Discipleship Lesson 4 The Holy Spirit

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Discipleship Lesson 4The Holy Spirit

• What Are the Functions and Attributes of the
  Holy Spirit in My Life?

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• Introduction The day you received the Lord Jesus
  Christ as your personal Savior, the Holy Spirit
  took up permanent residency inside your body.
  This third person of the trinity is perhaps the
  most misunderstood and ignored part of a
  Christians relationship with God

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• The purpose of this lesson is to give the
  individual a basic understanding of whom the Holy
  Spirit of God is and what He does in his life.

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• Where do I find the Holy Spirit?

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• The Holy Spirit of God lives on this earth inside
  your body if you are saved. He came in at the
  moment of salvation and took up permanent
  residency. Every believer is indwelled by the
  Holy Spirit in the same manner.

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• What is the function of the Holy Spirit?

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• The Holy Spirit convicts of sin. John 168-9
  says, And when he is come he will reprove the
  world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
  judgment Of sin, because they believe not on me.

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• In the lost, he convicts of sin to
• bring them to salvation.

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• In the saved, he convicts of sin to keep them
  clean and show them how to live for Jesus Christ

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• You must understand the difference between
  conviction and guilt.

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• Conviction is God pointing out that something is
  wrong so you can make it right. Isaiah 118
  says,

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• Guilt is often the devil accusing you of being
  unworthy to receive Gods blessings.
• NOTE However, guilt is not always bad.
• Healthy guilt can be the result of a sensitive
  conscious.
• False guilt is what satan tries to use to defeat
  us.

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• The Holy Spirit creates and regenerates.
• Regenerate - To create anew

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• The Holy Spirit is active in creation. Gen 12
  Job 334
• Job 334
• The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of
  the Almighty hath given me life.

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• In Jesus Christ, you are a new creature
  (regenerated or made anew), born again by the
  Holy Spirit. John 33-8

Regenerate
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• John 35-8
• Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily,
  I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he
  cannot see the kingdom of God.
• Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born
  when he is old? can he enter the second time into
  his mother's womb, and be born?

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• 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.

Water Birth
Spiritual Birth
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• Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
  again.
• The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou
  hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell
  whence it cometh, and whither it goeth so is
  every one that is born of the Spirit.

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• The Holy Spirit seals you once you are saved.
• Ephesians 113-14
• 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,
• Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
  redemption of the purchased possession, unto the
  praise of his glory.
• Ephesians 430
• And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye
  are sealed unto the day of redemption.

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• The Holy Spirit bears witness to you of your
  salvation
• I John 413
• Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in
  us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
• Romans 816
• The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
  spirit, that we are the children of God

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• The Holy Spirit teaches you the Bible
• John 1426
• But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
  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.

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• John 1613-15
• Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he
  will guide you into all truth for he shall not
  speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear,
  that shall he speak and he will shew you
  things to come.
• He shall glorify me for he shall receive of
  mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things
  that the Father hath are mine therefore said I,
  that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it
  unto you.
• I Corinthians 29-10
• But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear
  heard, neither have entered into the heart of
  man, the things which God hath prepared for them
  that love him.
• But God hath revealed them unto us by his
  Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea,
  the deep things of God.

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• The Holy Spirit intercedes in prayer for you.
• Romans 826-27
• Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities
  for we know not what we should pray for as we
  ought but the Spirit itself maketh intercession
  for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
• 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.

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• The Holy Spirit comforts you in the time of need.
• John 1415-18
• If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
  another Comforter, that he may abide with you for
  ever
• 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.
• I will not leave you comfortless I will come to
  you.

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• The Holy Spirit empowers you to serve God
• Zechariah 46
• Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This
  is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel,
  saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my
  spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Ephesians 316
• That he would grant you, according to the riches
  of his glory, to be strengthened with might by
  his Spirit in the inner man

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• What is the result of the Holy Spirit in my life?

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• The Holy Spirit of God produces a set of
  character qualities as you give your life to him
  and walk in His power.

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• This set of character qualities is called the
  fruit (singular) of the Spirit in Galatians
  522-23.

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• It is singular because ALL of the qualities are
  produced at the same time by a close relationship
  with the Holy Spirit.

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• Basic Questions

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• What is my being filled with the Spirit and how
  can I accomplish this?

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• Comparing Ephesians 518-19 and Colossians 316
  shows that investing your life in the Word of God
  and letting it dwell in your heart will produce
  the same results in your life as being filled
  with the Spirit.

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• Ephesians 518-19
• And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess
  but be filled with the Spirit

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• The more you saturate your mind with the Word of
  God, the closer your relationship to the Holy
  Spirit will be

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• Simply WALK in the Spirit. Walking is a steady,
  consistent, natural process of growth.
• Galatians 516-18
• This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye
  shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
• For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the
  Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary
  the one to the other so that ye cannot do the
  things that ye would.
• But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under
  the law.

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• Allow God to control your life by consciously and
  regularly yielding to Him.
• The filling of the Holy Spirit is NOT you getting
  more of the Holy Spirit.
• It is the Holy Spirit getting more of you.

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• BE PATIENT, PERSISTENT AND CONSISTENT. Being
  consistently controlled by he Holy Spirit does
  not happen overnight
• It is a lifelong process of spiritual growth.