“Favorable Facts and Features about the Holy Spirit”

“Favorable Facts and Features about the Holy Spirit”

John 3:6

“Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.” (NLT)

I. Identities of the Holy Spirit
Listed below are synonymous terms for the Holy Spirit.

1. The is another name for the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:15
“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received
the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” (NJKV)

2. The is another name for the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:9
“But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit
if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not
have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)” (NLT)

3. The is another name for the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 10:29
“So what do you think should be done to those who do not respect the Son of
God, who look at the blood of the agreement that made them holy as no
different from others’ blood, who insult the Spirit of God’s grace? Surely they
should have a much worse punishment.” (NCV)

4. The is another name for the Holy Spirit.
Romans 1:3-4
“The Good News is about God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a man, he was
born from the family of David. 4) But through the Spirit of holiness he was
declared to be God’s Son with great power by rising from the dead.” (NCV)

5. The is another name for the Holy Spirit.
John 16:13
“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not
speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the
future.” (NLT)

II. Duties of the Holy Spirit
Listed below are various roles of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers.

1. The role of the Holy Spirit is to believers.
John 14:16
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he
may abide with you for ever.” (KJV)

2. The role of the Holy Spirit is to believers.
John 16:7-8
“But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate
won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. 8) And when he comes,
he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the
coming judgment.” (NLT)

3. The role of the Holy Spirit is to believers.
1 Corinthians 12: 4, 11
“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of
them all. 11) It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone
decides which gift each person should have.” (NLT)

4. The role of the Holy Spirit is to believers.
1 Corinthians 6:11
“And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were
sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the
Spirit of our God.” (NIV)

5. The role of the Holy Spirit is to believers.
John 14:26
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you.” (KJV)

Listed below are various traits of the Holy Spirit.

1. The Holy Spirit is .
Hebrews 9:13-14
“Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer
could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity. 14) Just think how
much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so
that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ
offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.” (NLT)

2. The Holy Spirit is .
Acts 5:3-4
“Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to
the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. 4) The property
was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was
also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying
to us but to God!” (NLT)

3. The Holy Spirit is .
Zechariah 4:6
“So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might
nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” (NIV)

4. The Holy Spirit is .
Psalm 139:7
“Where can I go to get away from your Spirit? Where can I run from you?” (NCV)

5. The Holy Spirit is .
1 Corinthians 2:10-11
“But God has shown us these things through the Spirit. The Spirit searches out
all things, even the deep secrets of God. 11) Who knows the thoughts that
another person has? Only a person’s spirit that lives within him knows his
thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God except
the Spirit of God.” (NCV)

IV. Activities of the Holy Spirit
Listed below are significant occasions where the Holy Spirit played a vital part.

1. The Holy Spirit played a vital part in the of Jesus.
Matthew 3:16
“After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were
opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on
him.” (NLT)

2. The Holy Spirit played a vital part in the of the Savior.
Matthew 1:18
“This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to
be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a
virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.” (NLT)

3. The Holy Spirit played a vital part in the of the world.
Genesis 1:1-2
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2) And the earth was
without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” (KJV)

4. The Holy Spirit played a vital part in the of man.
Genesis 1:26
“Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral
likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the
birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that
creeps and crawls on the earth.” (AMP)

5. The Holy Spirit played a vital part in the of the Bible.
2 Peter 1:21
“For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though
human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” (NIV)