HOLY SPIRIT, HOLY FRIEND
Sermon Series by Rev. Richard Jones
“The Person of the Spirit”
Various Texts
THE PERSONALITY OF THE SPIRIT
Mind
1 Corinthians 2:10 (ESV)
10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
Romans 8:27 (ESV)
27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Will
1 Corinthians 12:11 (ESV)
11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
Acts 16:6 (ESV)
6 And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
Emotion
Isaiah 63:10 (ESV)
10 But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
Ephesians 4:30 (ESV)
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
THE DIVINITY OF THE SPIRIT
John 15:26 (ESV)
26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
John 14:16-17 (ESV)
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Luke 11:13 (ESV)
13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Job 33:4 (ESV)
4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
1 Corinthians 2:11 (ESV)
11 For who knows a person”™s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Psalm 139:7 (ESV)
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
THE EQUALITY OF THE SPIRIT
2 Corinthians 13:14 (ESV)
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Matthew 28:19-20 (ESV)
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
THE WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Convicts
John 16:7-8 (ESV)
7 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 go, I will send him to you.
8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
Inspired
2 Peter 1:20-21 (ESV)
20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone”™s own interpretation.
21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Gives Life
Titus 3:5 (ESV)
5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Indwells
Romans 5:5 (ESV)
5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God”™s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Teaches
John 14:26 (ESV)
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 that I have said to you.