Category: HOLY SPIRIT

Moses instructs the children of Israel:
Leviticus 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Peter reminds believing Jews what God commanded:
1 Peter 1:15-16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Paul gives instructions on being Holy:
Romans 11:16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
1 Corinthians 7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Ephesians 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
There’s coming a time when it will be to late:
Revelation 22:10-11 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

Being holy also means you set apart in how you think, act, and treat others. To be holy means to be set apart or separate from sin and evil.

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BE YE HOLY
Peter Writes to JewishBelievers, quotes the Old Testament:
1 Peter 1:15-16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Leviticus 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Paul writing to Gentile Believers:
Romans 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Paul reminding Timothy and Titus:
1 Timothy 2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Titus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Paul writing to Jewish Believers:
Hebrews 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

It applies to ALL believers: BE YE HOLY

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     A promise to the believing Jews:

Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
The Lord Jesus makes a promise:
John 16:13 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.
The apostle John Reminds the believing Jews of that promise:
1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
The apostle to the gentiles tells them of God’s indwelling:
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Galatians 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own
2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2 Timothy 1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;,
What having the sprit in us means:
Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Galatians 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.,
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
We receive the Holy Spirit when we are saved:
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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Creation Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Regeneration John 3:5-6 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.

Giving of Scripture 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Resurrection Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Indwells believers 1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

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Seven phases of His work.

1) Convicting: John 16:7-11
2) Regeneration: Titus 3:5
3) Baptizing: Act 1:5, 1 Corinthians 12:13
4) Indwelling: John 7:39,14:16-17, 16:12-15, 1 Corinthians 2:9-13, 6:15-20
5) Sealing: Ephesians 1:13-14,4:30, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22,5:5
6) Filling: Ephesians 5:18
7) Praying: Romans 8:26-27, Ephesians 2:18,6:18

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Scripture references proving Holy Spirit is God

1) Divine Names: Acts 5:3-4, 1 Corinthians 3:16

2) Divine Attributes:
➝ Omnipresent – Psalm 139:7-8,
➝ Omnipotent – Luke 1:35,
➝ Omniscience: – 1 Corinthians 2:10-11,
➝ Eternal – Hebrews 9:14

3) Divine Works:
➝ Creation – Genesis 1:2, Psalm 104:30,
➝ Inspired Scripture – 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Samuel 23:2
➝ Convicts of Sin – John 16:7-11
➝ Regenerates – John 3:5-8, Titus 3:5,
➝ Raised Christ – Romans 8:11, 1 Peter 3:18

4) Associations: Matthew 28:19, Isaiah 63:7-11, 1 Corinthians 12:4-6,
2 Corinthians 13:14, Ephesians 2:18, Hebrews 9:14

5) Identification: Isaiah 6:8-10, Acts 28:25-26

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Five reasons to consider the Holy Spirit as a person:

1) Names (and pronouns) used in Scripture: – John 14:16-17,16:7-8

2) Identification: – 2 Corinthians 13:14

3) Characteristics:
➝ His Knowing – 1 Corinthians 2:9-11
➝ His Will – 1 Corinthians 12:11
➝ His Mind – Romans 8:27

4) Activity:
➝ Teaches – John 14:26
➝ Intercedes – Romans 8:26
➝ Calls – Acts 13:2
➝ Directs – Acts 16:6-7

5) Personal:
➝ Quenched – 1 Thessalonians 5:19
➝ Grieved – Ephesians 4:30
➝ Lied to – Acts 5:3
➝ Tempted – Acts 5:9
➝ Resisted – Acts 7:51
➝ Insulted – Hebrews 10:29
➝ Blasphemed – Matthew 12:31-32

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The Fundamentals of understanding the Holy Spirit include:

The Personality of the Holy Spirit (see Personality…)
The Deity of the Holy Spirit (see Deity…)
The Work of the Holy Spirit (see Work…)

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