Holy
Spirit, an overview February
11, 2017
There are 95 verses that have the name “Holy
Spirit” in the verse.
We know from many Old Testament Scriptures that God
puts His Holy Spirit in many individuals we read and study about. These verses happen before Pentecost.
One of the verses that we know about. Who has the Holy Spirit?
Psalms
51:11 Do not cast me away
from Your presence, And do not take Your
Holy Spirit from me.
Isaiah
63:11 Then he remembered
the days of old, Moses and his people, saying: "Where is
He who brought them up out of the sea With the shepherd of His flock? Where is
He who put His Holy Spirit within them,
Luke
1:15 For he (John)
will be great in the
sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from
his mother's womb.
Luke
1:35 And the angel answered and said to her
(Mary), "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the
power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is
to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke
1:41 And it happened,
when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb;
and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Spirit.
Luke
1:67 Now his father
Zacharias was filled with the Holy
Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
Luke
2:25 And behold, there
was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout,
waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the
Holy Spirit was upon him.
(Temple)
John
20:22 And when He had
said this, He (Jesus) breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. (Upper room)
Act 2:2-4 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as
of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were
sitting. (3) Then there appeared to them divided tongues,
as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. (4)
And they were all filled with the
Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance.
(Pentecost)
The words “Spirit of the Lord” is listed 28 times
in the Bible. Here are 2 examples:
Judges
6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon;
then he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him.
Isaiah
40:13 Who has directed
the Spirit of the LORD, Or as
His counselor has taught Him?
What do we really know about the Holy Spirit. Let’s look at what the scriptures really say
and explain to us what the Holy Spirit does.
We know the job
description of the Holy Spirit is: He will teach us all things, and
bring to our remembrance all thing
John
14:26 (Jesus
words) 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
16:13 (Jesus
words) 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.
Proverbs
1:23 Turn at my rebuke; Surely I
will pour out my spirit on you; I
will make my words known to you.
Mark
13:11 (Jesus
words) But when they arrest you and deliver
you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But
whatever is given you in that hour,
speak that; for it is not you who speak,
but the Holy Spirit.
Luke
4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Luke
11:13 (Jesus words) If you
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask Him!"
Luke
12:10 (Jesus
words) "And anyone who speaks a word against
the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.
Acts
1:8 (Jesus
words) But you
shall receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Acts
9:31 Then the churches
throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And
walking in the fear of the Lord and in the
comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
Ephesians
1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians
4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
2 Timothy
1:14 That good thing
which was committed to you, keep by the Holy
Spirit who dwells in us.
Hebrew
2:4 God also bearing
witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to
His own will?
We
found that the Holy Spirit is sent and available to teach us, to guide us, is a
Helper for us, to rebuke us, to show us the way to unfold the Scriptures, to
give us joy and peace and love, and to transform our lives and our character to
the Way of Life that Jesus wanted for His body.
We
know it is the Spirit of the Holy God and is in individuals.
The
Spirit of the Lord is what the Father sends to combine the Holy Spirit with the
Spirit in man, we become a new creation and children of God.
Job
32:8 But there
is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives him
understanding.
2 Corinthians
5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things
have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Romans
8:16-17 The Spirit
Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, (17)
and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if
indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be
glorified together.
1
Corinthians 3:16-17 Do you not know that you are the temple of
God and that the Spirit of God
dwells in you? (17) If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will
destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
1 Corinthians
2:10-12 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. (12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the Spirit who is from God,
that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
The
Holy Spirit was sent to those who repent and after when Jesus was resurrected.
John
16:7-11 (Jesus
words) 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 depart, I will send Him to you. (8)
And when He has come, He will
convict the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment: (9) of sin, because they do not believe in
Me; (10)
of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; (11)
of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
The term Seven Spirits of God appears four
times in the Book of Revelation. The
meaning of the Seven Spirits of God has been interpreted in multiple ways.
Revelation
1:4 John, to
the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is
to come, and from the seven Spirits
who are before His throne,
This tells us the seven Spirits are before the
Fathers and the Lords throne, from Him is Jesus.
We know that the Lord (Jesus) is setting at the
right hand of the Father.
Romans
8:33-34 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It
is God who justifies. (34) Who is he who condemns? It is
Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also
makes intercession for us.
Ephesians
1:20-21 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from
the dead and seated Him at His
right hand in the heavenly places,
(21) far
above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is
named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
Colossians
3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those
things which are above, where Christ is, sitting
at the right hand of God.
Revelation
3:1 (Jesus words) "And to the angel of the
church in Sardis write, 'These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works,
that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.
This
tells us the seven Spirits of God and a new thing, seven stars.
Revelation
4:5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings,
thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of
fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
This
tells us the seven Spirits of God are the seven lamps of fire burning before
the throne.
Revelation
5:5-6 But one of
the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of
Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its
seven seals." (6) And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four
living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had
been slain, having seven horns and seven
eyes, which are the seven Spirits of
God sent out into all the earth.
We
find that the seven horns and seven eyes are the seven Spirits of God sent out
into all the earth.
Since there are seven Spirits of God, each one is
Holy, since they are from God and He sends them all out.
Does the book of Isaiah, names each Spirit, the
seven Spirits of God.
Isaiah
11:1-2 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of
Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. (2)
The Spirit of the LORD shall
rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and
understanding, The Spirit of counsel
and might, The Spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the LORD.
Are
these the Spirits of the Lord before the throne of God we just covered?
What
are the results of the Holy Spirit in individuals (fruit).
This
is how God see someone who has His Holy Spirit living in them and have become a
new creation.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23)
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Then again, this is how God see someone who “Does
Not” have the Holy Spirit living in them and only have the spirit in man.
Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, (20)
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
(21)
envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you
beforehand, just as I also told you in
time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of
God.
The
gifts of the Holy Spirit
1
Corinthians 12:3-11 Therefore I make known to you that no one
speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
(4) There
are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
(5) There are differences of
ministries, but the same Lord. (6) And there are diversities of activities, but
it is the same God who works all in all.
(7) But the
manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: (8)
for to one is given the word of
wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same
Spirit,
(9) to another faith by the same Spirit, to
another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
(10) to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different
kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
(11) But
one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one
individually as He wills.
Instead
of asking ourselves, what is the Holy Spirit, we need to look at what do we
know about the Holy Scriptures.
What
have we really learn from these Scriptures, here are just a few things
·
Father and Jesus gives the Holy Spirit
·
Holy Spirit is a Helper
·
Holy Spirit is a comforter
·
Holy Spirit fills us
·
Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance all thing
·
Holy Spirit guides us into all truth
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Holy Spirit can be
blaspheme
·
Holy Spirit seals
·
Holy Spirit can be grieve
·
Holy Spirit dwells in us
·
Holy Spirit has gifts
·
Holy Spirit in us, we are
a new creation;
·
The
seven Spirits before
Gods throne,
·
There
are seven Spirits of the LORD
·
Holy
Spirit gives us different gifts
Remember,
covering the Gospel of Mark, Mark shows what Jesus does, His work that He does,
This is what we found about the Holy Spirit, its works and what it does. Interesting comparison.
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