Biblical Answers for the
New Testament People of God
by Candersson Swedican
Only a living cognizant being can have intellect, can speak, can listen, can be tempted, can be eternal, can be blasphemed, can teach, can be grieved, etc. . . You cannot lie to the wind, the wind cannot reason, it cannot speak, it cannot dwell in you. Only a living intelligent being has the faculty to perceive and comprehend meaning. . .
{Attributes-Holy Spirit}
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 {the Holy Spirit searches the mind of God and has intellect}
1 Corinthians 2:13 12:11 {assigns gifts}
Romans 8:27 {God searches the mind of the Spirit and the Spirit intercedes for us}
Hebrews 3:7 {speaks}
1 Timothy 4:1, Acts 21:11{he speaks clearly and prophecies}
John 14:26 {he is a teacher}
Luke 12:12
John 16:13 {listens/ hears}
Acts 8:29 10:19, 20 (says “I” “Me”) 13:2
Acts 5:9 {can be tempted}
Acts 9:31 {Comforts}
Acts 16:6 {protects}
Acts 5:3 (Can be lied to)
Matthew 12:31-32 {can be blasphemed}
Hebrews 9:14 {is eternal}
Ephesians 4:30 {can be grieved, has emotions}
Psalm 139:7-12 {The Omnipresence of the Spirit}
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.”
1 Corinthians 2:10 {The omniscience of the Spirit}
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 12:8-11 {The Omnipotence of the Spirit }
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to 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:
But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
Romans 8:11 {Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead}
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Luke 1:35 {The Holy Spirit came and overshadowed the virgin Mary and the Logos became flesh and tabernacled among us}
I Corinthians 6:19 {The Holy Spirit dwells in us}
What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Job 26:13 33:4 {The Holy Spirit creates}
By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Genesis 1:2 {The Holy Spirit was present at creation}
“And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
Luke 12:11, 12 {Holy Ghost speaks through us} Mark 13:11
And 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: For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. For it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
Psalm 95:7-11 {God makes the statement}
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart, as in the
provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Hebrews 3:7-11 {The Holy Spirit makes the statement}
Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers temped me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, they do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest.
Luke 1:68-70 {Lord God spoke through prophets}
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began.
2 Peter 1:21 {All scripture is given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit}
“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”
Isaiah 6:8, 9 {God said it}
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I; send me.
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Acts 28:25 {The Holy Spirit said it}
....Well spake the Holy Ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
Acts 5:3,4 {The Holy Spirit is God}
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Genesis 6:3 {He contends with men}
“And LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”
Mark 3:28-29 {The Holy Spirit can be offended}
“I promise you that any of the sinful things you say or do can be forgiven, no matter how terrible those things are. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven. That sin will be held against you forever.”
Acts 7:51{The Holy Spirit can be resisted}
“Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”
In His service,
Source: youtube. Edited by Mark Mountjoy.
Caption source: torahportions.ffoz.com
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