Holy Spirit

Who is the Holy Spirit? Is He a "force"? an "it"? a "warm feeling"?, or a person?

Holy Spirit is Deity - God:

1 Cor 2:11 no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Acts 5:3-4 "Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit..... You have not lied to men but to God."

Genesis 1:2 " ..and the Spirit of God was brooding (hovering) over the waters."

Inspired Scripture: 2 Peter 1:21, Acts 1:16
He acts and can be treated as a person: He can be lied to, Resisted, Grieved, Outraged, and blasphemed. He: wills, knows, teaches, guides, testifies, prays Rom 8:26.

The work of the Holy Spirit:

Counselor, Spirit of truth. lives with you and will be in you. John 14:16-19

Counselor, will teach and remind John 14:26

John 15:26 "When the Counselor 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."

Rest on the Messiah: Isaiah 42, 63, 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him.

Took part in Jesus Christ's birth: Matthew 1:18

He can be grieved: Ephesians 4:30

Isaiah 63:10 "Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit."

Baptism vs. Filling

Holy Spirit in OT: (came upon, but not preeminently indwelling)

Isaiah 63:11 "Then his people recalled the days of old, the days of Moses and his people-- where is he who brought them through the sea, with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he who set his Holy Spirit among them"

2 Chronicles 24:20 "Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: 'Why do you disobey the Lord's commands? You will not prosper."

1 Samuel 11:6 "When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came upon him in power, and he burned with anger."

The Promise: Joel 2:28,29 Zechariah 12:10

Acts 2:17 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams."

Baptism: (New Testament preeminently indwelling)

Matthew 3:11 "I baptize you with water for repentance.... He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire."

Mark 1:8 "I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

John 7:37-39 ".. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.'

Acts 1:5 "For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

Acts 8:16-17 "because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their ands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit."

Romans 8:9 "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ."

Romans 8:14 "because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."

Eph 4:30 "The Spirit..with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."

Filling of Spirit:

Acts 13:9, Acts 6:5, Acts 4:31, Rom15:13
Acts 4:31 "After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."

Ephesians 5:18 "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit."

To the unbeliever:

1 Corinthians 2:14 "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."

John 16:7-9 "...the Counselor... When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment"

To the Believer:

Luke 12:12 "for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say." - Also Mark 13:11

Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.."

Acts 9:31 "Then the church .... was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit,.."

Romans 15:16 "..sanctified by the Holy Spirit."

1 Corinthians 6:19 " .. your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,...."

Acts 10:45 "the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles."

2 Corinthians 13:14 "the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."
Ephesians 4:30 "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."

Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness"

Unbelievers Sinning against :

Matthew 12:32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven..."

Mark 3:29 "But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."

Tongues and the Holy Spirit:

Pentecost: Acts 2:4 "All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." Also Acts 19:6

God wills the gifts: Hebrews 2:4 "God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will."

Tongues is a gift: 1 Corinthians 14:39,

1 Corinthians 12:9-10 "to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues."

1 Corinthians 12:28 And in the church God as appointed first of all apostles, second Prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.

Tongues, not all will have this gift: 1 Corinthians 12:30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? (no)

Love more important: 1 Corinthians 14:5-6,19, 1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

All believers have the Holy Spirit: Romans 8:9, Eph 4:30.