Journal 9

Lia and Sally
Week 9
Their key teaching was on the Holy Spirit
The Person of the Holy Spirit
Qualities of personhood:
A will (1 Cor. 12:11)
Emotions (Eph. 4:30)
Knowledge (John 16:13)
Self Awareness (Acts 3:12)
Ability to Speak (Acts 3:12)
His Divinity. The Bible declares that the Holy Spirit is divine (Acts 5:3,4) and therefore has all of the attributes of God.
Psalm 139:7-10
1 Cor. 2:11
Luke 1:34,35
Hebrews 9:14
Romans 1:4
John 16:13
Romans 8:2
Hebrews 10:29
2 Tim. 1:7
The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
Creation
Gen. 1:1-5
Gen. 1:26; 2:7 & Job 33:4 *Psalm 33:6 (breath = Spirit)
Empowering for Leadership
Othniel (Judges 3:10), Gideon (Judges 6:34), Jephthah (Judges 11:29), Samson (Judges 14:6, 19; 15:14), Saul (1 Sam. 10:6), David ( 1 Sam 16:13).
Equipping for service
Exodus 35:30-36:1
Inspiring Prophesy
David (2 Sam.23:2), Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:1-8), Jahaziel (2nd Chronicles 20:14, 15), Balaam (Numbers 24:1-4)
The Holy Spirit in Jesus' Life
Luke 1:35 (Birth)
Luke 3:22; John 1:32-34; 3:34; Luke 4:1 (Baptism)
Luke 4:14; 6:19 (Ministry)
Hebrews 9:14 (Death)
Romans 8:11; 1 Peter 3:18 (Resurrection)
Acts 1:2,3
The Teachings of Jesus about the Holy Spirit
Agent of New Birth (John 3:1-8, 2-:21,22)
Comforter (John 14:16, 15:26, 16:7)
Spirit of Truth (John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13)
Teacher (John 14:16)
Testifier of Jesus (John 15:16)
Convicter (John 16: 8--11)
Revealer (John 16:13, 15)
Glorifier of Jesus (John 16:14)
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Jesus the Baptiser
Matt. 3:11, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, John 1:33
Acts 1:4,5
John 20: 21,22, John 3:5
The purpose
John 7:37-39
Acts 2:1-4
Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8
Initial evidence
Acts 1:4
Acts 10:44-48; 11:15-17
Acts 19:1-7
Acts 8:14-19
Acts 9:17-19; 1 Cor. 14:18
1 Cor. 14:1-19
1 Cor. 12:7, 10
Acts 2:38
John 7:37-39
Thirst
Come
Believe
The Spirit-filled Life
Acts 4:8, 31; 6:3,5,8; 7:55,60; 11:24; 13:9-11, 52; 19:6
Eph. 5:18
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Nine separate gifts that can be divided into three natural groupings
1 Cor. 12:8-10
Gifts of Revelation, Demonstration, and Inspiration.
The Fruit of the Spirit
Galations 5

Many of these notes confirmed ideas I had about the Holy Spirit, but I learned a ton about the Spirit as a part of the Trinity. I learned that we need to Love and Honor the Spirit as our Lord deserves. The Spirit makes the Father and Son known to us, but Jesus spoke many times about honoring the Spirit individually as our Lord.

I plan on applying this to my life by worshiping the Spirit and surrendering to His will. I know that He will work good in me and when we honor the Spirit I know that my spirit will experience: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

This week I am focusing on the word freedom as my focus for God's character. I know that when we learn to submit to the Holy Spirit we learn more about our Father and about His Son in heaven. When we do that we will experience FREEDOM in our thoughts, emotions, and in everything else in life. Life to the Full.

The revelation I received this week is that I need to submit to the Spirit and surrender my will to the Holy Spirit. I also learned a lot about Him in context of the Trinity.

Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

John 7:37-39 “On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow within him.” By this He meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.”

Ihave received that Spirit.

I want to be filled with the Spirit everyday and I am so thankful that Jesus made it possible for my baptism in the Holy Spirit.

I plan to apply this to my life by continuing to honor and remember the blessing that I have been given. That I can know the thoughts that God has for me ones that I know will promote love and abundant life.

Spirit,

I want to honor you. Please take this prayer as a declaration of surrender to you and your will. Please be glorified in my life. Thank you so much for making the God's thoughts known to me. Amen.