The Holy Spirit has an important job to perform. Let’s look at some of the things He does:
- The power of the Holy Spirit should provide us with a hope as we grow in our faith (Rom. 15: 13).
- The Holy Spirit will serve as an advocate for us with the Father (Jn. 14: 16).
- The Spirit will teach us what we don’t know and will remind us what we do know (Jn. 14: 26).
- When we pray in the Spirit (Jude 1: 20-21), He helps us pray when we cannot (Rom. 8: 26).
- The Holy Spirit helps us to speak when we are being persecuted for our faith (Mk. 13: 11) just as He carried the prophets in proclaiming God’s message (II Pet. 1: 21).
- The Holy Spirit is a witness to us about what God has done (Ac. 5: 32) and testifies about Him (Jn. 15: 26).
- The Holy Spirit knows the thoughts of God (I Cor. 2: 11).
- We will have help in following God’s laws and commandments (Ezek. 36: 27).
- We are saved by “… renewal by the Holy Spirit (Ti. 3: 5 NIV).
How Do We Grieve the Holy Spirit?
- Part of the Trinity, it is through the Holy Spirit that God reveals Himself to us.
- We gain access to Sovereign God by the reconciliation He devised through following the promptings of the Holy Spirit (What Are the Fruits of Righteousness?).
- The Holy Spirit is more than just our conscience (Characteristics of Disciples’ Lives).
- We talk to God through prayer, and He talks back through the Holy Spirit (What Is Prayer?)
- We are to be willing to be taught by the promptings of the Holy Spirit, guidance that is given as impulses (How Do We Let the Spirit Lead?; How Do Disciples Mourn?).
- Circumcision of the heart is accomplished by the Holy Spirit using the atoning blood of Jesus (The Nominal Disciple).
- God’s notion is that purity comes from the heart, where Jesus and the Holy Spirit live within us (How Are Disciples Pure in Heart?).
- God teaches us His Will through the Holy Spirit (God Teaches Us Obedience; Goodness as a Virtue).
- God uses the Holy Spirit to impart His wisdom (What is the Spirit of Wisdom?).
- We have to figure out how to walk in the right way – in the Spirit (What Does It Mean to Walk in the Spirit?).
- We sin when we give in to Satan’s promptings instead of the Holy Spirit’s promptings (What Are the Works of the Flesh?)
- The only sin God won’t forgive is when we grieve the Holy Spirit — by not ABCDing (Sins Against God).
- Because we believed, we were sealed with the Holy Spirit (How Do We Let the Spirit Lead?).
- When we are sanctified, there is evidence of the Holy Spirit working within our lives (What Is the Relationship Between Righteousness and Sanctification?).
- Our inheritance is a reward for doing God’s Will: the Holy Spirit (Jn. 3: 5-6), eternal life (Ti. 3: 7), and the kingdom (Jas. 2: 5) (How Are Disciples Humble?).
- The writers of the Scriptures were directed by the Holy Spirit what to write (Who Wrote the Scriptures?).
- We are to assist the Holy Spirit in converting souls (How Does Dedication Help Consistency?).
- The Holy Spirit is involved in our total being and life, not just the areas in which we need comfort (Who Is the Holy Spirit?).
- The Spirit works individually with us — specifically with whatever issues we are dealing with at the time (Who Is the Holy Spirit?).
- There are things that the Holy Spirit needs to teach us that aren’t in the Bible (Who Is the Holy Spirit?).
- The Holy Spirit is going to interpret Scriptures so that we can understand what God is telling us (Who Is the Holy Spirit?).
- One aspect of the peace Jesus was leaving for us was the Helper (Who Is the Holy Spirit?).
- The Holy Spirit is a replacement for Jesus (Who Is the Holy Spirit?).
- Just because the Holy Spirit is listed last doesn’t mean that He is the weakest One of the Trinity (Who Is the Holy Spirit?).
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