The Continuing Work of The Holy Spirit

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The Continuing Work of The Holy Spirit

• Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us,
  the treasure which has been entrusted to you. (2
  Tim 114 NASU)

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Gods Spirit, The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit is explicitly mentioned about 325
  times in the Bible.
• Many other times the Spirit is mentioned in other
  ways as God, as the Counselor, etc.
• The Spirit is explicitly mentioned in Genesis and
  Revelation, and in all of the New Testament books
  except Philemon, 2nd John and 3rd John.

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Gods Spirit, The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit (Ghost) is identified as
• The Spirit of God, the Spirit of Jehovah, the
  Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
  the Spirit.
• He is
• The Counselor or Comforter (John 1426)
• The Spirit of truth (John 1526)
• The Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel,
  might, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord
  (Isaiah 112)

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Gods Spirit, The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit is invariably referred to with
  personal pronouns, as in John 1613-14
• 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he
  will guide you into all truth. He will not speak
  on his own he will speak only what he hears, and
  he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will
  bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and
  making it known to you. (NIV)

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Gods Spirit, The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit is directly identified as God,
  just as the Father and Son are.
• Acts 53-4 Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it
  that Satan has so filled your heart that you have
  lied to the Holy Spirit You have not lied to
  men but to God." (NIV)
• They are in perfect harmony, but distinct.
• Matt 316-17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he
  went up out of the water. At that moment heaven
  was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God
  descending like a dove and lighting on him. 17
  And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son,
  whom I love with him I am well pleased." (NIV)
• Matt 2819 baptizing them in the name of the
  Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
  (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit in Heaven

• Rev 45 Before the throne, seven lamps were
  blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.
  (NIV)
• The Spirit is associated with oil and with light.
• One possible backdrop for the seven spirits is
  Isaiah 111-3 in the Septuagint (Greek) version
  which Brenton translates this way And there
  shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse,
  and a blossom shall come up from his root and
  the Spirit of God shall rest upon him, the spirit
  of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of
  counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and
  godliness shall fill him the spirit of the fear
  of God. He shall not judge according to
  appearance, nor reprove according to report

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The Holy Spirit in Heaven

• Rev 56 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had
  been slain, standing in the center of the throne,
  encircled by the four living creatures and the
  elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which
  are the seven spirits of God sent out into all
  the earth. (NIV)
• Regarding 7 lamps and 7 eyes, see also Zechariah
  42, 10b

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The Holy Spirit the horns and eyes of the Lord,
Going throughout the Earth

• Gen 12 Now the earth was formless and empty,
  darkness was over the surface of the deep, and
  the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
  (NIV)
• Gen 63 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not
  contend with man forever, for he is mortal his
  days will be a hundred and twenty years." (NIV)
• The Spirit is still sent throughout the earth
  does he still contend with mortal man?

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The Holy Spirit the horns and eyes of the Lord,
Going throughout the Earth

• The Spirit is still sent throughout the earth
  does he still contend with mortal man?
• John 167-11 But I tell you the truth It is for
  your good that I am going away. Unless I go away,
  the Counselor will not come to you but if I go,
  I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will
  convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and
  righteousness and judgment 9 in regard to sin,
  because men do not believe in me 10 in regard to
  righteousness, because I am going to the Father,
  where you can see me no longer 11 and in regard
  to judgment, because the prince of this world now
  stands condemned. (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit the horns and eyes of the Lord,
Going throughout the Earth

• The Spirit works to convict the world. One core
  responsibility the church has is to hold up the
  light of the Spirit (the seven lamps) in this
  world. The Spirit works with and through the
  church.
• Rev 120 The mystery of the seven stars that you
  saw in my right hand and of the seven golden
  lampstands is this The seven stars are the
  angels of the seven churches, and the seven
  lampstands are the seven churches. (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit the horns and eyes of the Lord,
Going throughout the Earth

• The Spirit works to convict the world. One core
  responsibility the church has is to hold up the
  light of the Spirit (the seven lamps) in this
  world. The Spirit works with and through the
  church
• Rev 2217 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!"
  And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is
  thirsty, let him come and whoever wishes, let
  him take the free gift of the water of life. (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit the horns and eyes of the Lord,
Going throughout the Earth

• The Spirit works to convict the world. One core
  responsibility the church has is to hold up the
  light of the Spirit (the seven lamps) in this
  world. The Spirit works with and through the
  church wielding the word of God.
• Eph 617 Take the helmet of salvation and the
  sword of the Spirit , which is the word of God.
  (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit the horns and eyes of the Lord,
Going throughout the Earth

• The Spirit is the lamp(s), on the lampstand(s) of
  the church(es), with the job of convicting the
  world of sin, righteousness and judgment.
  Believers equipped with the armor of God,
  wielding the sword of the Spirit, participate in
  this work.

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Jesus Promise to His Followers

• John 737-39 On the last and greatest day of the
  Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If
  anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
  38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has
  said, streams of living water will flow from
  within him." 39 By this he meant the Spirit,
  whom those who believed in him were later to
  receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been
  given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
  (NIV)

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Jesus Promise to His Followers

• John 1415-18 "If you love me, you will obey what
  I command. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he
  will give you another Counselor to be with you
  forever- 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot
  accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows
  him. But you know him, for he lives with you and
  will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as
  orphans I will come to you.
• John 1421 Whoever has my commands and obeys
  them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me
  will be loved by my Father, and I too will love
  him and show myself to him." (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• The Holy Spirit dwells within the Christian,
  making the human (body) a sacred temple.
• 1 Cor 316 Don't you know that you yourselves are
  God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
  (NIV)
• 1 Cor 619-20 Do you not know that your body is a
  temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom
  you have received from God? You are not your own
  20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor
  God with your body. (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• The Holy Spirit enters the Christian in baptism,
  empowering the New Birth.
• Acts 238 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized,
  every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for
  the forgiveness of your sins. And you will
  receive the gift of the Holy Spirit .
• John 35-6 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth,
  no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is
  born of water and the Spirit . 6 Flesh gives
  birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to
  spirit.(NIV)

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• The Holy Spirit enters the Christian in baptism,
  empowering the New Birth.
• Titus 33-7 At one time we too were foolish,
  disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds
  of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and
  envy, being hated and hating one another. 4 But
  when the kindness and love of God our Savior
  appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous
  things we had done, but because of his mercy. He
  saved us through the washing of rebirth and
  renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out
  on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,
  7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we
  might become heirs having the hope of eternal
  life. (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• The Holy Spirit immerses the Christian into the
  one body of Christ, and sustains them there.
• 1 Cor 1213 For we were all baptized by one
  Spirit into one body-whether Jews or Greeks,
  slave or free-and we were all given the one
  Spirit to drink. (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• The Holy Spirits presence is a blessing for the
  persistent believer in trying circumstances.
• 1 Peter 414 If you are insulted because of the
  name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit
  of glory and of God rests on you. (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• A Christian is a Christian because the Holy
  Spirit has brought conviction. The good
  confession is made and remade by the work and
  presence of the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Cor 123 Therefore I tell you that no one who
  is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be
  cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord,"
  except by the Holy Spirit . (NIV)
• 1 John 42 This is how you can recognize the
  Spirit of God Every spirit that acknowledges
  that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from
  God, (NIV)

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• John 1526-27 "When the Counselor comes, whom I
  will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of
  truth who goes out from the Father, he will
  testify about me. 27 And you also must testify,
  for you have been with me from the beginning.
  (NIV)

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• 1 John 56-11 This is the one who came by water
  and blood-Jesus Christ. He did not come by water
  only, but by water and blood. And it is the
  Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the
  truth. 7 For there are three that testify 8 the
  Spirit , the water and the blood and the three
  are in agreement. 9 We accept man's testimony,
  but God's testimony is greater because it is the
  testimony of God, which he has given about his
  Son. 10 Anyone who believes in the Son of God has
  this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not
  believe God has made him out to be a liar,
  because he has not believed the testimony God has
  given about his Son. (NIV)

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit is described as testifying to us,
  especially through the written word
• Heb 37 So, as the Holy Spirit says
• "Today, if you hear his voice,
• Heb 98 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that
  the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been
  disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was
  still standing.
• Heb 1015 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us
  about this. First he says

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• What the Spirit says is to be understood with the
  Spirits help, 1 Corinthians 21-16.
• 1 Cor 24-5 My message and my preaching were not
  with wise and persuasive words, but with a
  demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5 so that
  your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on
  God's power. (NIV)
• Faith should still rest on the Spirits power,
  that is Gods power, not mens wisdom.

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• What the Spirit says is to be understood with the
  Spirits help, 1 Corinthians 21-16.
• 1 Cor 28-10 None of the rulers of this age
  understood it, for if they had, they would not
  have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 However, as
  it is written
• "No eye has seen,
• no ear has heard,
• no mind has conceived
• what God has prepared for those who love him"-
• but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.
  (NIV)
• Gods Spirit reveals Gods wisdom.

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• What the Spirit says is to be understood with the
  Spirits help, 1 Corinthians 21-16.
• 1 Cor 210-12 but God has revealed it to us by
  his Spirit.
• The Spirit searches all things, even the deep
  things of God. 11 For who among men knows the
  thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within
  him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of
  God except the Spirit of God. 12 We have not
  received the spirit of the world but the Spirit
  who is from God, that we may understand what God
  has freely given us. (NIV)
• Gods Spirit makes it possible to understand
  Gods gift.

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• What the Spirit says is to be understood with the
  Spirits help, 1 Corinthians 21-16.
• 1 Cor 213-14 This is what we speak, not in words
  taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by
  the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in
  spiritual words. 14 The man without the Spirit
  does not accept the things that come from the
  Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him,
  and he cannot understand them, because they are
  spiritually discerned. (NIV)
• We need the Spirits help to understand Gods
  truth.

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• What the Spirit says is to be understood with the
  Spirits help, 1 Corinthians 21-16, and is not
  understood by the natural man.
• Jude 19 These are the men who divide you, who
  follow mere natural instincts and do not have the
  Spirit . (NIV)
• Error, false teaching, come from following the
  flesh, rather than the Spirit.

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The Testimony of The Holy Spirit

• The Spirit who testifies (in Christians) is
  greater than the spirit(s) in the world.
• 1 John 42 This is how you can recognize the
  Spirit of God Every spirit that acknowledges
  that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from
  God
• 1 John 44-6 You, dear children, are from God and
  have overcome them, because the one who is in you
  is greater than the one who is in the world. 5
  They are from the world and therefore speak from
  the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens
  to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God
  listens to us but whoever is not from God does
  not listen to us. This is how we recognize the
  Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
  (NIV)

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The Power of The Holy Spirit

• 2 Tim 17 For God has not given us a spirit of
  timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
• 2 Tim 114 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who
  dwells in us, the treasure which has been
  entrusted to you. (NASU)
• Powerdunamis
• Dynamite dynamic dynamo etc.

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The Power of The Holy Spirit

• Rom 1513 May the God of hope fill you with all
  joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you
  may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy
  Spirit. (NIV)
• Powerdunamis
• Dynamite dynamic dynamo etc.
• Our hope should be robust, coming from the
  Spirits power.

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The Power of The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit can give inner strength.
• Eph 316-17 I pray that out of his glorious
  riches he may strengthen you with power through
  his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ
  may dwell in your hearts through faith. (NIV)
• Powerdunamis
• Dynamite dynamic dynamo etc.

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Gods Seal, Our Guarantee

• 2 Cor 121-22 Now it is God who makes both us and
  you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set
  his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit
  in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is
  to come. (NIV)
• 2 Cor 55 Now it is God who has made us for this
  very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a
  deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. (NIV)
• A seal of ownership speaks to others, identifying
  the right of possession. A deposit speaks to the
  recipient, affirming a contract.

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Gods Seal, Our Guarantee

• Gal 46-7 Because you are sons, God sent the
  Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who
  calls out, "Abba, Father." 7 So you are no longer
  a slave, but a son and since you are a son, God
  has made you also an heir. (NIV)
• Eph 113-14 And you also were included in Christ
  when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of
  your salvation. Having believed, you were marked
  in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit , 14
  who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance
  until the redemption of those who are God's
  possession-to the praise of his glory. (NIV)
• The Spirit within sets the Christian apart in
  this world, creates a relationship with God, and
  gives confidence to the believer.

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The Ministry (diakonia Strongs 1248) of the
Holy Spirit

• 2 Cor 37-9 Now if the ministry that brought
  death, which was engraved in letters on stone,
  came with glory, so that the Israelites could not
  look steadily at the face of Moses because of its
  glory, fading though it was, 8 will not the
  ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9
  If the ministry that condemns men is glorious,
  how much more glorious is the ministry that
  brings righteousness! (NIV)
• The ministry (service) of the Holy Spirit brings
  righteousness and glory. We cannot be righteous
  without the work of the Holy Spirit.

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• The Holy Spirit sanctifies believers
• 2 Thess 213 But we ought always to thank God for
  you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the
  beginning God chose you to be saved through the
  sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief
  in the truth. (NIV)

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• The Holy Spirit sanctifies believers
• 1 Peter 11-2 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
• To God's elect, strangers in the world, scattered
  throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and
  Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen according to the
  foreknowledge of God the Father, through the
  sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to
  Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood
• Grace and peace be yours in abundance. (NIV)
• Obedience and cleansing come in conjunction with
  the sanctifying work of the Spirit.

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The Holy Spirit in Christians

• The Holy Spirit frees and transforms believers
• 2 Cor 317-18 Now the Lord is the Spirit , and
  where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
  freedom. 18 And we, who with unveiled faces all
  reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed
  into his likeness with ever-increasing glory,
  which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit .
  (NIV)
• Being transformed into the likeness of the Lord
  is a progressive work of the Spirit in the
  believer.

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The Spirit of wisdom and revelation

• Eph 117-19
• I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus
  Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the
  Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may
  know him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of
  your heart may be enlightened in order that you
  may know the hope to which he has called you, the
  riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
  19 and his incomparably great power for us who
  believe. (NIV)

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The Work of The Holy Spirit

• The continuing work of the Holy Spirit includes
• Renewal making a new person of the penitent
  believer at baptism.
• Convicting the world of sin, righteousness and
  judgement.
• Dwelling in the converted believer to make of
  them a holy temple of God, sanctified and
  righteous.
• Giving confidence before God, knowing to whom we
  belong, whose child we are.
• Revealing and clarifying Gods wisdom.
• The power to keep what God has given us.
• The capacity to know God (better), and know what
  he plans for us.

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Life by the Spirit is a particular kind of life

• The Holy Spirit sets a pace for Christians to
  match
• Gal 525 Since we live by the Spirit , let us
  keep in step with the Spirit . (NIV)
• He has standards and expectations and feelings
• 1 Thess 48 Therefore, he who rejects this
  instruction does not reject man but God, who
  gives you his Holy Spirit. (NIV)

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Life by the Spirit is a particular kind of life

• The Holy Spirit sets a pace for Christians to
  match
• Gal 525 Since we live by the Spirit , let us
  keep in step with the Spirit . (NIV)
• He has standards and expectations and feelings
• Eph 430 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
  God, with whom you were sealed for the day of
  redemption. (NIV)

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Life by the Spirit is a particular kind of life

• The Holy Spirit competes against our flesh for
  our loyalty.
• Gal 517-18 For the flesh sets its desire against
  the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh for
  these are in opposition to one another, so that
  you may not do the things that you please. 18 But
  if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under
  the Law. (NASU)
• Gal 68 For the one who sows to his own flesh
  will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one
  who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap
  eternal life. (NASU)

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Life by the Spirit is a particular kind of life

• So the Spirit has desires (of us) can be
  rejected or grieved or pleased, and can be
  invested in (sown to).

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Life by the Spirit is a particular kind of life

• The presence and work of the Spirit does affect
  our feelings and our attitudes (if we let it).
• Phil 21-4 If you have any encouragement from
  being united with Christ, if any comfort from his
  love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any
  tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy
  complete by being like-minded, having the same
  love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3 Do
  nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit,
  but in humility consider others better than
  yourselves. 4 Each of you should look not only to
  your own interests, but also to the interests of
  others. (NIV)

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Life by the Spirit is a particular kind of life

• The work of the Spirit does affect our feelings
  and our attitudes (if we let it).
• Rom 1417-18 For the kingdom of God is not a
  matter of eating and drinking, but of
  righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
  because anyone who serves Christ in this way is
  pleasing to God and approved by men. (NIV)

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Walking in the Spirit is Walking in Obedience

• The work of the Spirit does affect our feelings
  and our attitudes (if we let it).
• 1 John 324 Those who obey his commands live in
  him, and he in them. And this is how we know that
  he lives in us We know it by the Spirit he gave
  us. (NIV)

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Seeking the Spirits Presence and Aid

• Rev 110 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit,
  and I heard behind me a loud voice like a
  trumpet (NIV)
• Jude 20 But you, dear friends, build yourselves
  up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy
  Spirit. (NIV)
• Eph 618 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions
  with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this
  in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for
  all the saints. (NIV)

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Seeking the Spirits Presence and Aid

• Eph 518 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to
  debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
  (NIV)
• Eph 43 Make every effort to keep the unity of
  the Spirit through the bond of peace. (NIV)
• Recall 1 Cor 1213

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Seeking the Spirits Presence and Aid

• Even the miraculous gifts called for investment,
  decision, cultivation.
• 1 Cor 1231 But eagerly desire the greater gifts.
  
• And now I will show you the most excellent way.
• 2 Tim 16 For this reason I remind you to fan
  into flame the gift of God, which is in you
  through the laying on of my hands.
• 1 Tim 414 Do not neglect your gift, which was
  given you through a prophetic message when the
  body of elders laid their hands on you. (NIV)

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Seeing the Spirits Presence and Aid

• Gifts that seem natural are to be attributed to
  the Spirit of God, when used for His purposes.
• Ex 312-5 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri,
  the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I
  have filled him with the Spirit of God, with
  skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of
  crafts 4 to make artistic designs for work in
  gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones,
  to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of
  craftsmanship.
• Ex 316 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son
  of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to help him.
  Also I have given skill to all the craftsmen to
  make everything I have commanded you (NIV)

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Seeing the Spirits Presence and Aid

• Gifts that seem natural are to be attributed to
  the Spirit of God, when used for His purposes.
• Ex 3530-35 Then Moses said to the Israelites,
  "See, the LORD has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the
  son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 31 and he has
  filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill,
  ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts
  32 to make artistic designs for work in gold,
  silver and bronze, 33 to cut and set stones, to
  work in wood and to engage in all kinds of
  artistic craftsmanship. 34 And he has given both
  him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of
  Dan, the ability to teach others. 35 He has
  filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as
  craftsmen, designers, embroiderers in blue,
  purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and
  weavers all of them master craftsmen and
  designers. (NIV)

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Seeing the Spirits Presence and Aid

• Gifts that seem natural are to be attributed to
  the Spirit of God, when used for His purposes.
• 1 Cor 124-6 There are different kinds of gifts,
  but the same Spirit. 5 There are different kinds
  of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are
  different kinds of working, but the same God
  works all of them in all men. (NIV)
• In the humility of Christian service, Christians
  may excel in areas where they do not otherwise
  work, or use natural skills in the Spirits
  service.

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Seeing the Spirits Presence and Aid

• Gifts that seem natural are to be attributed to
  the Spirit of God, when used for His purposes.
• 1 Cor 127-11 Now to each one the manifestation
  of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To
  one there is given through the Spirit the message
  of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by
  means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by
  the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by
  that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers,
  to another prophecy, to another distinguishing
  between spirits, to another speaking in different
  kinds of tongues, and to still another the
  interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the
  work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives
  them to each one, just as he determines. (NIV)

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Seeing the Spirits Presence and Aid

• Gifts that seem natural are to be attributed to
  the Spirit of God, when used for His purposes.
• Rom 124-8 Just as each of us has one body with
  many members, and these members do not all have
  the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are many
  form one body, and each member belongs to all the
  others. 6 We have different gifts, according to
  the grace given us. If a man's gift is
  prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his
  faith. 7 If it is serving, let him serve if it
  is teaching, let him teach 8 if it is
  encouraging, let him encourage if it is
  contributing to the needs of others, let him give
  generously if it is leadership, let him govern
  diligently if it is showing mercy, let him do it
  cheerfully. (NIV)

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• Gifts that seem natural are to be attributed to
  the Spirit of God, when used for His purposes.
• 1 Peter 410-11 Each one should use whatever gift
  he has received to serve others, faithfully
  administering God's grace in its various forms.
  11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one
  speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves,
  he should do it with the strength God provides,
  so that in all things God may be praised through
  Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power
  for ever and ever. Amen. (NIV)

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Heavenly Access, by The Spirit

• Eph 217-18 Jesus came and preached peace to you
  who were far away and peace to those who were
  near. 18 For through him we both have access to
  the Father by one Spirit.

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• Rom 83-8 For what the law could not do in that
  it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending
  His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on
  account of sin He condemned sin in the flesh, 4
  that the righteous requirement of the law might
  be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to
  the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For
  those who live according to the flesh set their
  minds on the things of the flesh, but those who
  live according to the Spirit, the things of the
  Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but
  to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7
  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God
  for it is not subject to the law of God, nor
  indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the
  flesh cannot please God. (NKJV)

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• Rom 89-13 But you are not in the flesh but in
  the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in
  you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of
  Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in
  you, the body is dead because of sin, but the
  Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But
  if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the
  dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the
  dead will also give life to your mortal bodies
  through His Spirit who dwells in you.
• 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors not to
  the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For
  if you live according to the flesh you will die
  but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds
  of the body, you will live. (NKJV)

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• Rom 814-17 For as many as are led by the Spirit
  of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not
  receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but
  you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we
  cry out,"Abba, Father." 16 The Spirit Himself
  bears witness with our spirit that we are
  children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs
  heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if
  indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be
  glorified together. (NKJV)

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• Rom 822-25 For we know that the whole creation
  groans and labors with birth pangs together until
  now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have the
  firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves
  groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the
  adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we
  were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is
  not hope for why does one still hope for what he
  sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see,
  we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. (NKJV)

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• Rom 826-27 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our
  weaknesses. For we do not know what we should
  pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself
  makes intercession for us with groanings which
  cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the
  hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
  because He makes intercession for the saints
  according to the will of God. (NKJV)

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