Faith of Our Fathers (4)
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Introduction
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine.
He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures.
He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures.
Through illumination He enables men to understand truth.
Through illumination He enables men to understand truth.
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.
12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
He exalts Christ.
He exalts Christ.
He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration.
He calls men to the Saviour, and effects regeneration.
At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ.
At the moment of regeneration He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ.
He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church.
He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church.
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption.
He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ.
His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ.
He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.
