1. NOOMA The Person of the Spirit

2. Introduction Why study the doctrine of the Spirit? ( PNEUMATOLOGY )

3. 1. The Holy Spirit is the point at which the Trinity becomes personal for the believer he is resident within us

4. 2. We live in the period in which the Holy Spirits work is more prominent than that of the other members of the Trinity

5. 3. The current culture stresses the experiential, and it is primarily through [the Holy Spirit] that we experience God

6. Introduction Why have we stopped talking much about the Spirit in the 21st century? Protestant scholasticism Rationalism Romanticism Charismatic Pentecostalism

7. The Holy Spirit is absolutely vital to our situation today If He doesnt move, we will not produce genuine fruit no matter how much effort or money we expend.

8. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is deity. Referred to with interchangeable terms for God ACTS 5:3-4 v3 lied to the Spirit; v4 lied to God 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-17 you are Gods temple; 6:19-20 your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit

9. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is deity. Possesses attributes or characteristics of God OMNISCIENCE Isa 40:13; 1 Cor 2:10-11; Jn 16:13 OMNIPOTENCE Lk 1:35; Rom 15:19; Jn 3:5-8 OMNIPRESENCE Ps 139:7 ETERNALITY Heb 9:14; 1:10-12 Also HOLINESS, LOVE, TRUTH, LIFE

10. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is deity. Acts supernaturally to do the works of God CREATION Gen 1:2; Job 26:13, 33:4; Ps 104:30 INSPIRATION 2 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:21 INCARNATION Lk 1:35 REGENERATION Titus 3:5; Rom 8:11

11. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is deity. Included in triune descriptions and titles of God GREAT COMMISSION Mt 28:19-20 SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 Cor 12:4-6 SALUTATIONS 1 Pet 1:2 BENEDICTIONS 2 Cor 13:14

12. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is personal. He is referred to with masculine pronouns Jn 16:13-14; Eph 1:14 when we would expect neuter pronouns (ie it not he)

13. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is personal. He is a co-worker with other persons and members of the Trinity COMFORT -- (Jn 14:26; 15:26; 16:7) & (1 Jn 2:1) GLORIFYING (Jn 16:14) & (Jn 17:4) SANCTIFYING BELIEVERS (Jude 20, 21; 1 Pet 1:2) OTHERS (Rom 15:16; 1 Cor 12:4-6; Eph 3:14-17; 2 Thes 2:13-14)

14. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is personal. He has personal characteristics: intelligence, will and emotions INTELLIGENCE Jn 14:26; 1 Cor 2:10-11 WILL 1 Cor 12:11; Acts 16:6 EMOTIONS Eph 4:30

15. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is personal. He can be affected personally LYING TO Acts 5:3-4 GRIEVING Eph 4:30 QUENCHING 1 Thes 5:19 RESISTING Acts 7:51 BLASPHEMING Mt 12:31 // Mrk 3:29 OBEYING Acts 10

16. The Spirits Nature The Spirit is personal. He engages in moral activity and ministry TEACHING, REGENERATING, SEARCHING SPEAKING, INTERCEDING, COMMANDING TESTIFYING, GUIDING, ILLUMINATING OTHERS

17. Conclusions I can understand the revealed truth about the Spirit and discount erroneous views Biblically.

18. Arianism Modalism Partialism

19. how ludicrous it would be for anyone to say they were going to explain the Holy Spirit. the Spirit I infinite and cannot be known fully by humans.

20. Conclusions I can understand the revealed truth about the Spirit and discount erroneous views Biblically. I can have an interactive relationship with the Spirit.

21. Perhaps its not theology were missing, but rather theological integrity. Many have the knowledge but lack the courage to admit the discrepancy between what we know and how we live.

22. Conclusions I can understand the revealed truth about the Spirit and discount erroneous views Biblically. I can have an interactive relationship with the Spirit. I can worship the Spirit by inviting, appreciating, and celebrating His activity in my life.

23. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God.