The Nature of God – Part 3

In John 14:16-17, 26 Jesus “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you. The Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you.”

 

Continuing with the nature of the Trinitarian God as defined in the Disciple’s Study Bible. It states that [1] God the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost (In Greek, the “Agios Pneuma” - the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son, never referred to as a depersonalized force. 

 

[1] The Holy Spirit is revealed was (A) Promised by God. (B) Revealed at Pentecost. (C) Described in specific Scripture. 

 

[2] The Holy Spirit works for God’s Purposes. (A) in Creation. (B) In Redemption. (C) in Messianic Hope. (D) in Jesus. (E) in the twelve Apostles, (F) in Revelation. 

 

Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

 

[3] The Holy Spirit empowers God’s people. (A) Undergird the Church. (B) Energizes for Gospel Mission. (C) Guides in Mission work. (D) Calls and equips the saints and leaders. 

 

Galatians 5:16-22-25 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,

goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 

 

[4] The Holy Spirit leads individuals. (A) Filling Christians, (B) Convicts sinners. (C) Regenerates born-again believers. (D) Permanently indwells the saved. (E) Protects the spiritually endangered. (F) Gives security. (G) Gives spiritual gifts to every believer. (H) Transforms the faithful. (I) May be resisted. (J) Guides the believer. (K) Must be obeyed. (L) Intercedes in prayer for the believer. 

 

[5] The Holy Spirit is God. (A) Presence of God. (B) Personal. (C) Acts in Divine Freedom. (D) Is the third of the Trinity. 

In each of these attributes of the Holy Spirit’s nature, there were multiple Bible verse references for putting together a message or study, just like with God the Father and Jesus Christ. But once again, even just reading through them individually and prayerfully meditating on who the Holy Spirit truly is, what He can do, what He has done, what He is doing today and what He is going to do in the future. The Holy Spirit is amazing!

 

Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

 

In Christ, Brian