Transcript The Holy Spirit Part 1 Being & Behavior

The Holy Spirit
Part 1
Being & Behavior
Who is the Holy Spirit?
• Jehovah’s Witnesses:
“God’s Radar Beam”
• One of Many Manifestations of God
Manifestation = How God Appears
or Operates in the World
• Part of God Himself
Which “View” Is Scripturally Correct?
The Godhead
The
Father
IS 1 Cor.
1:3
GOD
The
Son
Jesus
John 14:16
IS NOT
The
Holy
Spirit
The Godhead
The Father…
The Son…
& The Holy Spirit
• Distinct & Separate Spiritual Beings
• Existing Together as Deity – the One God
• United in Purpose and Will
The Scriptures Prove:
• The Holy Spirit is a Living Spiritual Being –
not an idea, a thing, or just a part of the
Father.
• The Holy Spirit has intelligence, feelings,
and behavior consistent with a sentient,
rational being.
Sentient Being:
• Conscious, aware
• Having senses
• Able to experience by feeling & perception
Rational Being = Thinking Being
• Perception and Cognition
• Comprehension, understanding, memory
• Reason, judgment, decision, action
Bible Proofs In This Lesson:
The Holy Spirit has –
Traits of…
Emotions of…
Behaves (acts) like…
a Sentient Being
Also In This Lesson:
The Holy Spirit can be – Sinned Against
The Holy Spirit has the - power of God
…Showing clearly that the Holy Spirit is God
Some Preliminaries:
Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit?
Holy Spirit!
Person or Higher Being?
Higher Being!
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Traits of
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit has the traits of
a rational being:
– He has awareness or a mind
(Romans 8:27)
– He has understanding and
knowledge
(1 Corinthians 2:11)
– He demonstrates intent & will
(1 Corinthians 12:11)
Romans 8:26-27
• Likewise the Spirit also helps in our
weaknesses. For we do not know what we
should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit
Himself makes intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered.
• Now He who searches the hearts knows
what the mind of the Spirit is, because He
makes intercession for the saints
according to the will of God.
1 Corinthians 2:9-11
• 9 But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear
heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those
who love Him."
• 10 But God has revealed them to us through His
Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the
deep things of God.
• 11 For what man knows the things of a man
except the spirit of the man which is in him?
Even so no one knows the things of God except
the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 12:11
1 Cor. 12 is the great chapter on spiritual
gifts. After providing a list of such gifts,
Paul says:
But one and the same Spirit works all these
things, distributing to each one individually
as He wills.
The Holy Spirit of God
• A Will of His own…
• Understanding & Knowledge of His own…
• A Mind of His own…
The TRAITS of
a Living, Thinking, Rational BEING!!
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Emotions
of
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit has the emotions
of a rational being:
– He feels love and affection
(Romans 15:30)
– He can feel sorrow and grief
(Isaiah 63:10, Ephesians 4:30)
– He can cry out
(Galatians 4:6)
Romans 15:30-31
• Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord
Jesus Christ, and through the love of the
Spirit, that you strive together with me in
prayers to God for me,
• that I may be delivered from those in
Judea who do not believe, and that my
service for Jerusalem may be acceptable
to the saints…
Ephesians 4:29-30
• Let no corrupt word proceed out of your
mouth, but what is good for necessary
edification, that it may impart grace to the
hearers.
• And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
by whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption.
Isaiah 63:10
Isaiah, speaking of the sins of Israel, says:
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy
Spirit; So He turned Himself against them
as an enemy, And He fought against them.
Galatians 4:6-7
• And because you are sons, God has sent
forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts,
crying out, "Abba, Father!"
• Therefore you are no longer a slave but a
son, and if a son, then an heir of God
through Christ.
Rational Emotions:
Love and affection for us…
Sorrow and grief over us…
Cries out for us…
A Living, Feeling, Rational BEING!!
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Behavior
of
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit behaves like a
sentient being
•
He can speak - (1 Timothy 4:1; Matthew 10:20;
Acts 2:4, 8:29,
10:19;
Hebrews 10:15-16)
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He can teach – (John 14:26)
He testifies (bears witness) - (John 15:26)
He guides, hears, and declares –
(John 16:12-13)
•
He lead the apostles in the early church –
(Acts 8:29, 16:6-7)
The Holy Spirit Speaks
Acts 8
• 26 - Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip,
saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the
road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza."
This is desert.
• 27 So he arose and went. And behold, a man of
Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace
the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all
her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,
• 28 was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was
reading Isaiah the prophet.
• 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go near and
overtake this chariot."
The Holy Spirit Speaks
Acts 10
After Peter’s vision on the rooftop & before
the conversion of Cornelius • 19 While Peter thought about the vision,
the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men
are seeking you.
• 20 Arise therefore, go down and go with
them, doubting nothing; for I have sent
them."
John 14:26
"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in My name, He will teach
you all things, and bring to your
remembrance all things that I said to you.”
John 15:26
“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall
send to you from the Father, the Spirit of
truth who proceeds from the Father, He
will testify of Me.”
John 16:12-14
12 "I still have many things to say to you, but
you cannot bear them now.
13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth,
has come, He will guide you into all truth;
for He will not speak on His own authority,
but whatever He hears He will speak; and
He will tell you things to come.
14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of
what is Mine and declare it to you.
Acts 16:6-7
Paul’s 2nd Missionary Journey • 6 Now when they had gone through
Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they
were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach
the word in Asia.
• 7 After they had come to Mysia, they tried
to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not
permit them.
Clear, directive intervention!
The Holy Spirit’s Actions
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Speaks
Teaches & Testifies
Guides, Hears, Declares
Guides & Leads: directs the way of
disciples
Conclusive evidence of the mind & will of
the Holy Spirit – a rational Being!
Other Behaviors:
• He intercedes with God for God’s children
(Romans 8:26-27)
• He can strive with mankind –
(Genesis 6:3)
• He searches all things –
(1 Corinthians 2:10)
• He has fellowship with Christians –
(Philippians 2:1-2, 2 Corinthians 13:14)
• He comforts the servants of the Lord –
(Acts 9:31, cf. 1Thessalonians 4:18)
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Sins
against
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit can be
Sinned Against:
•
Man can blaspheme the Holy Spirit
(Matthew 12:31-32, Mark 3:28-30)
Note: blasphemy is a sin committed against Deity only.
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Man can lie to the Holy Spirit
(Acts 5:3)
Man can resist the Holy Spirit
(Acts 7:51)
Man can insult (despise) the Holy Spirit
(Hebrews 10:29)
Men’s Lies - Acts 5:3-4
Ananias & Sapphira • 3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan
filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and
keep back part of the price of the land for
yourself?
• 4 While it remained, was it not your own?
And after it was sold, was it not in your
own control? Why have you conceived this
thing in your heart? You have not lied to
men but to God."
Men’s Resistance – Acts 7:51b - 53
Stephen’s Defense • 51…”You always resist the Holy Spirit; as
your fathers did, so do you.
• 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers
not persecute? And they killed those who
foretold the coming of the Just One, of
whom you now have become the
betrayers and murderers,
• 53 who have received the law by the
direction of angels and have not kept it."
Men’s Disdain - Hebrews 10:28-30
• 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies
without mercy on the testimony of two or three
witnesses.
• 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you
suppose, will he be thought worthy who has
trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the
blood of the covenant by which he was
sanctified a common thing, and insulted the
Spirit of grace?
• 30 For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is
Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again,
"The LORD will judge His people."
Sins Against the Spirit
• Blasphemy
• Lying to the Spirit
• Resisting the power of the Spirit
• Insulting or Disrespecting the Spirit
When we sin, we sin against God!
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Powers
of
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit has and shares the
Power of Deity (God)
•
The Holy Spirit was present and active in
creation
(Genesis 1:1-3, Job 26:13, 33:4)
•
He is all-knowing (omniscient)
(1 Corinthians 2:11)
•
He exists everywhere (omnipresent)
(Psalm 139:7-10)
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He is all-powerful (omnipotent)
(Job 26:13, 33:4; Genesis 1:2)
Creation – Genesis 1:1-3
• 1 In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.
• 2 The earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was on the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God was hovering over
the face of the waters.
• 3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and
there was light.
All knowing – 1 Corinthians 2:11
For what man knows the things of a man
except the spirit of the man which is in
him? Even so no one knows the things of
God except the Spirit of God.
If God knows all things, and if the Holy
Spirit knows what God does, then the
Holy Spirit knows all things.
Exists Everywhere – Psalm 139
• 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or
where can I flee from Your presence?
• 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If
I make my bed in hell, behold, You are
there.
• 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
• 10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
All-Powerful
Job 26:13
…By His Spirit He adorned the
heavens…
And the Spirit of God was hovering
over the face of the waters… Gen. 1:2
Other Powers the Holy Spirit
Shares with God
•
He regenerates through baptism(John 3:5)
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He was active in the resurrection of
Jesus –
(Romans 8:11)
He was active in miracles
(Matthew 12:28, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
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Jesus was begotten by the Holy Spirit
(Matthew 1:20)
…but He is called the
Son of God (Luke 1:35)
Conclusion: the Holy Spirit…
• Has the traits, emotions, and behavior of a
living, reasoning Being
• Can be sinned against by mankind
• Possesses the powers of God
The Holy Spirit is a living spiritual Being who
is part of Deity – the Godhead!