The Holy Spirit

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The Holy Spirit

• His gifts of competency, freedom and being
  transformed into the likeness of the Lord
• II Corinthians 217-318

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The one who commends himself vs. The one whom the
Lord commends

• The Holy Spirits gift of competency
• II Corinthians 217-313

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Application

• You are competent!
• I Corinthians 127 Now to EACH ONE (ekasto) the
  manifestation of the Spirit is given for the
  common good.

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Freedom and Transformation

• II Corinthians 314-18

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Freedom to understand the Scriptures

• Even to this day when Moses (the Scriptures) is
  read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever
  anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
  Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit
  of the Lord is, there is freedom.
  II Corinthians 315-17
• 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.
  The spiritual man discerns all things I
  Corinthians 214-15

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National Freedom

• National security If you fully obey the Lord
  your God and carefully follow the commands I give
  you today, the Lord your God will set you high
  above all the nations on earthThe Lord will
  grant that the enemies who rise up against you
  will be defeated before youHowever, if you do
  not obey the Lord your God, The Lord will cause
  you to be defeated before your enemies.
  Deuteronomy 281-25

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Freedom to worship

• The Lord says, let my people go, so that they
  may worship me. Exodus 423 716 81,20 91
  913 103
• Our founders also left a country because of
  religious persecution to begin a nation where
  there would be freedom to worship, NOT freedom
  from worship.

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George Washington

• What students would learn in American schools
  above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.
  --Washington

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Benjamin Franklin

• God governs in the affairs of man. And if a
  sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his
  notice, is it probable that an empire can rise
  without His aid? We have been assured in the
  Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the
  house, they labor in vain that build it. I
  firmly believe this. I also believe that,
  without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in
  this political building no better than the
  builders of Babel Ben Franklin

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Patrick Henry

• It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too
  often that this nation was founded, not by
  religionists, but by Christians not on religion,
  but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very
  reason, peoples of other faiths have been
  afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of
  worship here.Patrick Henry

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Freedom from bondage to sin

• Romans 620-22 When you were slaves to sin, you
  were free from the control of righteousness.
  What benefit did you reap at that time from the
  things you are now ashamed of? Those things
  result in death! But now that you have been set
  free from sin and have become slaves to God, the
  benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the
  result is eternal life.
• Ecclesiastes 88 wickedness will not release
  those who practice it.

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Freedom from fear

• For you did not receive a spirit that makes you
  a slave to fear, but you received the Spirit of
  sonship. And by Him The Spirit we cry, Abba,
  Father. Rom 815
• Jesus shared in their humanity so that by His
  death He might destroy him who holds the power of
  deaththat is, the deviland free those who all
  their lives were held in slavery by their fear of
  death. (Hebrews 214-15)

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Freedom from fear of judgment

• I John 417-18 we will have confidence on the
  day of judgment, because in this world we are
  like Him. There is no fear in love. But perfect
  love drives out fear, because fear has to do with
  punishment. The one who fears is not made
  perfect in love.

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Freedom from working for salvation

• Galatians 35,48-9 51 Does God give you His
  Spiritbecause you observe the law, or because
  you believe?...But now that you know Godor
  rather are known by Godhow is it that you are
  turning back to those weak and miserable
  principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them
  all over again?...It is for freedom that Christ
  has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let
  yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of
  slavery.

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Freedom in our daily living

• Freedom from anger
• Freedom from anxiety and worry
• Freedom in your daily conversation
• Freedom from idols and distractions

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The Gift of being transformed into the Lords
likeness

• II Corinthians 318
• Notice who is transforming us...The Spirit!
• Notice whose likeness we are being transformed
  intoThe Spirit!

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The Gift of being transformed into the Lords
likeness

• The Fruit of the Spirit Love, Joy, Peace,
  Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness,
  Gentleness, Self-Control
• I John 32 But we know that when He appears, we
  shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

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Prayer and Praise to the Holy Spirit

• Prayer to the Holy Spirit is very appropriate,
  especially in areas that are specific to His
  ministry, but probably shouldnt be the overall
  emphasis of our prayer life.
• The Holy Spirit is fully God and powerful to
  answer prayer. Christians in the NT communicated
  with Him.
• Acts 132 In response to prayer, the Holy Spirit
  DIRECTLY answers the Christians at Antioch to
  the work for which HE has called them.
• Acts 1528 The will of the Holy Spirit was known
  by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. This
  also implies direct communication with Him.
• Acts 2023 The Holy Spirit communicates DIRECTLY
  to Paul
• OT Ezekiel 379 Prophesy to the breath and
  say to it, Come from the four winds, O breath,
  and breathe into these slain, that they may
  live. ruah spirit or breath
• NT Praying in the Spirit (Ephesians 618, Jude
  20)
• To say that we cannot pray to the Holy Spirit is
  really saying that we cannot talk to Him or
  relate to Him personally, which hardly seems
  right. He also relates to us in a personal way
  --Grudem

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The Holy Spirit written in our creeds

• Nicene Creed
• We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the
  giver of life,
• Who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
• With the Father and the Son He is worshipped and
  glorified
• He has spoken through the Prophets

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The Holy Spirit written in our hymns

• Doxology Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
  Amen.
• Glorify Thy Name Spirit we love You, we worship
  and adore You, Glorify thy Name in all the
  earth
• Spirit of the Living God
• Come, O Creator Spirit 10th century hymn

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The Holy Spirit written in our hymns

• Transcendent Comfort in our every need,Help us
  neither scorn nor death to heedThat we may not
  falter nor courage fail usWhen the foe shall
  taunt and assail us.Lord, have mercy!
• Shine in our hearts, O Spirit, precious
  lightTeach us Jesus Christ to know arightThat
  we may abide in the Lord who bought us,Till to
  our true home He has brought us.Lord, have
  mercy!
• Martin Luther, 1483-1546

• To God the Holy Spirit Let Us PrayTo God the
  Holy Spirit let us prayMost of all for faith
  upon our wayThat He may defend us when life is
  endingAnd from exile home we are wending.Lord,
  have mercy!
• O sweetest Love, Your grace on us bestowSet our
  hearts with sacred fire aglowThat with hearts
  united we love each other,Every stranger,
  sister, and brother.Lord, have mercy!

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The Holy Spirit written on our hearts
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CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS Crown Him with many
crowns, The Lamb upon His throne Hark! How the
heavnly anthem drowns all music but its
own! Awake my soul and sing, Of Him who died for
thee And hail Him as thy matchless King Through
all eternity. Crown Him the Lord of love!
Behold His hands and side Rich wounds, yet
visible above, In beauty glorified No angel in
the sky, Can fully bear that sight, But downward
bends His wondring eye at mysteries so
bright. Crown Him the Lord of life! Who
triumphed oer the grave Who rose victorious to
the strife for those He came to save His glories
now we sing, Who died and rose on high Who died
eternal life to bring, And lives that death may
die. Crown Him the Lord of Heavn! One with the
Father known, One with the Spirit through Him
givn, From yonder glorious throne! To Thee be
endless praise, For Thou for us hast died Be
Thou, O Lord, through endless days Adored and
magnified.