| The Holy Spirit, existing
eternally as the third person of the divine
Trinity, took
up His abode in the world in a special sense on the Day of
Pentecost. |
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| And I will ask the Father,
and he will give you another Counselor to be with you
forever-- 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. John 14:16-17(NIV) |
| 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. When he comes, he
will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and
righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do
not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am
going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in
regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now
stands condemned. |
| "I have much more to
say to you, more than you can now bear. 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. He will bring
glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known
to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why
I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it
known to you. John 16:7-15 |
| 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; you were bought at a price. Therefore
honor God with your body. I Corinthians 6:19-20(NIV) |
| And in him you too are being built together to become a
dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 2:22(NIV) |
| Throughout this present age of
grace, His ministry in regard to the world is that of
restraining evil according to the measure of the divine will and
in convicting the world in respect to sin, righteousness and
judgment. |
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| For the secret power of
lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it
back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
II Thessalonians 2:7(NIV) |
| 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. When he comes, he
will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and
righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do
not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am
going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in
regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now
stands condemned. John 16:7-11(NIV) |
| The Holy Spirit's ministries
to all believers at conversion include that of regeneration,
indwelling, anointing, of being the earnest, the sealing and the
means whereby every believer is baptized into the true church
which is Christ's Body. We believe further that by His
continued filling, the believer, who is yielded, may experience
victory , a deepening sanctification and an increased capacity
to worship and serve. |
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| Flesh gives birth to
flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. John 3:6(NIV) |
| You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by
the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone
does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to
Christ Romans 8:9(NIV) |
| Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than
that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God
and is also interceding for us. Romans 8:34(NIV) |
| But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you
know the truth. I do not write to you because you do not
know the truth, but because you do know it and because no
lie comes from the truth. Who is the liar? It is the man who
denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the
antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son. No one who
denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son
has the Father also. |
| See that what you have heard
from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will
remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he
promised us--even eternal life. |
| I am writing these things to
you about those who are trying to lead you astray. As for
you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and
you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing
teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real,
not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him. I
John 2:20-27(NIV) |
| 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,
who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the
redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise
of his glory. Ephesians 1:13-14(NIV) |
| And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were
sealed for the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30(NIV) |
| Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery.
Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18(NIV) |
| 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. I Corinthians 12:13(NIV) |
| So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the
desires of the sinful nature. Galatians 5:16(NIV) |
| Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to
offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to
God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform
any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test
and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and
perfect will. Romans 12:1-2(NIV) |