The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit

Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhDFamily Worship Center

Acts 2:1-4When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Part One: The Person of

Holy Spirit

In The Old Testament• “The Spirit of God was hovering over the

waters” (Genesis 1:2). He is the first person of the godhead to be spoken of.

• The Holy Spirit anointed people in the O.T and we frequently read about His activity. He prophesied through prophets, anointed people for service like the judges and kings, and dealt with people’s hearts in loving conviction.

In The New Testament• A. The Holy Spirit of God conceived

Jesus in the womb of Mary (Luke 1:35).• B. He was present descending upon

Jesus bodily as a dove at His baptism (Luke 3:22).

• C. The Spirit anointed Jesus preaching ministry (Luke 4:16), and gave Him supernatural power to perform signs and wonders (Matthew 12:28)..

In The New Testament• D. After His resurrection, Jesus

promised His disciples, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

In The New Testament• E. Jesus kept His promise on the Day

of Pentecost, as God poured out the Holy Spirit upon the 120 believers waiting in Jerusalem (Acts 2:1-4). (NOTE: 120)

• F. The rest of Acts and the Epistles record the purposeful work of the Holy Spirit in the church and in missions.

Part Two: The Work of Holy Spirit

I. The Holy Spirit exalts Jesus.• Primary Focus and consistent

operation.• Following the Baptism of the Holy

Spirit at Pentecost, Peter preached about “Jesus of Nazareth.” (Acts 2:22-41).

John 15:26“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.”

John 16:14“He (the Holy Spirit) will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.”

II. The Holy Spirit convicts us

John 16:8-11“When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because people do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.”

III. The Holy Spirit regenerates us

John 3:5“Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit”

IV. The Holy Spirit lives in us

I Corinthians 3:16“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?” (1 Corinthians 3:16).

V. The Holy Spirit seals believers

Ephesians 1:13-14“When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession”

Ephesians 4:30“Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”

VI. The Holy Spirit guides us

VII. The Holy Spirit prompts us to

worship

John 4:24“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

Ephesians 5:18-19“be filled with the Spirit” and to worship by “speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.”

Ephesians 6:18“Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.”

VIII. The Holy Spirit empowers us for

witness

Acts 1:4,8“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised. . . . You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”

IX. The Holy Spirit enables us to

understand and apply what is taught in the Word of God.

II Timothy 3:16“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness”

Whatever the Spirit does will line up with Scripture because the

Spirit inspired Scripture to begin with. The two

will always agree.

X. The Holy Spirit is building us up

XI. The Holy Spirit is equipping us with

His gifts

XII. The Holy Spirit

will give life to our mortal bodies

Romans 8:11“And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you”.

The Holy Spirit is at work in every area of

our lives and church… we just need to be

sensitive and cooperate.

CONTINUING MISSION DIRECTIVE

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