Let's Talk: What Does The Bible Say?
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, Fully Divine
The Holy Spirit inspired holy men of old to write the Bible. He enables men to understand truth. He exalts Christ. He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. He calls men to the Savior and brings them to new life (they are "born again") from a previous state of separation from God and from the hopelessness of the decay of death. He baptizes every person who believes in Jesus as Savior and worships Jesus as Lord into the Body of Christ. He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts used by Christians to serve God through His Church. He seals the believer—His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ and will keep the believer eternally.
Here are some important truths about God the Holy Spirit from the Bible:
Genesis 1:2; Judges 14:6; Job 26:13; Psalms 51:11; 139:7ff.; Isaiah 61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32; Matthew 1:18; 3:16; 4:1; 12:28-32; 28:19; Mark 1:10,12; Luke 1:35; 4:1,18-19; 11:13; 12:12; 24:49; John 4:24; 14:16-17,26; 15:26; 16:7-14; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4,38; 4:31; 5:3; 6:3; 7:55; 8:17,39; 10:44; 13:2; 15:28; 16:6; 19:1-6; Romans 8:9-11,14-16,26-27; 1 Corinthians 2:10-14; 3:16; 12:3-11,13; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30; 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; 1 Timothy 3:16; 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:14; 3:16; Hebrews 9:8,14; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 4:13; 5:6-7; Revelation 1:10; 22:17.
