ’s ministry
He is present in Jesus Christ’s ministry
Lk 4:14; Lk 4:18; Lk 5:17; Lk 6:19; Lk 10:21; Ac 10:38
He is present with Jesus Christ’s disciples
He is present with Jesus Christ’s disciples
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 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.
See also Jn 14:26; Jn 15:26–27
The consequences of the Holy Spirit’s presence in the church
The consequences of the Holy Spirit’s presence in the church
He convicts of sin
He convicts of sin
Jn 16:7–11; 1 Th 1:5
He gives direction
He gives direction
Ac 13:2; Ac 15:28
He transforms experience
He transforms experience
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
He encourages
He encourages
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
He empowers Christians for witness
He empowers Christians for witness
See also Ac 1:8; Ac 6:10
He sanctifies
He sanctifies
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
See also Ro 15:16; 2 Th 2:13; 1 Pe 1:2
The Holy Spirit’s presence has observable effects
The Holy Spirit’s presence has observable effects
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
See also Jn 3:21; Ac 11:23
He brings blessing and fellowship
He brings blessing and fellowship
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
See also Php 2:1; 1 Pe 4:14
He brings freedom and peace
He brings freedom and peace
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
See also Ro 8:2; Ro 8:5–9
He brings life
He brings life
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.