(5/22/16)
Pastor's Sunday Bible Class lesson
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN BELIEVERS
* Christians Are BORN OF THE SPIRIT
John 3:5
(5) Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (Jn. 3:6).
* Christians LIVE, WALK IN THE SPIRIT
Romans 8:12-13
(12) Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
(13) For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
also... (Ro. 8:5,9-10; Ga. 5:16, 25).
* Christians BEAR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:22-23
(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
* Christians ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT
Romans 8:14
(14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
* Christians ARE PURIFIED BY THE SPIRIT
Acts 15:8-9
(8) And God, which knows the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
(9) And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
also... (1 Th. 4:7-8; 1 Pe. 1:2, 22).
* Christians ARE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
Ephesians 5:18
(18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
also... (Ac.2:13-18; 4:8, 31; 6:3; 11:24).
* Christians ARE ANOINTED BY THE SPIRIT
Luke 4:18
(18) The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
* Christians ARE TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT
John 14:26
(26) But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
also... (Lk. 12:12; Jo. 15:26; 16:13).
* Christians ARE GIFTED BY THE SPIRIT
Hebrews 2:4
(4) God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
also... (1 Co. 12:4).
* Christians ARE EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT
Acts 1:8
(8) But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
also... (Ac. 10:38; Ro. 15:13, 19).
* Christians ARE SEALED BY THE SPIRIT
Ephesians 4:30
(30) And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
also... (2 Co. 1:22; Ep. 1:13)
