THE HOLY SPIRIT’S MINISTRY OUTLINE
The Holy Spirit is Come
John 16:7, 8 . . . It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
He Reveals, Searches, Teaches, Give Knowledge
1 Cor 2:10 – 13 But God hath revealedthem unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Holy Spirit Can be vexed, Grieved, Quenched, Blaspemed, Rebelled Against, Resisted, Blasphemed
Isa 63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit . . .
Mark3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Act 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost:
Eph 4:30 Andgrieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
1Th 5:19 Quenchnot the Spirit.
Imparts Special Wisdom, Knowledge, and Gifts
1Co 12:7 - 14 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
The Holy Spirit Sends and Demands Obedience
Act 8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
Act 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Act 16:7 . . . they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
Act 10:19 – 21 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
2Co 13:14 . . . the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen
The Holy Spirit Witnesses to our Spirit and Prays for us
Rom 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.
Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Rom 8:26, 27 Likewisethe Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints . . .
The Holy Spirit Leads and Guides ALL Christians
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. – John 16:13
Gal 5:16 - 18 This I say then, WALK IN THE SPIRIT and ye shall not fulfil the LUST OF THE FLESH. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other:so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But IF YE BE LED BY THE SPIRIT, ye are not under the law.
If we LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, let us also WALK IN THE SPIRIT. – Gal 5:25
Whosoever is born of God DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN; for his seed remaineth in him: and he CANNOT SIN, because he is born of God. – 1 John 3:9
The Holy Spirit leads all real born again Christians, who are new creatures IN CHRIST, but all real Christians do not follow the Holy Spirit’s leadership as far as the flesh is concerned. The new creature DOTH NOT SIN and CANNOT SIN.Still, “Lose your Salvationists” and Faustites discount the dual nature of man after he becomes a new creature. In saying that carnal Christians are not led by the Holy Spirit, they are saying that carnal Christians are back under the law and are not the SONS OF GOD. If we live IN THE SPIRIT, and all new creatures do, then our flesh should also walk in the Spirit (but does not always do that) and not fulfil the lusts of the flesh (which is contrary to the Spirit) even as the new creature does not.
-- by Herb Evans