The Holy Spirit Flashcards
In the synoptic Gospels (Matt 3:16) Jesus himself sees the dove descend, but here…
The dove here identifies the messiah to John the Baptist. (John 1:33)
In the OT, the HS came upon people to enable them to accomplish God given tasks.
(Isaiah 11:2, 61:1) - The spirit of the Lord is upon me.
The Holy Spirit as the Life Giver
John 3:6 (flesh gives birth to flesh, spirit to spirit)
John 6:33 (bread of God comes down and gives life)
The Holy Spirit as Sovereignly Independent
John 3:8 - Jesus tells Nicodemus that the spirit blows where it wills.
The Holy Spirit as Living Water
John 4:10 - Promises ‘living water’ to the Samaritan woman.
John 7:38-39 - Identifies living water as the Holy Spirit.
Jer 2:13 - Biblical metaphor springing up of God’s grace.
Isaiah 1:16-18 - Promise of clean water to purify sins
The Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Truth
John 15:26 -When the Advocate comes… he will testify about me.
John 16:8-9 - The spirit will testify against the world
John 16:13 - He will guide you in all truth, illumination.
The Holy Spirit as Helper
John 16:7 - Jesus could only be at one place at one time, the HS is at work everywhere and always
In page 157 of Encountering John, Köstenberger suggests that the term “helping presence” more accurately captures the term paraklétos.
The Holy Spirit as Convictor
16:8-11 - He will convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgement.
The Holy Spirit as Glorifier
John 16:14-15 - the Spirit will glorify the son
The Holy Spirit as Teacher
John 14:26 - Teaches what is necessary for salvation and Christian living
The person of the Holy Spirit
John 14:26, 15:26 (Another helper, like me, a personality)
The divinity of the Holy Spirit
1 Cor. 2:10, 12:4-6 - Eternality, Omni x3.
The sentness of the Holy Spirit
John 15:26, from Father and Son.
