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033 - The Work of God The Holy Spirit
033 - The Work of God The Holy Spirit
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Ask God to illuminate your mind and your heart in this study. 5. Besides the fruit of the Spirit, what else does the Holy Spirit
033-001 give us power to do, according to Acts 1:8?
This study has four parts. The first deals with the Holy Spirit as a
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The second part of the study describes the fruit of the Spirit. This
fruit is the character of the Lord Jesus Christ which the Holy Spirit PRACTICAL WORK
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us the power to witness to Christ. The fourth part tells us of the gifts • Pray for the new disciples, that they may be filled with the Holy
of the Holy Spirit. Spirit and cultivate the fruit of the Spirit each day.
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• Teach your congregation about the work of the Holy Spirit.
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• Help each Christian select some aspect of the fruit of the Holy
THE SEAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Spirit which they should improve in their lives, with prayer and
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His Holy Spirit when we believe in Christ. The presence of the Holy
• Explain to your congregation about the power of the Holy
Spirit is called a “seal” because it confirms and guarantees that we are Spirit to witness.
children of God and coheirs with the Lord Jesus Christ. 033-251
(John 7:37-39, Romans 8:9-17, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22)
• Explain the different gifts, and help the members to look for and
033-005 discover them, and carry out their respective ministries. One
way of discovering our gifts is to work in different areas of
“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word ministry, and see where God uses us most.
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In marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a
• Explain the purpose of signs; in confirming the message of the
deposit guaranteeing our inheritance.” (Ephesians 1:13-14) Gospel of the Kingdom of God. 033-253
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SUMMARY TEST
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Mark the right answers.
Sealed by
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1. The Holy Spirit lives in: 033-234 033-008
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THE HOLY SPIRIT UNITES US WITH GLORY
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THE BODY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THE BIBLE IS:
inspired by God, and is
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God the Father unites us with Christ through the Holy Spirit: rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness.
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“The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and Sa 3-2
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though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with ifi
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Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body 03
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whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free and we were all given the Path of
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one Spirit to drink.” Faith -222 033-224
(1 Corinthians 12:12-13) Love
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“This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs “The righteous will live by faith.” (Romans 1:17)
together with Israel, members together of one body, sharing 033-225 033-226
together in the promise of Christ Jesus.”
(Ephesians 3:6) “...faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is
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Through this faith we can do great things for God. (Mark 11:23-24)
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As you finish this study, glorify God for the marvelous gift of our Lord
We can tell whether the signs are from God if those who do them live
holy lives and do good works (Matthew 7:15-20), and if they faith-
• GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT now makes this redemption real in
us. (Romans 8:14-16, Romans 27-30)
fully preach the message of the Bible. (Deuteronomy 13:1-4)
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W_033_03^_CHW03_10 THE CHRISTIAN
IS SECURE IN
GOD’S HANDS.
THE BIBLE IS GOD’S COMPLETE (John 10:27-30)
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REVELATION, INSPIRED BY H IS SPIRIT
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The Word of God is completely sufficient for us to understand what
God is like, and how to serve Him. We should test every doctrine
and practice, by the Bible. (Isaiah 8:20)
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God confirmed the words of the believers with these signs when they
preached the Gospel.
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I baptize you in
the name of the TRUE SIGNS ARE CONFIRMED BY
Father and of the
Son and of the THE BIBLE AND A HOLY LIFE
Holy Spirit.
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W_033_05^_INW01_00 Sadly, the devil imitates what God does; he does wonders to deceive
people. (Exodus 7:10-12, Matthew 24:24)
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He who gives Apostle The Holy Spirit gives us power and gifts to witness to others, and
Romans 12:8 Ephesians 4:11
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BUT
The promise of the Holy Spirit is for ALL believers in Christ. 033-090
“...if you harbor bitter
(Acts 2:38-39, Ephesians 1:13) envy and selfish
ambition in your
033-175 hearts... such “wisdom”...
is earthly, unspiritual,
of the devil.”
His power is to WITNESS for Christ. Our testimony is only effective (James 3:14-15)
when the Holy Spirit convicts the unbeliever.
(Luke 24:46-49, John 16:8, Acts 1:5-8)
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L OVE PART 3
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“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the LORD is 033-162
one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart
The Power of the Holy Spirit
and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
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(Deuteronomy 6:4-5, Matthew 22:37-38)
Before ascending to heaven, Christ promised His disciples to send
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“another Counselor,” and said: “...I will come to you.”
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(John 14:16-18)
A man cannot love his wife with all his heart if he has another woman.
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In the same way, we cannot love the One God if we put other things
or people first.
“In a few days you will baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
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(Acts 1:5)
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God is worthy of our worship, reverence and love. Although He
is absolutely holy, we can come into His presence through our
This power from on high is to fulfil His Great Commission to witness
mediator and savior Jesus Christ, when we have sincerely repented
to Him and make disciples.
of our sins.
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“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
In worship, we express our love for God with joy (Psalm 150),
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
thanksgiving (Psalm 147:7), reverence (Isaiah 6:1-7) and order
and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. After he said this,
(1 Corinthians 14:32-33, 40).
he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him
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from their sight.”
(Acts 1:8-9)
Our love for Christ is seen in our obedience to His commands.
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(John 14:15)
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“You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the The second most important commandment is “Love your neighbor
Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39)
have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.” 033-100
(Romans 8:9)
033-147 033-148 Our love must be practiced, not just with words, but with deeds.
(1 John 3:18) 1 Corinthians 13 describes the love that the Lord
We may express our agreement and joy in a worship service saying wants to produce in our hearts.
“Amen,” “Glory to God” or “Alleluia” (which means “Praise the 033-101
Lord!”) But let us not repeat such phrases like a parrot, without
thinking about what the words mean. (Matthew 6:7) JOY
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Joy born of the Spirit of God is permanent; we have
Which aspects of the fruit of the Spirit should you cultivate, with it even in times of trouble. (1 Thessalonians 1:6,
prayer and discipline, more in your own life? James 1:2)
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Do you lack... “Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though
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Love? Joy? inexpressible and glorious joy.”
Peace? Patience? (1 Peter 1:8)
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Kindness? Goodness?
Faithfulness? Gentleness?
“Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: Rejoice!”
Self-control? (Philippians 4:4)
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“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for “This is the assurance we have in approaching God: that if we
and certain of what we do not see.” ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”
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“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. GENTLENESS
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(2 Corinthians 4:18) Gentleness, in union with Christ, is a spirit of humility
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(Matthew 5:3-5, Matthew 18:3-4, Philippians 2:1-11,
Sincere faith seeks the presence of God: “As the deer pants for Ephesians 4:1-3)
streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul 033-136
thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet W_033_23a_ZZW01_01
with God?” A proud man feels that he has to dominate others. He has an
(Psalm 42:1-2) aggressive spirit; he likes to compete rather than cooperate.
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