- Jesus told the disciples that, though He had to leave them, He was sending a Comforter.
- The Holy Spirit tells us of Jesus as our Savior.
- The Holy Spirit helps us bear witness to others.
- We profit by the Holy Spirit coming to us after we gain salvation through Jesus.
The Holy Spirit is has a three-part mission when it comes to His convicting us.
The Holy Spirit convicts us of our unbelief as well as other sins.
- Jesus used an event in the Israelites’ history to explain His mission.
- Jesus became our Savior to save us from our sins.
- Jesus’ only mission was to save an already-condemned world.
- Being in the Spirit is dependent on being in Christ.
- Being in Christ gives us eternal life.
- When Christ is in us, God sees Him when He looks at us.
- Though we could never repay God the debt we owe Him, He accepts our service to Him.
- We are to mortify our sins, which can be difficult to do.
- We must choose to be children of God.
- God saves us from the bondage of sin, which eliminates our fear.
- God adopts us so that we can be changed to have His character.
- Because God doesn’t slap us into bondage but rather freedom, we call Him Daddy.
- The Holy Spirit helps us distinguish the light from the darkness.
- The light changes us to be children of God.
- Because we are children of the light, our walk has to prove that.
- When we walk with God in His light, the Holy Spirit rewards us with goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- What happens in the darkness of sin is shameful — hopefully, causing us to want to turn from it.
- Disciples are to diligently live in line with how God wants us to live.
- We need to live a life that follow’s God’s manner.
- We must put God as our top priority.
- We learn a God’s Will through wisdom and understanding.
- The opposite of being wise is being a drunk living foolishly.
- We must be filled with the Holy Spirit in order to be set apart, but we will struggle with being set apart.
- Walking by the Spirit focuses us on God.
- The flesh and the Spirit battle for control of us.
- We strive to have daily and ultimate victory over our sin.
- The desires of the flesh are polar opposite to the desires of the Spirit.
- As difficult as the battle of our spiritual will against our fleshly will, it is beneficial.
- The Holy Spirit works in our lives to help us grow in grace and knowledge.
- God identifies sins as things that go against His character.
- We can commit murder in many different ways.
- Sinning rather that walking with the Spirit brings dire consequences.
- The fruits of the Spirit are a measure of our growth.
- Being crucified with Christ is the evidence of our walking in the Spirit.
- We must totally submit to God.
- God made all of us alike, but we are given different spiritual gifts.
- Just as Paul said unity came in one Spirit, He also wrote that unity came in one Lord and one God with variety of ways to serve Him.
- One reason why we may have differing levels of abilities when it comes to performing that gift is because we are at different stages of mastering the growth in those gifts.