1. Holy Spirit

2. Introduction 1. The Holy Spirit…in the background? 2. The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit…

3. 1. The Holy Spirit Reveals A. Revelation to prophets and apostles 1. This is the OT and the NT – 2 Pet. 1:21 B. He gives evidence of God’s presence 1. He bears witness to Jesus (John 15) and glorifies Him (John 16), but he also calls attention to his work and gives recognizable evidences that makes his presence known 1. Seventy elders; Judges; Saul; David; Pentecost 2. Bears witness that we are children of God (Gal. 4:6) 3. Reveals his desires to us (Rom. 8:4-16)

4. 1. The Holy Spirit Reveals C. He guides and directs his people 1. Philip – Acts. 8:29 2. Elders in Antioch – Acts 13:2 3. Jerusalem Council – Acts 15:28 4. Paul – Acts 16:6-7 5. Your experience… D. He gives us assurance 1. 1 John 3:24 2. My experience… E. He teaches and illumines 1. John 14:26

5. 2. The Holy Spirit Empowers A. Power for service – Old Testament 1. Bezalel – Exod. 31:1-7; 35:30-36:1 2. Samson – Judg. 13:25; 14:6, 19; 15:14 3. David – 1 Sam. 16:13 (1 Sam. 19:18-24) 4. Work of the Holy Spirit within people in the OT a. John 7:39; 14:17 b. Joshua – Num. 27:18; Deut. 34:9 c. Ezekiel – Ezek. 2:2; 3:24 d. Daniel – 4:8-9, 18; 5:11 e. Micah – Mic. 3:8

6. 2. The Holy Spirit Empowers B. Power for service – New Testament 1. Jesus – at his baptism (Mark 1); at the synagogue (Luke 4); Without measure (John 3) 2. Disciples – Acts 1:8; 2; 4 the Holy Spirit speaks through the gospel message as it is effectively proclaimed to people’s hearts 3. Spiritual gifts – 1 Cor. 12:11 when spiritual gifts are active, it is another indication of the presence of God the Holy Spirit in the church 4. Prayer – Rom. 8:26 the Holy Spirit empowers prayer and makes it effective

7. 3. The Holy Spirit Purifies A. One of the primary activities is to cleanse us from sin and to “sanctify us” 1. His restraining work among non-believers – John 16:8-11 2. Produces fruit – Gal. 5:22-23 3. The Holy Spirit will help you in areas where Satan wants to mess you up

8. 4. Our Response to the Holy Spirit A.We can grieve and quench the Holy Spirit 1. Eph. 4:29-30 2. 1 Thes. 5:19-22