God - The Holy Spirit

 

    Below are some scriptures that best describe the Holy Spirit and what the Spirit does:

(The Holy Spirit is what made possible the virgin conception and birth of Jesus, Christ our Lord)

Matthew 1:18

18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

 

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(In Luke 3:21-22 the Holy Ghost descends upon Jesus after his baptism in the shape of a dove)

21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

 22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

 

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(Here we see a description of the first time the Holy Spirit descended onto the church, with physical manifestations of wind, tongues of fire, and resulting in people speaking other languages they did not know, along with gifts of prophecy, visions, dreams, and salvation)

Acts 2: v.1-8 and v.16-21:

1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

 2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

 3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

 4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

 5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

 6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

 7And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

 8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

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12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

 13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

 14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

 15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

 16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

 17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

 18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

 19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

 20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

 21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 

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(In Luke 11:9-14 we see that if we ask and look for it, we too can receive the Holy Spirit, plus in verse 14 we see another ability from the Spirit: casting out devils/demons/spirits)

9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

 10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

 11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

 12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

 13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

 14And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.

 

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(1 Corinthians tells us that the Holy Spirit is the spirit of God, teaches us, gives us spiritual discernment comparing spiritual things with spiritual things)

1 Corinthians 2:12-14

12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

 13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

 14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

 

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(1 Corinthians 12 takes a detailed look at the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in people as evidenced by various gifts from the Holy Spirit)

1 Corinthians 12:1-12

 1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

 2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

 3Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

 4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

 5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

 6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

 7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

 8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

 9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

 10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

 11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

 12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

 

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(In Ephesians chapter 4 Paul tells us the Holy Spirit seals us until the day of redemption, and he urges us not to grieve the Holy Spirit, listing some examples of things that would do so)

Ephesians 4:29-32

29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

 30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

 31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

 32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

 

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(In Luke 12:11-12 we learn that the Holy Spirit will give to us what to say in the hour that we'll need it.  There's no need to worry about being brought before a court, before authorities, etc especially when witnessing for Christ Jesus because the Holy Spirit will put it in our heads and mouths what to know and say)

11And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

 12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

 

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(The Holy Spirit is our comforter and our teacher)

John 14:26-27

26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

 27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

 

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(Jesus gave the Holy Ghost to his apostles by breathing on them (a previous scripture showed the Holy Spirit passed by laying on hands...interesting that Jesus merely had to breathe on them...breath being wind, wind and breath being God, Jesus being God as man), additionally they may now forgive or retain sins with the Holy Spirit)

John 20:21-23

21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

 22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

 23Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

 

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(When we receive the Holy Ghost the Spirit dwells within us, therefore God dwells within us after we receive the Holy Spirit)

2 Timothy 1:14

14That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

 

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(The Holy Ghost is truth and is one of three record bearers in heaven.  That means the Holy Ghost witnesses and records everything so there is accounting of what takes place)

1 John 5:6-8

6This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

 7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word (Jesus), and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

 8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.