HOLY SPIRIT’S MINISTRY

 

Abides

John 14:16 “And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever.”

Access

Ephesians 2:18 “For through him (Christ) we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”

Assures

I Thessalonians 1:5 “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance;”

Baptizes

I Corinthians 12:13 “For by one Spirit are we all baptized (baptizo = immerse, place into) into one body.”

Calls

Acts 13:2 “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.”

Comforts                     

Acts 9:31 “Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.”

Convicts

John 16:8 “And when he (Comforter) is come, he will reprove (convict = elegcho) the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:”

Dwells

I Corinthians 3:16 “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”

Enables

Galatians 5:5 “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”

Fills

Acts 4:31 “And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.”

Forbids

Acts 16:6-7 “Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden (koluo = prevent, hinder, keep from, not let, not suffer, withstand) of the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia, after they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not (eao = permit, suffer, let).”

Frees

Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”

Gives

I Corinthians 12:7-11 “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.  For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.”

Guides

John 16:13He (Holy Spirit) will guide you into all truth:”

Helps

Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:”

Instructs

Acts 8:29 “Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.”

Joy

I Thessalonians 1:6 “And ye became follower of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit:”

Justifies

I Corinthians 6:11 “Ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified (dikaioo = to make or declare right, to render just, free)

Leads

Romans 8:14 “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”

Liberty

II Corinthians 3:17 “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”

Love

I Peter 1:22 “Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:"

Power

Acts 1:8 “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

Prays

Romans 8:26-27 “For we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be utter.  And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”

Produces

Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love,  joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:”

Prophecy

II Peter 1:21 “For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”

Regenerates

John 3:5-7 “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.”

Remembrance

John 14:26Holy Spirit shall bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

Renews

Titus 3:5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit.”

Reveals

I Corinthians 2:10 “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”

Sanctifies

II Thessalonians 2:13 “But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:”

Seals

Ephesians 1:13 “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.”

Shows

John 16:13 “And he (Holy Spirit) will show you things to come.”

Speaks

John 16:13 “For he (Holy Spirit) shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:”

Strengthens

Ephesian 3:16 “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;”

Teaches

John 14:26 “But the comforter, who is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

Testifies

John 15:26 “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:”

Transforms

II Corinthians 3:18 “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord are changed (metamorphoo = transformed, changed, transfigured) into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

Truth

John 14:17 “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”

Unity

Ephesians 4:3-4 “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;”

Witness

Romans 9:1 “I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit.”

 

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