Reformation Seminary - The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Word

 

Pastor Gregory Jackson PhD

The Holy Spirit hovered over Creation in Genesis 1.

KJV Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The Spirit takes from the Father and Son to convey divine wisdom to us.

KJV John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Apostates say, "There is no Trinity in the Bible." The studious say, "The Fourth Gospel begins with the Trinity and is filled with Trinitarian and Holy Spirit statements." Apostates say, "But John was written 300 years later," [HA!] denying that Gospel and the obvious closeness to the time of Jesus and His disciples. 

The Book of the Holy Spirit

The Bible is the "Book of the Holy Spirit," as Luther wrote. 

Whatever we are reading in the Bible is from the Spirit.

The Spirit is not "the shy member of the Trinity" but the most ignored.

The Spirit takes from the Father and Son to convey divine wisdom to us.

KJV John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Apostates say, "There is no Trinity in the Bible." The studious say, "The Fourth Gospel begins with the Trinity and is filled with Trinitarian and Holy Spirit statements." Apostates say, "But John was written 300 years later," [HA!] denying that Gospel and the obvious closeness to the time of Jesus and His disciples. 

Note that the Gospel of John is very rich with Holy Spirit references. It is the best way to learn the efficacy of the Word (as in John 3, Nicodemus at Night). Jesus' farewell sermons are also filled with Spirit teaching. John 16 concentrates on the work of the Spirit after the Ascension of Jesus.

• John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
• John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
• John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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