THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Godhead. His personality is proved in several reasons:

From the fact that the attributes of perfect personality, perfect intelligence are ascribed to the Holy Spirit (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Cor. 2:10, 11; 12:11). The Holy Spirit reproves, helps, glorifies, and intercedes (John 16:7-13; Rom. 8:26)

The Holy Spirit executes the offices peculiar only to a divine personality. The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction (Luke 12:12; Acts 5:32; 15:28; 16:6; 28:25; 1 Cor. 2:13; Heb. 2:4; 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:21). His divinity is established:

The names of God are ascribed to Holy Spirit (Ex. 17:7; Ps. 95:7; comp. Heb. 3:7-11); and

Divine attributes are also ascribed to Holy Spirit omnipresence (Ps. 139:7; Eph. 2:17, 18; 1 Cor. 12:13); omniscience (1 Cor. 2:10, 11); omnipotence (Luke 1:35; Rom. 8:11); eternity (Heb. 9:4).

Creation is ascribed to Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:2; Job 26:13; Ps. 104:30), and the working of miracles (Matt. 12:28; 1 Cor. 12:9-11).

Worship is required and ascribed to Holy Spirit (Isaiah 6:3; Acts 28:25; Rom. 9:1; Rev. 1:4; Matt. 28:19).

The Holy Spirit is a Person not a force, not an influence but co-equal, co-infinite and co-eternal with God the Father and God the Son.

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THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT

The primary witness of the Holy Spirit is to Christ, not to Himself, or to Bible doctrine [John 14:26, 15:26, 16:7-15, Matthew 16:16-18] though the Spirit’s witness focuses upon the Person and the work of Christ, it incorporate:

o The totality of God’s saving acts for the entire human race

o The intrinsic and instrumental authority of the Scripture

o The nature of fallen man and the their response to God

o A ministry of assurance and instruction to God’s own possession

o The center of the witness is that Jesus is Lord and Christ [Acts 2:36], the truth that the antichrist denies but which the believers affirm [1 John 2:20-22].

THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN SUSTAINING JESUS CHRIST as prophesied in the Old Testament [Isaiah 11:2-3, 42:1]:

The Holy Spirit was given without measure (constant unhindered filling) to the perfect humanity of Christ [John 3:34]. In the humanity of Christ, the Holy Spirit was never grief or quench, not even for a second because He did not sin.

The Holy Spirit was related to the baptism of Jesus Christ as the One that confirmed His identity, calling and mission.

The Holy Spirit sustained Christ during His entire earthly ministry [Luke 4:14-15, 18]. There was never a time during the humanity of Christ when He did not rely on the power and resources of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit sustained Jesus Christ when Christ was bearing our sins on the cross [Hebrews 9:14].

The Holy Spirit had a part in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus [Romans 8:11, 1 Peter 3:18]. The present ministry of the Holy Spirit in relation to Jesus Christ results to His glorification [John 7:39, 16:14].

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The ministry of the Holy Spirit in the world:

RESTRAINING EVIL in the cosmic system so that the believers can continue to exist [2 Thessalonians 2:6-8]

CONVICTION OF SIN so the unbelievers will come to realization of his own sin and depraved condition before God [John 16:8-11]

REGENERATING MEN [John 3:14-16]

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The ministry of the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation:

EFFICACIOUS GRACE [Ephesians 2:8] –is the work of the Holy Spirit in providing the unbeliever access into the plan of God through the merit of Jesus Christ. It is the perfect work of God where human power and ability has no merit.

REGENERATION is the imputation of eternal life at the moment anyone believes in Jesus Christ for eternal salvation making the person passed from spiritual death to eternal life. The Holy Spirit regenerates the unbeliever making him a child of God [Titus 3:5].

BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT The Holy Spirit baptizes the unbeliever making him a child of God, sealing him permanently a part of the kingdom of God [Romans 6:1-4].

SEALING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT [2 Corinthians 1:21-22] –The Holy Spirit sealed the believer permanently and nothing can destroy or change that relationship. We are children of God forever.

INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT The Holy Spirit permanently indwells the believer and nothing can destroy that indwelling. The Holy Spirit will never leave or forsake the believer.

DISTRIBUTION OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS The Holy Spirit distributes spiritual gifts to every believer at the point of salvation.

FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Making the person qualify to receive the blessings of salvation.

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The Post-Salvation Ministry of the Holy Spirit:

CONVICTION OF PERSONAL SINS – The Holy Spirit provide Bible doctrine to convict the believer of his personal sins and guide them to execute the grace provision.

FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT The divine provision for the believer to maintain spirituality and go back to point of blessedness. It is a provision for knowing and doing the will of God.

GLORIFY CHRIST IN THE BELIEVER [John 7:39, 16:7, 14] The Holy Spirit is assigned to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ in the lives of the believers in three stages:

o At spiritual maturity when the believer has accumulated maximum Bible doctrines in his soul and has become capable of doing the will of God –

o At the point of spiritual victory over personal sins applying Bible doctrines to his problems and rejecting human viewpoint

o At the point of undeserved sufferings and disasters –when the believer resolved to trust and believe God- rejecting human solutions.

The Holy Spirit convicts the believer to rebound [John 16:8-10, 1 John 1:9] and as a result, fills the believer with Bible doctrine. The Holy Spirit glorifies Christ in the world through spiritual maturity –in the function of Royal priesthood. The Holy Spirit glorify God in the life of the believer whenever he overcome undeserved sufferings or gains momentum in the function of spiritual ambassadorship [John 14:12-15].

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SINS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Person of the Holy Spirit refers to the distinct role of His Person- the unseen power of God, the Person through whom divine power is conveyed. He reveals the plan of God on earth and is the agent for executing the Christian way of life.

The lack of material form or substance, of the Spirit does not make Him any less a person than the Father, Who is equally invisible. The term ghost is a mistranslation of pneuma, which is used for Spirit. There is no word for ghost in Greek. ) phantasma which means ,) apparition [Matthew 14:26] is never used for the Third Person of the Trinity.

The role of the Holy Spirit must not be confused with the other Members of the Trinity. The phrase “the Lord is the Spirit” refers to the Holy Spirit [2 Corinthians 3:17], which asserts the deity of the Third Person, the phrase never means that the Spirit supersedes the presence of the resurrected indwelling Christ in the believer [Romans 8:10, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 1:37].

The activity of one Member of the Trinity cannot be attributed to the other. They are separate and distinct Persons, both of whom are equally present with and in the believer.

BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT refers to the unpardonable sins committed by unbelievers during the Hypostatic union of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the sin of rejecting the work of the Holy Spirit in convicting the unbelievers to change their mind toward Christ [Matthew 12:13-32].

The sin of blasphemy attributes the works of the Lord Jesus Christ as coming from the devil. It rejected the redemptive work on the cross for the sin of the human race. They called Him the devil or Satan.

RESISTING THE HOLY SPIRIT [Acts 7:51] is the sin of rejecting the Holy Spirit in making convicting the unbeliever to change their mind toward Christ –so as to believe and accept Christ as Savior.

LYING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT [Acts 5:1-10] is the sin of false motivation coming from the old sinful nature based from satanic and human viewpoint. Lying to the Holy Spirit may appear with any or all of the following characteristics:

o Ignorance of the True Bible doctrine

o Arrogance and hatred complexes

o Desire for human recognition

o False Humility

o Desire for self-glory and self-honor

o Desire for divine approbation

The sin of lying to the Holy Spirit steams from selfish desires to be known as spiritual, faithful or committed servant of God. It is aspiring great thing for God without giving Him all the glory. It is human motivation energizes by ego and arrogance to do little or great things for God.

QUENCHING THE HOLY SPIRIT is the sin committed by the believers perform as human good work- energized by the old sinful nature, coming from the area of strength of the soul that results to asceticism [1 Thessalonians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 11:13]. Quenching the Holy Spirit is human good works outside spirituality. It is doing noble or good things from the power of old sin nature and apart from the will and purpose of God. It is doing the will of God by human power and resources.

GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT refers to personal sins of the believers coming from the area of weakness of the soul that results to lasciviousness [Galatians 5:19-21]. It is thinking and acting contrary to the will of God, based from the satanic viewpoint. It is the adaptation of satanic will, purpose and scheming into the human lifestyle.

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THE UNPARDONABLE SIN

"Therefore I say to you, any sin shall be forgiven men, but blasphemy) and blasphemy (blasphemia))(hamartia) against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whoever shall speak)(blasphemiai) a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come.

"Truly I say to you, all sins shall (panta ta hamartemata) be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"

BLASPHEMY is giving wrong impression to others about our Lord Jesus Christ- that is teaching or talking about false character or attributes of Christ. This category of blasphemy shall be forgiven [James 3:1-2].

The issue on the above verses is not between God and Satan but between the Holy Spirit and Satan particularly, the work of the Holy Spirit in convicting men of sin, their spiritual standing before God.

FORGIVEN meaning to remove ) (aphiemi) ( away the sin, in order that the sin can never be fond and charge against the sinner [John 16:8-10].

It applies to any and all sins that will be removed by God from the regenerated men. This verb is in the coming future, which means that it will be taken away each time that is necessary to do so. This forgiveness is not automatic, but requires the exercise of human volition.

The forgiveness of God does not require any action from human resources or power but from the merit of Christ in behalf of mankind His spiritual death on the cross.

SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN HIM (ouk aphethesetai) that, h refers to sin or guilt which shall not be removed or taken from the unsaved person [John 16:8-9].This applies to one time blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which will never be taken away from the unbeliever in this age or age to come. This applies to one time eternal sin of rejecting the salvation by grace through the spiritual death of Christ.

In the absence of the Holy Spirit, there is no one to convict the person of his sin. If the Holy Spirit does not convict a person, then he cannot and will not repent.

Genuine but carnal and worldly believers may suffer the sin unto death if they do not rebound [1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Timothy 1:20] yet they are eternally saved. Sin unto death is the sin leading to death [1 John 5:16].

Among the Members of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is the most subject of mockery, insults and persecution. All the members of Cultic-heathen religious groups who have heard but rejected the plan of God and those who rejected Christ will receive the full judgment of the lake of fire.

We do not pray for brethren under heaven heavy divine discipline leading to divine discipline of sin unto death. We do not pray for the cultic leaders to believe and receive the Lord Jesus Christ.

The phrase shall not be forgiven applies to the heathen and not to Christians any where in the world. This category of blasphemy has no forgiveness since it rejected the Lord Jesus Christ. God cannot forgive those who rejected His plan of grace. Rejection of Christ are categorize into three: Rejection from conviction (like Caiaphas) Rejection against conviction (like Pilate) Rejection without conviction (like Herod)

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THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT

The primary witness of the Holy Spirit is to Christ, not to Himself or to Bible doctrine [John 14:26, 15:26, 16:7-15, Matthew 16:16-18]. Although the Holy Spirit’s witness focuses upon the Person and work of Christ, it incorporates several things:

o The totality of God’s saving acts for the entire human race

o The intrinsic and instrumental authority of Scripture

o The nature of fallen man and positive response to God,

o The ministry of assurance and instruction to God’s own possession

The center of the witness is that Jesus is Lord and Christ [Acts 2:36], the truth that the antichrists deny but which the believers affirm [1 John 2:20-22].

The verb "to be a witness martus or "to bear witness to," sometimes rendered "to testify" is used of the) "witness"

o of God the Father to Christ, John 5:32, 37; 8:18 (2nd part); 1 John 5:9, 10; to others, Acts 13:22; 15:8; Heb. 11:2, 4 (twice), 5, 39;

o of Christ, John 3:11, 32; 4:44; 5:31; 7:7; 8:13, 14, 18 (1st part); 13:21; 18:37; Acts 14:3; 1 Tim. 6:13; Rev. 22:18, 20; of the Holy Spirit, to Christ, John 15:26; Heb. 10:15; 1 John 5:7, 8, which rightly omits the latter part of v. 7 (it was a marginal gloss which crept into the original text: it finds no support in Scripture;

o of the Scriptures, to Christ, John 5:39; Heb. 7:8, 17;

o of the works of Christ, to Himself, and of the circumstances connected with His death, John 5:36; 10:25; 1 John 5:8;

o of prophets and apostles, to the righteousness of God, Rom. 3:21; to Christ, John 1:7, 8, 15, 32, 34; 3:26; 5:33, RV; 15:27; 19:35; 21:24; Acts 10:43; 23:11; 1 Cor. 15:15; 1 John 1:2; 4:14; Rev. 1:2; to doctrine, Acts 26:22 to the Word of God, Rev. 1:2;

o of others, concerning Christ, Luke 4:22; John 4:39. 12:17;

o of believers to one another, John 3:28; 2 Cor. 8:3; Gal. 4:15; Col. 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:11, 3 John 3, 6, 12

o of the apostle Paul concerning Israel, Rom. 10:2; (i) of an angel, to the churches, Rev. 22:16;

o of unbelievers concerning themselves, Matt. 23:31; concerning Christ, John 18:23; concerning others, John 2:25; Acts 22:5; 26:5; "to give a good report, to approve of," Acts 6:3; 10:22; 16:2; 22:12; 1 Tim. 5:10; 3 John 12 (1st part); some would put Luke 4:22 here.

In the OT the Spirit of the Lord (pneuma kyrios) is generally an expression for God's power, the extension of Himself whereby he carries out many of his mighty deeds (e.g., 1 Kings 8:12; Judges 14:6ff; 1 Sam. 11:6).

The origins of the word "Spirit" in both Hebrew ruah and Greek (pneuma) are similar, stemming from)( associations with "breath" and "wind," which were connected by ancient cultures to unseen spiritual force, hence "spirit" (John 3:8, note the association with air in English; e.g., "pneumatic," "respiration,".). The use of the term "Holy Ghost" for "Holy Spirit" based on an obsolete usage of the word "ghost" (from is Middle English and Anglo-Saxon, originally meaning "breath," "spirit" incorrect.

Thus it is understandable that God's creative word (Gen. 1:3) is closely akin to God's creative breath (Gen. 2:7). Both ideas are identified elsewhere with God's Spirit. As an agent in creation, God's Spirit is the life principle of men.

The primary function of the Spirit of God in the OT is as the spirit of prophecy. God's Spirit is the motivating force in the inspiration of the prophets, that power which moved sometimes to ecstasy but always to the revelation of God's message, expressed by the prophets with “thus saith the Lord”. Prophets are sometimes referred to as". "men of God" (1 Sam. 2:27; 1 Kings 12:22) in Hosea. 9:7 they are "men of the Spirit” of God.

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THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ISRAEL

The Holy Spirit was not universally given to all believers until Christ was glorified by being seated at the right hand of the Father [John 7:39].

The Holy Spirit only endued with power some Old Testament saints to perform special functions:

o Political leaders [Genesis 41:38]

o Artisans who worked in the Tabernacle and Temple [Exodus 28:3, 31:3]

o Administrators [Numbers 11:17, 25]

o Political and military leaders [Judges 3:9-]

o Kings of * Israel and prophets of God

Old Testament believers were discipline by removal of the Holy Spirit [1 Samuel 16:14, Psalm 51:11]. Certain of believers obtained the Holy Spirit by request prior to doing the will of God in certain mission [2 Kings 2:9-10, Luke 11:13].

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MORE ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Lord Jesus Christ gave the Holy Spirit without request to the disciples just before His ascension –for the purpose of sustaining them for the ten (10) day interim before the Church Age began [John 20:22].

The Holy Spirit does not act base on human petition or intercession but according to His integrity that is righteousness and justice. The Holy Spirit is unaffected and untouched by human emotion, sincerity or humility.

The NT teaching of the Holy Spirit is rooted in the idea of both the spirit of God as the manifestation of God's power and the spirit of prophecy. Jesus, and the church after him, brought these ideas together in predicating them of the Holy Spirit, God's eschatological gift to man. When Mary is "overshadowed" by the power of the Most High, a phrase standing in parallel construction to "the Holy Spirit" (Luke 1:35; cf. 9:35), we find echoes of the OT idea of God's Spirit in the divine cloud which "overshadowed" the tabernacle so that the tent was filled with the glory of the Lord (Exodus 40:35; Isaiah 63:11ff. identifies God's presence in this instance as "God's Holy Spirit").

Luke records Jesus' power to cast out demons "by the finger of God," an OT phrase for God's power (Luke 11:20; Exodus 8:19; Psalm 8:3). This power is identified as the "Spirit of God" (Matthew 12:28), the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:32). At Jesus' baptism the Spirit came upon him (Mark 1:10; "the Spirit of God," Matthew 3:16 "the Holy Spirit," Luke 3:21), and He received God's confirmation of His divine Lordship and messianic mission (Matthew 3:13)

Jesus went up from the Jordan full of the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:1), and after the temptation began His ministry "in the power of the Spirit" (Luke 4:14). Taking up the message of John the Baptist, Jesus proclaimed the coming of the kingdom of God (Matthew 4:17), a coming marked by the presence of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:28) as the sign of the messianic age of salvation (Luke 4:18, Acts 10:38).

From the beginning of Jesus' ministry He identified Himself with both the victorious messiah king and the suffering servant figures of OT prophecy (Isaiah 42:1) ideas, which Judaism had kept separate. When Jesus identified Himself with the Messiah promised in Isaiah 61:1-2 He stopped short of reading the "words of judgment" of Isaiah 61:2b (even though Isaiah 61:2, "comfort to those who mourn," is part of Jesus' teaching at Matthew 5:4). This emphasis is made again when John the Baptist asks whether Jesus is indeed the one who was to come (Luke 7:18-23).

Jesus understood the Holy Spirit as a personality. This comes out especially in John's Gospel, where the Spirit is called the “Paraclete” i.e., the Comforter (Counselor, Advocate). Jesus Himself was the first Counselor (John 14:16).

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THE PARACLETE

When He is gone, He sent the disciples another Counselor, that is, the Spirit of truth- the Holy Spirit (14:26; 15:26; 16:5). The Holy Spirit will dwell in the believers (John 7:38; cf. 14:17), and will guide the disciples into all truth (16:13), teaching them "all things" and bringing them "to remembrance of all that [Jesus] said" to them (14:26). The Holy Spirit will testify about Jesus, as the disciples must also testify (John 15:26-27).

Paul taught that the Holy Spirit, poured out in the new age, is the Creator of new life in the believer and that unifying force by which God in Christ is "building together" the Christians into the body of Christ (Rom. 5:5; II Cor. 5:17; Eph. 2:22; cf. I Cor. 6:19). Romans 8 shows that Paul identified the Spirit, the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of Christ with the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Christ as the spirit of prophecy in I Pet. 1:10), and that these terms are generally interchangeable. If anyone does not have the spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ (Rom. 8:9); but those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God (Rom. 8:14).

We all have our access to the Father through one Spirit (Ephesians 2:18), and there is one body and one Spirit (Ephesians 4:4). We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body -and we received one Spirit (I (Rom. 8:15),"Corinthians 12:13). The believer receives the Spirit of adoption indeed, the Spirit of God's own Son (Gal. 4:6).

“…Who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 1:4) The Spirit of Holiness refers to the integrity of God (justice and righteousness) that guarantees our resurrection and eternal in Christ. It refers to God as a Person who holds our spiritual redemption (salvation) and physical redemption (resurrection). The Spirit of Holiness guarantees our redemption through the work of Christ.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death (Romans 8:2). The Spirit of Life refers God as the Cause and Source of the Life that comes from God. The Holy Spirit gives the life of God to those who believed and received His grace.

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out," Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15). The Spirit of adoption), which refers to the work of God in bring men into His Heaven by His power and grace upon men.

But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed, therefore I spoke," we also believe, therefore also we speak (2 Corinthians 4:13). the Spirit of faith refers to Holy Spirit function of converting the gnosis into epignosis in the soul of positive volition believers.

In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise (Ephesians 1:13) )The Spirit of Promise points to God who cannot deny and violate His own perfect plan for the human race. The Spirit of Promise explains the faithfulness of God based on His own perfection, and not based on human good works or righteousness.

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him - )(Ephesians 1:17) - The Spirit of Wisdom refers to perfect knowledge of God the Holy Spirit, particularly related to His omniscience concerning man. The Holy Spirit is not only an invisible Person but also an absolute and intelligent Person who knows everything around the world.

How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? (Hebrews 10:29). The Spirit of grace explains the total depravity of men before God. God did everything for man’s salvation and growth inside the plan of God. Everything about our salvation comes from the grace of God.

If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you (1 Peter 4:14). The Spirit of glory refers to the pre-incarnate and eternal glory of God. God is not dependent on mankind to be glorious. His glory is intact with Him no matter what happen to human history. The glory of God is not based on actions, reactions or thinking of man but on His perfect characters.

Each of these eight (8) descriptions of the Holy Spirit is mentioned only once (hapax legomena) giving a very significant truth above the Person of God the Holy Spirit. Such titles are related and associated with divine essence and functions.

The pneuma Kurios or the Spirit of the LORD [Luke 4:18] refers to the Second Person of the Trinity at work in the perfect humanity of Christ.

And when they had come to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them (Acts 16:7). The Spirit of Jesus refers to God manifested in Christ not to his humanity. It affirms the truth that Jesus Christ is co-equal with God since He the Spirit of God.

What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod or with love and a spirit of gentleness? (1 Corinthians 4:21). The Spirit of gentleness refers to the Christian virtue produce by the soul operational and functional inside the divine power system and loaded with Bible doctrine. This is the soul advancing toward spiritual maturity. The Spirit of gentleness is produced by spiritual maturity.

The pneuma tees Profeeteias (Revelation 19:10) is the Spirit of Prophecy referring to Christ’s perfect knowledge of all things (omniscience) in the future, which He reveals to us through His Word. The Holy Spirit is also called;

o The Spirit of the Lord

o The Spirit of God

o The Spirit of Christ

o The Spirit Truth

o The Spirit Jesus Christ

o The Spirit of your Father

o The Spirit of Him

o The Spirit of our God

o The Spirit of the living God

o The Spirit of His Son

The Spirit is the Comforter, the Helper and the Paraclete [John 14:26]. He is the Searcher, the Revealer of the truth, and the great Teacher of the Believer. He is the only Guide, the Indweller and the Strengthener of every believer.

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THE INDWELLING AND FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit indwells the body of every Church Age believer, together with the Father and Son. The purpose of the [2 indwelling is to make the believer’s body a temple worthy of Christ. Corinthians 6:16]. The believer by himself is not capable of providing an glory. The presence of this acceptable dwelling place for Christ the Shekinah secret spiritual sanctuary for Christ to dwell made it possible for the believer to obey the command to glorify God in your body [1 Corinthians 6:19-20].

The command to glorify God is fulfilled by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit executes and maintains the plan of the Father in the life of the positive and who adheres to the will, plan and purpose of God. Two vital ministries of the Holy Spirit are involved in the glorification Christ- the filling and indwelling.

The Holy Spirit indwells the body of the believer so Christ may take up royal residence there while the filling of the Holy Spirit enables the believer to reflect the glory of the resident Christ.

Indwelling puts the Spirit’s help near at hand, in fact, within the Christian himself; filling actually delivers the Spirit’s help as He invisibly energizes the divine sphere.

The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is permanent while the filling of the Holy Spirit is intermittent. Scripture never commands the Church Age believers to be indwelt by the Spirit but rather regards the indwelling as a constant reality. The Bible commands the believer to be filled with the Spirit [Ephesians 5:18, Galatians 5:16].

The believer cannot change the indwelling of the Holy Spirit while the filling of the Spirit is a matter of choice.

The believer loses the filling of the Holy Spirit by committing sin. He restores the filling of the Holy Spirit by confessing or acknowledging his sin to the Father [1 john 1:9]. The principle of rebound remains the same in all dispensations as the only means of recovering fellowship with God (but the fellowship with God does not include the filling of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is the power source in the divine sphere –living outside is living under the power of the old sinful nature (called “grieving or quenching the Spirit” Ephesians 4:30, 1 Thessalonians 5:19).

Living inside the divine sphere implies being filled with the Holy Spirit. While the believer concentrates on Bible doctrine and through which the Holy Spirit illuminates the truth in the soul of the believer [1 Corinthians 2:9-16].

The indispensable ministry of the indwelling Spirit (like illuminating the Bible doctrine, convicting the believer to rebound, teaching the Word and others) operates only when the believer is filled with the Spirit.

Filling of the Holy Spirit is the “access key” that opens many doors inside the will, plan and purpose of God.

The instantaneous effects of the indwelling is permanent it cannot be lost, undone, alter, cancel and it does not need repetition or what they called the “second baptism” of the Holy Spirit.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit occurred when the believer decided to believe and receive the salvation by grace alone, through faith alone – in Christ alone. At that moment the Holy Spirit came to dwell in the believer permanently.

Nothing can make the indwelling of the Holy Spirit invalidate –not even God because He cannot deny Himself or void His perfect decision or work [Romans 8:37].

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THE SHEKINAH GLORY

In the Old Testament Israel, the Pillar of fire and the Pillar of cloud was the Shekinah Glory the spiritual presence of the Second Person of the Trinity manifested through physical created things in the world.

dwelt between The Shekinah Glory the Golden cherubs in the Tabernacle [Leviticus 26:11-12] and dwelt between the golden cherubs at the Temple [1 Kings 8:11]. The presence of the Shekinah Glory in the Temple and Tabernacle was the focal or center point of worship of the ancient Israel.

The Shekinah Glory became a Man [John 1:14, Luke 9:28-56] to die and redeem men from the penalty or wages of death –that is the spiritual death that Adam left for all men. During the Hypostatic union of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Shekinah Glory dwelt among men but was not recognized by many.

The Shekinah Glory indwells the Church Age believers for the purpose of fellowship with the glorified Christ [1 Corinthians 6:16]- It is synonym with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ was the Paraclete (during the Hypostatic Union) but when He is gone to heaven, He send the Holy Spirit Paraclete to indwell the saints.

Before the Church Age, the Shekinah resides among the people of God but did not indwell them Glory, the Paraclete permanently. The ministry of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament was transient and temporal.

The Shekinah Glory of Christ is the visible manifestation of God's glory. While Scripture denies any permanent localization of God it does describe, simultaneously with his transcendence, his "glory," or apprehensible presence. Glory may be expressed in God's "face," "name" (Exodus appearances of Christ, or "cloud" (Exodus 33:18-20), "Angel", pre-incarnate .)14:19), The Shekinah concerns the cloud, which surrounded the glory (40:34), like thunderheads through which lightning flashes (19:9, 16).

The Shekinah first appeared when God led Israel from Egypt and protected them by "a pillar of cloud and fire" "(13:21; 14:19). The cloud vindicated Moses against murmurers" (16:10; Num. 16:42) and covered Sinai (Exodus 24:16) as he communed there with God (vs. 18; cf. 33:9). God "dwelt" among His people in the tabernacle (miskan), "place of dwelling," a type of his dwelling in heaven (I Kings 8:30; Heb. 9:24).

The Shekinah guided Israel through the wilderness (Exodus 40:36-38); and, though the ark's loss meant “Ichabod” [no glory]" (I Sam. 4:21), the cloud again filled Solomon's temple (I Kings 8:11; cf. II Chronicles 7:1). Ezekiel visualized its departure because of sin (10:18) before this temple's destruction, and Judaism confessed its absence from the second temple. The Shekinah reappeared with Christ (Matt. 17:5; Luke 2:9), true God localized (John 1:14 “skene” or "tabernacle"), the glory of the latter temple (Hag. 2:9; Zech. 2:5). Christ ascended in the glory cloud (Acts 1:9) and will some day so return (Mark 14:62; Rev. 14:14; Isaiah 24:3; 60:1).

God is holy and calls Israel to be a holy nation. The temple and its priesthood remind her of this vocation to holiness. The sacrificial system provides atonement for the sins of the people and for the sanctuary (Lev. 16). The holy God reveals his name, his glory, and his presence to Israel at Mount Sinai. However, the tabernacle is to be the ongoing focus of God's presence throughout Israel history. God is seen as permanently dwelling in the tabernacle or temple (Exodus 29:43-46; I Kings 6:13); but he also manifests his glory, in blessing or wrath, at critical moments in Israel's life (Exodus 40:34-38; Num. 14:10 16:19; Ezek. 1-10; 43:1-7; Mal. 3:1). The rebuilding of the temple is an indispensable token of God's continuing will to bless Israel (Hag. 1:18-19; Zech. 4:9-10).

J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries

THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. God the Son is eternally begotten of the Father, while the Father is neither proceeding nor begotten.

The Holy is God Himself who possesses all the attributes of infinite and perfect deity. He is Person who has a mind, wisdom, a will and emotion [Romans 8:27, Ephesians 4:30, 1 Corinthians 2:10-11, 12:11, Acts 15:6-11]. As a Person, He can be lied to [Acts 5:3], resisted [Acts 7:51], grieved and blasphemed [Ephesians 4:30, Matthew 12:31], or insulted [Hebrews 10:29].

The Holy Spirit is of the same essence as of the Father and of the Son. Although the Holy is same in substance, equal in power and equal in authority with the other Persons of the Trinity, He is subordinate to them in role and function. There is a functional hierarchy within the Godhead (in relation to men in the world).

God the Son is under God the Father who sent the Son in to the world [John 3:17, 17:8]. God the Spirit is both sent by God the Father and God the Son [John 15:26]. The Son glorifies the Father and [John 14:13] and the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son [John 16:13-14].

In the lives of believers, the most laborious task of the Holy Spirit is the conviction of sin leading to rebound and its results-the filling of the Holy Spirit.

The baptism of the Holy Spirit the coming of the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation is a one-time experience for the believer at the same time of conversion [Ephesians 1:13]. The Holy Spirit indwells the believer and makes him a child of God permanently [Romans 8:9-14]. The divine relationship made by God transcends time and space a relationship that goes beyond time and space.

The filling of the Holy Spirit is a repeatable work of the Holy Spirit in the post salvation life of the believer, which enables the submissive believer to live a victorious Christian live by the power and grace of God. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a one-time experience that needs not repetition.

J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries

SECOND BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE BIBLE?

The book of Acts is a historical book where the narrative is descriptive not prescriptive, therefore the period covered by Acts is transitory. Many of the recorded events were one-time and non-repeatable events or experiences. The historical context may not be neglected in our efforts to understand the Word of God.

What the cults calls “baptism of the Holy Spirit” is actually called by the Bible as filling of the Holy Spirit. The so-called “baptism” of Acts 1:5 is defined as filling in Acts 2:4. The Koine Greek word baptizes has several meaning: to dip, to immerse, to cleanse, to wash or to be filled.

There is no command to believers for second baptism of the Holy Spirit but for the filling of the Holy Spirit. The believers of Acts chapter 1 and 2 were not yet baptized with the Holy Spirit when Jesus ascended to heaven. The “disciples” of chapters 8 and 10 did not receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it was their first (and last) baptism of the Holy Spirit, and not a second baptism.

The title for the Holy Spirit as Paraclete is often mistranslated as “helper” or “comforter” came 50 days after the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven. Some Christians regard the Holy Spirit as their servant-helper. The events of Acts 2, 8, and 10 were unique they are not repeatable and were not meant to be normative. There were no second baptism and there were no consistent pattern of second baptisms. And there is no necessity for the second baptisms because the Holy Spirit will be with the believer forever.

J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries

SLAIN BY THE SPIRIT?

The reversionist Christians are teaching that unless the believers are slain by the Holy Spirit they are not spiritual and less equipped for doing the work of the kingdom of God.

Is being slain by the Spirit Biblical; does the Spirit of God slay people? Can you cite any situation or event recorded in the Bible where the Holy Spirit had a ministry of slaying people?

During the “manifestation” of the growing and dominating charismatic phenomena of being slain by spirit, people fall backwards. Often those who fall backwards also start rolling on the floor and some go into uncontrollable fits or seizures (similar to that of epilepsy a form of chronic disorder of the nervous system characterized by partial or complete loss of consciousness.

King Saul was slain but not by the Holy Spirit but by evil spirits [1 Samuel 19:23-24] because he disobeyed God. Saul fell down backward and for a day and a night he lay down naked.

Eli the high priest fell backwards broke his neck and died [1 Samuel 4:18]. It was divine judgment for Eli. The murderous mob looking for Jesus fell backwards when confronted [John 18:6]. Falling backwards is not sign of blessing but judgment, not a sign of spirituality but of corruption.

The slaying of the spirit is not Biblical and not the teaching of the Lord Jesus or of His disciples. Slaying people is not the ministry of the Holy Spirit. There is nothing in the Scripture that teaches or implies such work or function of the Holy Spirit. No Bible character ever mentioned that he in any way had experienced the slaying of the Holy Spirit. The slaying of the spirit is not the work of God but of the devil. The advocates of the devil invented such doctrines to mislead and deceive the ignorant.

J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries

PRAYER TO HOLY SPIRIT WORSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit is God, co-equal and co-infinite with the Father and with the Son. In essence possessing the same attributes with the Father and with Son, but in function (toward the created beings), He is different.

We received our salvation in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ [Acts 4:12]. There is no other Name given under Heaven where a person can be saved other than Jesus Christ. A person is not saved unless he received that salvation in the Name of Christ.

Our spiritual service is acceptable only to God if we are filled with the Holy Spirit and if serve God in the Name of Jesus Christ [Mark 9:41].

We pray to God the Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit [John 14:13].

We assemble together for worship of God the Father in the Name of Christ under the leadership of the Holy Spirit [Matt. 18:20].

We “hold fast” in Christ’s Name in the midst of crooked and perverse generation in the power of the Holy Spirit [Revelation 2:13].

We worship God the Father through the Son by the Holy Spirit. We serve God the Father through the Son by the Holy Spirit

We are commanded to pray to the Father through the Son but we are not commanded to pray to the Holy Spirit. We are not in any way, instructed to bypass the function of the Father or the Son of God.

The functions of the Holy Spirit are not the same with the Father or with the Son. The devil and his world has gained favorable devious themes through satanic scheming that destroy and separate men from one another.

J. R. Cherreguine Bible Doctrine Ministries

12/03/06