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1/31/2021
So the doctrine of the week for this Sunday is the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity and notice I said person.
The Holy Spirit is referred to as he or him not referred to as it.
So the Holy Spirit is a person in that he has Personality.
He is not God's impersonal force as some sub -christian groups Like to
claim so the Holy Spirit.
How is he a person?
He has a will he can be grieved.
He speaks and the Holy Spirit is God.
In Acts chapter 5 he is called God when Peter Talking to Ananias.
He says to Ananias.
Why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit?
You have not lied to men, but to God.
The Holy Spirit was present and active during the creation.
Genesis chapter 1 verse 2 Says.
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water.
So he was involved in the creation.
The Holy Spirit can rightly be called the author of Scripture based on 2nd Timothy
3 16.
And perhaps most importantly the Holy Spirit is the supernatural agent of
Regeneration.
John 3 5 and Titus 3 verse 5.
Now there's so much that could be said really don't have time to go through everything that I'd like.
So just one more Comment.
The Holy Spirit's ministry as many of you know changed from the Old Testament
To the New Testament in this regard.
In the Old Testament the Holy Spirit would come upon men to empower them for the work of
ministry, but the Holy Spirit also might Depart, but in the New Testament,
Jesus said he would send the Holy Spirit.
We're now under the new covenant.
The Spirit continually indwells the children of God sealing us
until the day of redemption.
Ephesians 4 verse 30.