SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT

SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. What promise concerning the Holy Spirit did our Lord make just before He ascended into heaven? "I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive"—John 14:16-17.
(John 7:39, 16:7, Acts 2:1-4, 2:33)

2. How does the Bible speak of the Holy Spirit as a real Person? "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"—John 16:13.
(Acts 13:2, Rom. 8:27, 1 Cor. 2:13, 1 Cor. 12: 11, Rom. 15:30)

3. How does the Bible teach that the Holy Spirit is God?
"But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the HOLY SPIRIT? . . . Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God"—Acts 5:3-4.
(Heb. 9:14, Psa. 139:7, Matt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14)

4. What special work does the Holy Spirit have in Nature?
"By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens"—Job 26:13.
(Psa. 104:29-30, Isa. 40:7, 32:15, Gen. 1:2.3)

5. What special work did the Holy Spirit have in Christ's life on earth?
"God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good" —Acts 10:38a.
(Luke 1:34-35, Matt. 3:16, Luke 4:1-2, Heb. 9:14, Rom. 8:11)

6. What special work does the Holy Spirit have in relation to the Bible?
"For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit"-2 Pet. 1:21.
(2 Sam. 23:1-2, John 16:12-13, Rev. 3:22, 1 Cor. 2:11-13, Eph. 6:17)

7. What special work does the Holy Spirit have in the unsaved world? "When He is come, He will reprove (convict) the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father, and ye see Me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged"—John 16:8-11.
(John 15:26, Gen. 6:3, 5, 2 Thess. 2:7-8 ARV, Heb. 3:7)

8. What special work does the Holy Spirit have in our salvation? "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit"----Tit. 3:5.
(1 Cor. 12:3, John 3:5, 1 Cor. 6:11, Eph. 1:13 ARV)

9. Prove that since Pentecost all true Believers have the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
"For in one Spirit were WE ALL baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were ALL made to drink of one Spirit"-1 Cor. 12:13 ARV.
(Note that the First Corinthian Epistle was written to "all that in every place call upon the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord"-1:1-2)

10. Prove that since Pentecost all true believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
"Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own"-1 Cor. 6:19.
(John 14:17, Acts 10:47, 2 Tim. 1:14, Gal. 8:2, 4:6, Rom. 8:9)

11. What other special works does the Holy Spirit accomplish in and for the true Christian?
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, 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"-John 14:26.
(Acts 1:8, 9:31, 13:2-4, Rom. 5:5, 8:16, 28, 15:13, Eph. 3:16, 2 Thess. 2:13, Gal. 6:22-23, Rom. 8:11)

12. What does the Bible teach about the gifts bestowed upon us by the Holy Spirit?
"Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit . . . But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will"-1 Cor. 12:4, 11.
(1 Cor. 12:4-11, 27-31, Rom. 12:6-8, 1 Pet. 4:10-11)

13. What does the Bible teach about the infilling of the Holy Spirit?
"Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit" Eph. 5:18.
(Acts 4:81, 9:17, 8:1-8, 11:24, 7:65-80)

14. What are some wrong attitudes toward the Holy Spirit?
"And GRIEVE NOT the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption"-Eph. 4:30.
(1 Thess. 6:19) (The following passages refer to unbelievers: Acts 7:51, 8:18-22, Heb. 10:29, Mark 3:28-28)

15. What are some of the right attitudes we should take toward the Holy Spirit?
"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit"-Gal. 5:25.
(Gal. 5:18, Eph. 4:3, 8:18, Rom. 8:14)