The Holy Spirit. Living in us, enabling God's power to work within us; the power to know Jesus, and to make Him known

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1 The Holy Spirit

2 The Holy Spirit Living in us, enabling God's power to work within us; the power to know Jesus, and to make Him known

3 Picture of the christian life, powered through the Holy Spirit or? electric bike with powered pedal support trapondersteuning

4 (the Source) (electric bike conversion kit) (Power!) (renewed Mind) (Self control) (steps of obedience) (new Heart)

5 The Holy Spirit Living in us, enabling God's power to work within us; the power to know Jesus, and to make Him known How to receive the Spirit -Believe Jesus, acknowledge who He really is -Love Jesus, obey Him, love one another -Repent and be baptized

6 The Holy Spirit Living in us, enabling God's power to work within us; the power to know Jesus, and to make Him known How to keep on being filled with the Spirit Keep your battery charged: -Be soaked with the Word -Fellowship with God and with one another, in unity and humility Keep on moving in obedience: -Kill the sin in your life -Stop doing things that take priority over Jesus -Do the things that God asks of you

7 The Holy Spirit Living in us, enabling God's power to work within us; the power to know Jesus, and to make Him known But... How does de Holy Spirit make these things known to us?

8 The Holy Spirit How does de Holy Spirit it make these things known to us? Don't worry...

9 The Holy Spirit i How does de Holy Spirit make these things known to us? Don't worry... If God wants you in a certain direction, and he thinks that is important, and he might even let you face the consequences of a wrong choice... Will He not make sure that you know in one way or another?

10 The Holy Spirit it How does de Holy Spirit make these things known to us? Don't worry... If God wants you in a certain direction, and he thinks that is important, and he might even let you face the consequences of a wrong choice... Will He not make sure that you know in one way or another? So don't worry... As long as you seek Him, and seek to do His will!

11 Psalm 25 1To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. 2O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. 3Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. 5Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. 6Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. 7Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!

12 Psalm 25 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. 9He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. 10All the paths of the LORD are steadfast t love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11For your name s sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great. 12Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him will he instruct t in the way that t he should choose. 13His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land. 14 The friendship (secret council) of fthe LORDis for those who fear him, (The LORD confides in those who fear him ) and he makes known to them his covenant. 15My eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

13 Psalm Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. 17The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bi bring me out of my distresses. 18 Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins. 19Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me. 20Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. 21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you. 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

14 Psalm 25 :How to know God, his ways, his secrets? Attitude Realizing who God is, His place Realizing your condition, your place Know you totally depend on His mercy Seek God, Trust God, expect from God Be totally devoted and surrendered Keep His commandments Wait for God

15 Psalm 25 :How to know God, his ways, his secrets? Attitude Realizing who God is, His place Realizing your condition, your place Know you totally depend on His mercy Seek God, Trust God, expect from God Be totally devoted and surrendered Keep His commandments Wait for God Joh 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

16 The Holy Spirit guidance: or? or?

17 The Holy Spirit guidance? or?

18 The Holy Spirit Living in us, enabling God's power to work within us; the power to know Jesus, and to make Him known But... How does de Holy Spirit make these things known to us?

19 The Holy Spirit Giving spiritual gifts 1Cor 12 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. 7N Now to each one the manifestation ti of the Spirit it is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of languages and to still another the interpretation of languages. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines. 12 Th b d i it th h it i d f t d th h ll it 12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.

20 Examples from the book of Acts The Holy Spirit guidance

21 Acts During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.) Acts 13 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. 3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. 4 The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. Acts Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. Acts Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

22 Acts 16 6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. 8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. 9 During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, Come over to Macedonia and help us. 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. Acts After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. After I have been there, he said, I must visit Rome also. 22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.

23 Acts From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. c 18 When they arrived, he said to them: You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. 19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, although I was severely tested by the plots of the Jews. 20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. 21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus. 22 And now, compelled ( bound ) by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. 23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. 24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me the task of testifying to the gospel of God s grace.

24 Acts Now I know that t none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again. (..) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. (..) 36 When he had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

25 Acts 21 1 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Cos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail. 3 After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria. We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4 Finding the disciples there, we stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5 But when our time was up, we left and continued on our way. All the disciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray. 6 After saying good-by to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

26 Acts 21 7 We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day. 8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. 9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied. 10 After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11 Coming over to us, he took Paul s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, The Holy Spirit says, In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles. 12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 14 When he would not be dissuaded, d d we gave up and said, The Lord s will be done. 15 After this, we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

27 Acts The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. 35 When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, Away with him!

28 The Holy Spirit guidance:

29 Daddy's home! What did you bring? Let's open the suitcase!... Isaiah 29:9 Be stunned and amazed, blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not from wine, stagger, but not from beer. 10 The LORD has brought over you a deep sleep: He has sealed your eyes (the prophets); he has covered your heads (the seers). (...) 13 The Lord says: These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.

30 John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 1John4 13 We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. Rom9:1, Heb 9:14 I am speaking the truth in Christ I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit