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Holy Spirit
Carl Nichols

Who is the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit is:

  1. The third person of a triune God (Trinity)

Father, Son, Holy Spirit—three in one.

Genesis 1:26
(God) “Let us make man in our image.”

Matthew 28:19-20
(Jesus) “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

Three Illustrations:

1. Egg

2. The Sun

The Source

The Light 

The Heat

3. Humans

I am a spirit. I have a soul. I live in a body.

2. The presence of God in the world.

John 14:16-17
(Jesus) "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you."

3. Our Helper.

John 14:16a
“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper…”

A Helper who convicts us.

John 16:8
"And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment."

A Helper who teaches us.

John 16:13
“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come."

A Helper who empowers.

Acts 1:8
(Jesus) "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

The Holy Spirit was sent to make us aware that we are lost and in need of Jesus; to lead us to him; then to persuade us that we are in right standing with God through him; to empower us to live for him; and, finally, to fill us with the conviction that Satan is a defeated enemy who no longer has any authority over us.

People helping people live out their purpose in Jesus Christ.

You cannot live out your purpose without the power of the Holy Spirit at work in your life.