Who is the Holy Spirit?Session 1

The Missing Person• Ignored• Misunderstood• Resisted

He is God• Omniscient – “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, … will teach you all

things…” John 14:26• Omnipresent– “Where can I go from your Spirit?...” Ps 139:7-8

• Omnipotent– “The Holy Spirit will come onyou, and the power of the

Most High will overshadow you.” Luke 1:35

He is a Person• Mind

– “And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit…” Romans 8:27

• Will– “All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, … just as he

determines.” 1 Cor 12:11• Emotions

– “…by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit…” Romans 15:30

One with the Father and the Son

Father Son

Spirit

1. He was involved in creation• Bringing order out of chaos (Gen 1:2)• Giving Life to man (Gen 2:7)

2. He empowered His people• Bezalel – for artistic work (Ex. 31:1-5)• Gideon – for leadership (Judges 6) • Samson – for strength (Judges 5)• Isaiah – for prophecy (Isaiah 61:1-3)

3. He was promised by the Father• The promise of a ‘new thing’– “… they will all know me” Jeremiah 31:31-34– “I will put my Spirit in you” Ezekiel 36:26,27– “a river flowing from the temple” Ezekiel 47– “I will pour out my Spirit on all people” Joel

2:28,29

3. He was promised by the Father• But still on a few particular people– John the Baptist (Luke 1:15)– Mary (Luke 1:35)– Elizabeth (Luke 1:41)– Zechariah (Luke 1:67)– Simeon (Luke 2:25-27)

4. He came on Jesus• Filled at His baptism (Luke 3:22)• Empowered him in His ministry (Luke 4:1,14,18)

5. Jesus promises the spirit1. His presence (John 14:16-18)• “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,

to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, ….. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” John 14v16-18

• “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.” John 16v7

5. Jesus promises the spirit2. His Power• “I am going to send you what my Father has

promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24v49

The Spirit and the Disciples• At Pentecost they were all filled with the Spirit

Conclusion• We live in the age of the Spirit. God has

promised to give His Spirit to every Christian(Acts 2:38-39)