Third Person - Part 1 [Notes]

You’re invited to join us for "Third Person," a three-week series exploring who the Holy Spirit is as the third member of the Trinity, what He does, and how He helps us as believers. While many Christians talk often about God the Father and Jesus the Son, the Holy Spirit is sometimes overlooked or misunderstood. In this series, we’ll aim to clear up confusion, trace the Spirit’s work throughout Scripture, and discover how He empowers us to live with peace and power today. If you’ve ever felt unsure about who the Holy Spirit is, how He works, or how we should relate to Him, this series is for you. Though we’ll cover some deep doctrine, there will be plenty of practical and helpful applications along the way.

Problem: Misunderstanding, over-emphasizing, and under-emphasizing the person and work of the Holy Spirit can all be problematic.

Takeaway: A proper, Biblical understanding of who the Holy Spirit is, and what He does, is essential in the life of a Christian.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female.
– Genesis 1:1-2 (HCSB)

The image of the Spirit of God (in Genesis 1:2) hovering over the surface of the waters brings to mind a mother bird caring for and protecting her young. God’s Spirit was actively involved in the creation of the world. God’s care and protection of us are still active in the Holy Spirit today.  
– Life Application Study Bible

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
– Genesis 1:26–27 (HCSB)

This verse (Genesis 1:26) must imply that there is more than one Person in God.
– Wayne Grudem

For everything was created by Him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities, all things have been created through Him and for Him.
– Colossians 1:16 (HCSB)

We believe there is an almighty, perfect God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, eternally coexistent personalities of the same essence.
– Chestnut Ridge Church beliefs

We believe in the personality of the Holy Spirit and His ministry of convicting and regenerating sinful people and indwelling, filling, sealing and empowering believers. 
– Chestnut Ridge Church beliefs

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways. This is the Lord’s declaration. For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.
– Isaiah 55:8-9 (HCSB)

The Holy Spirit was present and active throughout the Old Testament 

• Creation 

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
– Genesis 1:2 (HCSB)

The word Pneumatology comes from two Greek words: pneuma, meaning ‘wind, air, spirit,’ and logos, meaning ‘word’ or ‘study.’ So, Pneumatology is the study of God the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity.
– GotQuestions.org

The Holy Spirit was present and active throughout the Old Testament 

• Creation 
• Leaders 

Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, said about him, Can we find anyone like this, a man who has God’s Spirit in him?
– Genesis 41:38 (HCSB)

Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. He brought 70 men from the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent. Then the Lord descended in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed the Spirit on the elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they never did it again.
– Numbers 11:24-25 (HCSB)

The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully on David from that day forward.
– 1 Samuel 16:13 (HCSB)

The Holy Spirit was present and active throughout the Old Testament 

• Creation 
• Leaders 
• Prophets 

 As He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet and I listened to the One who was speaking to me.
– Ezekiel 2:2 (HCSB)

But as for me, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the Lord, with justice and courage, to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.
– Micah 3:8 (HCSB)

After this I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.
– Joel 2:28-29 (HCSB)

I Believe // Courage // Richest Man in the World // Holy Spirit

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