420: Pneumatology - Holy Spirit: Person or Experience?

419: Pneumatology - Tribulation Work

418: Pneumatology - Apostolic Gifts

416: Pneumatology - Spiritual Gifts pt. 3

415: Pneumatology - Spiritual Gifts pt. 2

415: Pneumatology - Spiritual Gifts pt. 1

Maintaining 

·   Walk not as fools, but as those who are wise;  

·   Take advantage of every moment 

·    Understand the will of the Lord and walk in it [All of these are in Ephesians 5:15-17] 

·     Be filled with the Holy Spirit [already discussed] 

·     Grieving the Spirit through sin (Ephesians 4:30 through 32) 

·      Quenching the Spirit through disobedience [refusing to obey]  (1 Thess. 5:19) 

·      No sinless perfection, so confession of sin is vital (1 John 1:9) 

·      Growing and maturing in Christ (1Thesalonians 4:1-8).

413: Pneumatology - Benefits of the Spirit pt.2

• Have life in their formerly spiritually dead mortal bodies (Romans 8:10-11) 

• Can abound in hope (Romans 15:13) • Are free from the law (Galatians 5:18) 

• Enjoy the benefit of the presence of the Holy Spirit who is jealous concerning our relationship with God in this world (James 4:5) 

• Are sanctified, set apart by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2) 

• Are empowered to be victorious over the flesh (Galatians 5:16; Romans 8:9, 13) 

• Effectively use the Word of God and pray when in spiritual conflict (Ephesians 6:17-18) 

• Are enabled to live their lives (walk) by means of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:1; 8:4; Galatians 5:25) 

• Are led by the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:14) 

• Are moved by the Spirit to cry out “Abba, Father!” (Galatians 4:6) 

• Have the witness of the Spirit to their spirits that they are God’s children (Romans 8:16) 

• Are sealed by the Holy Spirit, Who is the guarantee of their inheritance until they experience ultimate redemption [their removal, as purchased possessions, from the world] (Ephesians 1:13-14) 

• Serve as a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19) 

• Experience the intercession of the Holy Spirit to help in times of prayer, even the believers struggle to know how to pray (Romans 8:26-28) 

• Are filled with the love of God (Romans 5:5) 

• Enjoy fellowship with God and one another (Philippians 2:1) 

• Worship God (Philippians 3:3) 

• Receive the benefit of the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit, enabling them to understand spiritual things (1 John 2:27; 1 Corinthians 2:14) 

• Can be filled by the Spirit (see the next section) (Ephesians 5:18) 

• Display the character of Christ through the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 5:9) 

• Testify that Jesus is Lord (1 Corinthians 12:3) 

• Are being transformed into the glorious image of the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18) 

• Are given life in their mortal bodies by the Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead (Romans 8:11)

412: Pneumatology - Benefits of the Spirit

411: Pneumatology - Our Relationship to the Spirit