Grace and Holy Spirit
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· 14 viewsThe Holy Spirit is both an expression of God’s grace and the means by which it is experienced.
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The Holy Spirit is himself a gracious gift of God
The Holy Spirit is himself a gracious gift of God
Ac 2:38; Tt 3:4–7; 1 Jn 3:24
See also Jn 6:63; Jn 20:21–22; Ac 5:32; Ac 11:15–17; Ac 15:6–8; 1 Co 2:12; Ga 3:14
Through the Holy Spirit God brings believers out of slavery and into his family
Through the Holy Spirit God brings believers out of slavery and into his family
For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!
The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.
See also Ga 4:6–7; Eph 2:17–18
Through the Holy Spirit God equips believers to serve him
Through the Holy Spirit God equips believers to serve him
Now there are distinctive varieties and distributions of endowments (gifts, extraordinary powers distinguishing certain Christians, due to the power of divine grace operating in their souls by the Holy Spirit) and they vary, but the [Holy] Spirit remains the same.
And there are distinctive varieties of service and ministration, but it is the same Lord [Who is served].
And there are distinctive varieties of operation [of working to accomplish things], but it is the same God Who inspires and energizes them all in all.
But to each one is given the manifestation of the [Holy] Spirit [the evidence, the spiritual illumination of the Spirit] for good and profit.
See also Jn 7:37–39; Ac 1:8; Ac 2:4; Ac 4:31; Ro 5:5; Ga 3:5; Heb 2:4
The Holy Spirit in God’s gracious work of redemption
The Holy Spirit in God’s gracious work of redemption
THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.
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.
See also 1 Co 2:4–5; 1 Co 2:13; 1 Th 1:4–5; 1 Pe 1:12
The Holy Spirit in God’s gracious work of sanctifying and sustaining his people
The Holy Spirit in God’s gracious work of sanctifying and sustaining his people
2 Co 3:17–18; 2 Th 2:13
See also Ac 9:31; Ro 8:26–27; Ro 14:17–18; Ro 15:13; Ga 5:4–5; Ga 5:22–23; Ga 6:8; Eph 2:22; Eph 3:16–20; Php 1:18–19; 2 Ti 1:14; Heb 10:29; Jas 4:4–6