TLH 1

There is Much Confusion Over The Subject of the Holy Spirit:Some Say That He is Not GODSome Describe the Spirit as “the

Impersonal, Active Force of God”But the Bible Attributes to Him

Personal Attributes: Isa. 63:10; Eph. 4:30 – Holy Spirit

Can Be “Vexed” and “Grieved”

TLH 2

Attributes of a Person:John 16:13 – “Howbeit when He,

the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come”

TLH 3

The Holy Spirit is GOD (Acts 5:3-4) Psalm 139:7 – “Where shall I go from

your Spirit (Heb. Ruach), or where shall I flee from your presence (faces)?”

Just as the Father (Rev. 4:11) and the Son (Heb. 1:10) Were Involved in Creation, So Was the Holy Spirit: “And the earth was without form, and void, and

darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved (hovered) upon the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2)

TLH 4

Primary ROLE of Holy Spirit: REVELATION:

Genesis 6:3 – “And the 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”

Nehemiah 9:20 – “You gave also Your good Spirit to instruct them, and withheld not Your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst”

TLH 5

Primary ROLE of Holy Spirit: REVELATION:Matthew 10:19-20John 14:26John 15:26John 16:7-132 Peter 1:20-211 Corinthians 2:9-16

TLH 6

The Holy Spirit is a Person of GOD – Men Can Relate to the Holy Spirit the Same Way That They Relate to Other Persons of God

No Argument Over Whether or not the Spirit Indwells the Christian – He Does (Romans 8:9-16)

The Doctrinal Question is HOW?

TLH 7

The Holy Spirit’s Modus Operandi -

IMMEDIATE? No Intermediary

No Medium

A bearing down on the object without any intervening medium

The Spirit’s Mode and Medium of Indwelling:

MEDIATE? Not Direct

Through an intervening instrument or agent by which a thing is accomplished

This Is The Question!These Are The Only Two Ways That The Holy Spirit Can Influence Men!

TLH 8

Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:

Jesus Dwells in the Christian:• “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my

blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him” (John 6:56)

• “Abide in me, and I in you…” (John 15:4)• “{22}And the glory that thou gavest me I

have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one; {23} I in them, and thou in me…” (John 17:22-23)

• “And if Christ be in you…” (Romans 8:10)

TLH 9

Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:

Jesus Dwells in the Christian:• “…Know ye not your own selves, how that

Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates?” (2 Corinthians 13:5)

• “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live: yet not I, but Christ liveth in me…” (Gal. 2:20)

• “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27)

TLH 10

Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:

Jesus Dwells in the Christian:BUT HOW???

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being

rooted and grounded in love…”

Ephesians 3:17

TLH 11

Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:

The Father Dwells in the Christian:• “…As God has said, ‘I will dwell in them,

and walk in them; and I will be their God and they shall be my people’” (2 Corinthians 6:16)

• “And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him…” (1 John 3:24)

• “…Because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4)

TLH 12

Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:

The Holy Spirit Dwells in the Christian: 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so

be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 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.

TLH 13

Same “Indwelling” Language Used For All Persons of God:

The Holy Spirit Dwells in the Christian:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they

are the sons of God.15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage

again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God” (Rom. 8:9-11,14-16) We Are “Led By The Spirit”

But How???

TLH 14

How Christ Indwells The ChristianChrist AbidesIn the Disciple

John15:4,7

Christ’s WordsAbide in Disciple

Christ Abides in those who “eat” His “flesh” and

“drink” His “blood”

John6:56, 44-45, 63

“Flesh” profits Nothing

Christ’s WordsAbide in Disciples

Christ DwellsIn our Hearts

Ephesians3:17

By FaithSee Romans 10:17

TLH 15

How Christ Indwells The Christian“But sanctify

Christ as Lord in your hearts, always

being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks

you to give an account for the

hope that is in you, yet with gentleness

and reverence”

1 Peter3:15

“Answer”From “Apologia”

“a verbal defense, a speech in defense”

A Formal Argument

WORDS!

TLH 16

How the Holy Spirit Indwells The Christian

“Be Filled With The Spirit”

(Ephesians 5:18)

ResultsProduced

“Sing, Give Thanks, Wives Submit,

Husbands Love, Servants & Children

Obey” (Ephesians 5:19-6:4)

“Word of Christ Dwells”

(Colossians 3:16)

ResultsProduced

“Sing, Give Thanks, Wives Submit,

Husbands Love, Servants & Children Obey” (Col 3:16-22)

TLH 17

The Holy Spirit and The Word

“The Spirit Quickens” (John

6:63)

“The Word Quickens” (John 6:63; Ps. 119:50)

“Sanctified by the Spirit” (1 Cor 6:11)

“Sanctified by the Word” (John 17:17)

“Spirit” to Convict Sinners (Jn 16:8)

Gospel Convicted Sinners (Acts 2:37)

TLH 18

The Holy Spirit and The Word“If ye then being evil, know how

to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask

Him?” (Luke 11:13)

“If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your

children, how much more shall your Father in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?”

(Matt. 7:11)

“Resisted Holy Ghost” (Acts 7:51)

Resisted the Law, Prophets, and Gospel

(Acts 7:52-54)

“Yet many years didst thou forbear them and

testified against them by thy Spirit in thy

prophets…” (Neh. 9:30)

“Yet would they not give ear…” (Neh. 9:30)

Metonymy

TLH 19

The Holy Spirit and the Word

Some Men “Grieved” the Holy Spirit (Heb.

3:10; Eph. 4:30)

Holy Spirit “Grieved” because

some “disbelieved” and refused to “hear” (Heb.

3:7-10,13)

“Quench not the Spirit” (1 Thess.

5:19)

“Is not my word like as fire? saith the

Lord” (Jer. 23:29)

Blasphemed Against the Holy Spirit (Mk.

3:29)

“Blasphemed” things “spoken by Paul…”

(Acts 13:45)

TLH 20

A Rule of Exegesis

Baptism “For the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38)

This design is implied everywhere baptism is mentioned

Lord’s Supper

In memory of Christ’s Death

(Matt. 26:26-28)

This design is implied everywhere the LS is mentioned

Spirit’s Indwelling

Through the Medium of God’s

Word

This design is implied everywhere the

Spirit’s indwelling is mentioned

TLH 21

Metonymy“The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword”

The “pen” is an attribute of thoughts that are written with the pen

The “sword” is an attribute of military action that is taken by the sword

“The Man Cut Off The Limb”(The “saw” cut off the limb)“She Sets a Nice Table”

“We Await Word From the Crown”