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TLH 1
There is Much Confusion Over The Subject of the Holy Spirit:Some Say That He is Not GODSome Describe the Spirit as “the
Impersonal, Active Force of God”But the Bible Attributes to Him
Personal Attributes: Isa. 63:10; Eph. 4:30 – Holy Spirit
Can Be “Vexed” and “Grieved”
TLH 2
Attributes of a Person:John 16:13 – “Howbeit when He,
the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come”
TLH 3
The Holy Spirit is GOD (Acts 5:3-4) Psalm 139:7 – “Where shall I go from
your Spirit (Heb. Ruach), or where shall I flee from your presence (faces)?”
Just as the Father (Rev. 4:11) and the Son (Heb. 1:10) Were Involved in Creation, So Was the Holy Spirit: “And the earth was without form, and void, and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved (hovered) upon the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2)
TLH 4
Primary ROLE of Holy Spirit: REVELATION:
Genesis 6:3 – “And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh, yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years”
Nehemiah 9:20 – “You gave also Your good Spirit to instruct them, and withheld not Your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst”
TLH 5
Primary ROLE of Holy Spirit: REVELATION:Matthew 10:19-20John 14:26John 15:26John 16:7-132 Peter 1:20-211 Corinthians 2:9-16
TLH 6
The Holy Spirit is a Person of GOD – Men Can Relate to the Holy Spirit the Same Way That They Relate to Other Persons of God
No Argument Over Whether or not the Spirit Indwells the Christian – He Does (Romans 8:9-16)
The Doctrinal Question is HOW?
TLH 7
The Holy Spirit’s Modus Operandi -
IMMEDIATE? No Intermediary
No Medium
A bearing down on the object without any intervening medium
The Spirit’s Mode and Medium of Indwelling:
MEDIATE? Not Direct
Through an intervening instrument or agent by which a thing is accomplished
This Is The Question!These Are The Only Two Ways That The Holy Spirit Can Influence Men!
TLH 8
Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:
Jesus Dwells in the Christian:• “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my
blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him” (John 6:56)
• “Abide in me, and I in you…” (John 15:4)• “{22}And the glory that thou gavest me I
have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one; {23} I in them, and thou in me…” (John 17:22-23)
• “And if Christ be in you…” (Romans 8:10)
TLH 9
Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:
Jesus Dwells in the Christian:• “…Know ye not your own selves, how that
Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates?” (2 Corinthians 13:5)
• “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live: yet not I, but Christ liveth in me…” (Gal. 2:20)
• “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27)
TLH 10
Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:
Jesus Dwells in the Christian:BUT HOW???
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being
rooted and grounded in love…”
Ephesians 3:17
TLH 11
Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:
The Father Dwells in the Christian:• “…As God has said, ‘I will dwell in them,
and walk in them; and I will be their God and they shall be my people’” (2 Corinthians 6:16)
• “And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him…” (1 John 3:24)
• “…Because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4)
TLH 12
Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:
The Holy Spirit Dwells in the Christian: 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so
be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 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.
TLH 13
Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:
The Holy Spirit Dwells in the Christian:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God.15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God” (Rom. 8:9-11,14-16) We Are “Led By The Spirit”
But How???
TLH 14
How Christ Indwells The ChristianChrist AbidesIn the Disciple
John15:4,7
Christ’s WordsAbide in Disciple
Christ Abides in those who “eat” His “flesh” and
“drink” His “blood”
John6:56, 44-45, 63
“Flesh” profits Nothing
Christ’s WordsAbide in Disciples
Christ DwellsIn our Hearts
Ephesians3:17
By FaithSee Romans 10:17
TLH 15
How Christ Indwells The Christian“But sanctify
Christ as Lord in your hearts, always
being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks
you to give an account for the
hope that is in you, yet with gentleness
and reverence”
1 Peter3:15
“Answer”From “Apologia”
“a verbal defense, a speech in defense”
A Formal Argument
WORDS!
TLH 16
How the Holy Spirit Indwells The Christian
“Be Filled With The Spirit”
(Ephesians 5:18)
ResultsProduced
“Sing, Give Thanks, Wives Submit,
Husbands Love, Servants & Children
Obey” (Ephesians 5:19-6:4)
“Word of Christ Dwells”
(Colossians 3:16)
ResultsProduced
“Sing, Give Thanks, Wives Submit,
Husbands Love, Servants & Children Obey” (Col 3:16-22)
TLH 17
The Holy Spirit and The Word
“The Spirit Quickens” (John
6:63)
“The Word Quickens” (John 6:63; Ps. 119:50)
“Sanctified by the Spirit” (1 Cor 6:11)
“Sanctified by the Word” (John 17:17)
“Spirit” to Convict Sinners (Jn 16:8)
Gospel Convicted Sinners (Acts 2:37)
TLH 18
The Holy Spirit and The Word“If ye then being evil, know how
to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
Him?” (Luke 11:13)
“If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children, how much more shall your Father in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?”
(Matt. 7:11)
“Resisted Holy Ghost” (Acts 7:51)
Resisted the Law, Prophets, and Gospel
(Acts 7:52-54)
“Yet many years didst thou forbear them and
testified against them by thy Spirit in thy
prophets…” (Neh. 9:30)
“Yet would they not give ear…” (Neh. 9:30)
Metonymy
TLH 19
The Holy Spirit and the Word
Some Men “Grieved” the Holy Spirit (Heb.
3:10; Eph. 4:30)
Holy Spirit “Grieved” because
some “disbelieved” and refused to “hear” (Heb.
3:7-10,13)
“Quench not the Spirit” (1 Thess.
5:19)
“Is not my word like as fire? saith the
Lord” (Jer. 23:29)
Blasphemed Against the Holy Spirit (Mk.
3:29)
“Blasphemed” things “spoken by Paul…”
(Acts 13:45)
TLH 20
A Rule of Exegesis
Baptism “For the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38)
This design is implied everywhere baptism is mentioned
Lord’s Supper
In memory of Christ’s Death
(Matt. 26:26-28)
This design is implied everywhere the LS is mentioned
Spirit’s Indwelling
Through the Medium of God’s
Word
This design is implied everywhere the
Spirit’s indwelling is mentioned
TLH 21
Metonymy“The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword”
The “pen” is an attribute of thoughts that are written with the pen
The “sword” is an attribute of military action that is taken by the sword
“The Man Cut Off The Limb”(The “saw” cut off the limb)“She Sets a Nice Table”
“We Await Word From the Crown”