The Holy Spirit

I. To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all II. Four places the gifts are listed: Romans 12:3-8, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10; 28-30; and Ephesians 4:11 1. All four passages are not prescriptions for Christians but corrections from misuse/abuse 2. The gifts listed in these passages are not exhaustive…

I. Who is the Holy Spirit? 1. The Holy Spirit is God (a) Preexistent and uncreated—just like the Father and Son, the Holy Spirit existed before everything was created (Genesis 1:2; Job 33:4) (b) One of the Three in Godhead—the Holy Spirit is neither inferior to the Father and the Son nor separated from them…

I. What does the narrator want to communicate from Acts ch. 2? 1. The coming of the Holy Spirit marks the beginning of God’s final restorative work, the faith community, through Jesus, the Lord and King (2:36) 2. This is a trinitarian passage: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit work in unity 3. This is…