Swete: The Holy Spirit in the New Testament Henry Barclay Sweet PREFACE..... 12 FOREWORD..... 15 1. Holy Spirit in the Old Testament... 15 2. Non-Canonical Jewish Literature... 17 3. New Testament Revelation of the Holy Spirit... 19 End Notes... 20 PART I: PART 1: THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT... 22 Chapter 1: The Birth and Ministry of the Baptist... 23 1. Beginnings of John the Baptist... 24 2. The Child Fulfilled the Promise... 26 3. The Call Came to John... 28 4. The Early Life and Ministry... 30 End Notes... 31 Chapter 2: The Conception and Early Life of Jesus... 34 1.Contrast of John and Jesus... 35 2. Miraculous Conception... 38 3. Virgin Conception, Not Virgin Birth... 41 4. 4. The Infancy of Jesus... 42 5. His Boyhood... 43 End Notes... 44 Chapter 3: The Baptism of Jesus... 47 1. Jesus Seeks Baptism from John... 50 2. Baptism Itself... 51 3. Descent of the Spirit... 52 End Notes... 55
Chapter 4: The Baptized Life and Ministry of Christ... 57 1. Lord Enters His Ministry... 58 2. The Holy Spirit Strengthens the Lord... 60 3. The Lord Ministers in the Power of the Holy Spirit... 61 4. The Passion... 65 5. The Resurrection... 66 End Notes... 66 Chapter 5: The Pentecostal Outpouring of the Spirit... 68 1. Book of Acts... 69 2. Contemplation of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit... 70 3. Baptism on the Holy Spirit... 71 4. Gift of Languages... 75 5. The New Age... 78 End Notes... 79 Chapter 6: The Life of the Early Palestinian Church... 82 1. The Apostles Rose in the Spirit s Power... 84 2. Manifestation of Evil... 86 3. Jealousy in the Church... 87 4. Philip... 89 5. Conversion of St. Paul... 92 6. The Church Grows... 93 7. Cornelius... 94 8. Prophecy... 95 9. Acts 15... 95 End Notes... 96 Chapter 7: The Founding of the Gentile Churches... 99 1. Dispersion of the Jerusalem Church... 100 2. Preaching of Barnabas and Saul... 101 3.
Spirit Directs St. Paul... 102 4. Ephesus... 103 Acts 19... 104 Local Ministries... 104 End Notes... 105 PART II: THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE TEACHING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT..107 Chapter 1: The Chapter 1: Synoptic Teaching of Our Lord... 108 1. Spirit of the Lord is upon Me... Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit... 111 3. Casting out Demons... 113 Lord s Prayer... 114 Spirit of Prophecy... 115 6. Great Commission... 116 7. The Promise of the Father... 118 End Notes... 120 Chapter 2: The Johannine Teaching of Our Lord (i)... 122 1. Nicodemus... 123 2. Conclusion of John 3... 126 Samaritan Woman... 127 John 6... 129 5. John 7 (Feast of Tabernacles)... 131 6. John 10 (Good Shepherd)... 133 End Notes... 134 Chapter 3: The Johannine Teaching of Our Lord (ii)... 136 1. John 14 (Doctrine of the Paraclete)... 137 2. The Other Paraclete... 139 Paraclete Sent from the Father and Son... 141 Paraclete Convicts the World... 142 5. Paraclete Declares Christ to His Disciples... 145 6.
Disciples Receive the Holy Spirit... 147 End Notes... 149 Chapter 4: The Teaching of the Pauline Epistles (i)... 154 1. 1-2 Thessalonians... 157 2. 1 Corinthians... 160 3. 2 Corinthians... 170 End Notes... 174 Chapter 5: The Teaching of the Pauline Epistles (ii)... 178 Galatians... 181 2. Romans... 187 End Notes... 194 Chapter 6: The Teaching of the Pauline Epistles (iii)... 197 1. Prison Epistles... 199 2. Pastoral Epistles... 210 3. Hebrews... 213 End Notes... 216 Chapter 7: The Teaching of Other New Testament Writings... 221 1. James... 223 First Peter... 225 3. Second Peter... 228 4. Jude... 229 5. First John... 230 6. Revelation...233 End Notes... 238 PART III: SUMMARY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 242 Chapter 1: The Spirit of God... 243 1. Spirit in the New Testament... 243 2.
Names of the Holy Spirit... 244 3. Designations of the Holy Spirit after the Incarnation... 245 4. Epistles: Holy Spirit in Relation to the Church... 246 5. Holy Spirit is God... 247 6. Holy Spirit is a Person... 248 7. Holy Spirit is the Very Life of God... 249 End Notes... 250 Chapter 2: The Spirit of Jesus Christ... 252 1. Virgin Conception... 252 2. Source of the Christlife... 253 3. Jesus Baptizes with the Holy Spirit... 253 4. Christ Sent the Holy Spirit... 255 5. Spirit of the Son of God... 256 6. Spirit Associated with the Glorified Christ... 257 7. Proceeds from Father and Son?... 258 End Notes... 259 Chapter 3: The Spirit in the Church... 261 1. Church Corporate Endowed with the Holy Spirit... 261 2. Holy Spirit in Relation to the Church... 262 3. Holy Spirit is the Bond of Unity... 264 4. Holy Spirit Enables Church to Fulfill Her Divine Work... 265 5. Holy Spirit Continually Teaches the Church... 266 6. Holy Spirit Perfects the Body of Christ... 267 End Notes... 268 Chapter 4: The Spirit and the Ministry... 270 1. Church is a Kingdom of Priests... 270 2. Church Has Special Called Ministers... 270 3. Church Has Various Gifts... 272 4.
Church s Ministry by the Holy Spirit... 274 5. Church Has Few and Simple Rites... 274 End Notes... 276 Chapter 5: The Spirit and the Written Word... 279 1. Spirit and Inspiration... 279.2 Christ Regarded Old Testament to be Inspired... 280 3. Apostles Regarded Old Testament to be Inspired... 282 4. New Testament Writers & Nature of Inspiration... 284 5. New Testament Writings Inspired... 285 End Notes... 286 Chapter 6: The Spirit and the Personal Life... 288 1. In Paul s Epistles... 288 2. In St. John... 294 End Notes... 296 Chapter 7: The Spirit and the Life to Come... 298 1. Future Spiritual Life... 298 2. Spirit is the Firstfruits... 299 3. The Spirit Will Change Our Bodies... 299 4. Resurrection is the Start of New Activity, Not the End... 300 5. Our Glorious Future in the Book of Revelation... 301 End Notes... 304 APPENDIX OF ADDITIONAL NOTES... 305 Note A: The Dove as a Symbol of the Holy Spirit... 306 Note B: The Baptism of Christ in the Early Heretical Systems... 308 End Notes... 310 Note C: The [demons] of the Gospels... 311 Note D: The Other Paraclete... 314 Note E: The Relation of the Ascension to the Pentecostal Effusion of the Spirit...316
Note F: The Relation of the Pentecostal Effusion to Earlier Comings of the Spirit...318 Note G: The Gift of Prophecy... 320 Note H: The Gift of Tongues... 323 Note I: The Laying on of Hands... 327 Note J: Unction..... 329 End Notes... 330 Note K: Rapture and Ectasy... 331 Note L: The Inspiration of Sacred Books... 333 End Notes... 334 Note M: Regeneration... 335 Note N: Sanctification... 337 Note O: Flesh and Spirit... 339 Note P: Spirit AND The Spirit... 342 End Notes... 344 Note Q: The Holy Spirit in Jewish Apocalyptic Writings... 345 Note R: The Holy Spirit in Some Early Christian Uncanonical Gospels, Acts, and Apocalypses. 347 Note S: Readings of Codex Bezea which Bear upon the Subject of This Book...352