The Ministry Of The Holy Spirit For Students

1. The Helper: Jesus' Favorite Name for the Holy Spirit Jesus used the term Paraclete, meaning "Helper," to describe the Holy Spirit to His disciples. Perhaps more than any other, this name consistently describes the character of the Holy Spirit in His relationship to us prior to our conversion, at the time of our conversion and following our conversion. 2. The Atonement Terms for the Holy Spirit Certain terms for the Holy Spirit tend to emphasize His role in the salvation of individuals. These saving names include the Anointing, the Eternal Spirit, the Gift of God, the Helper, a New Spirit, the Oil of Gladness, One Spirit, the Promise names, the Same Spirit of Faith, the Seal names, the Spirit of Adoption, the Spirit of the Fear of the LORD, the Spirit of Holiness, the Spirit of Grace, the Spirit of Him Who Raised Up Jesus, the Spirit of Life and My Witness. Certain terms for the Holy Spirit tend to emphasize His role in the salvation plan. 3. Terms for the Maturing Work of the Holy Spirit Certain names and phrases ascribed to the Holy Spirit describe His work in the maturing of Christians. These names include the Helper, the Holy Spirit Who Is in You, a New Spirit, the Spirit of Grace, the Spirit of Glory, the Spirit of Supplication and, again, My Witness. 4. Terms for the Teaching Ministry of the Holy Spirit Certain names ascribed to the Holy Spirit tend to emphasize His role in teaching spiritual truth. These names include the Anointing, the Spirit of Revelation, and the Spirit of a Sound Mind and the Spirit of Truth. 5. Terms Describing the Identity of the Holy Spirit These terms identify the personality of the Holy Spirit and/or describe His deity. These references include He/Himself, the Same Spirit and various names associated with the Old Testament names of God Elohim, Jehovah, Shaddai, Shekinah and Elyon. 6. Descriptions Given by God the Father Certain terms ascribed to the Holy Spirit in Scripture are used by God the Father or express the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the Father. These names include the Promise of the Father, the Spirit of Your Father and a variety of titles of the Holy Spirit that include the possessive pronoun. 7. References to the Spirit and Jesus Jesus or others, to describe the relationship between Jesus and the Holy Spirit, use certain terms for the Holy Spirit in Scripture. These names include the Gift of God, the Helper, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Jesus, the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the Spirit of His Son and the Spirit of Truth. 8. Descriptions of the Spirit's Character Certain attributes ascribed to the Holy Spirit in Scripture tend to describe His character, and answer the question: What is the Holy Spirit like? These terms make specific references to life, eternity, generosity, goodness, holiness, graciousness, judgment, knowledge, love, might, power, truth, understanding, wisdom and steadfastness. 9. The Bible Authorship Names of the Holy Spirit Certain traits ascribed to the Holy Spirit tend to emphasize His role in the inspiration and preservation of Scripture. 10. The Creation Names of the Holy Spirit Certain names ascribed to the Holy Spirit emphasize His role in the creation and sustaining of life on earth. These creative names include the Breath names, the Finger of God, the Life names and the Voice names of the Holy Spirit. 11. The Balanced Ministry of the Holy Spirit In what may be the apostle Paul's most complete discussion of the ministry of the Holy Spirit, a number of descriptive names for Him are stated or implied in the Epistle to the Ephesians to describe the balanced ministry of the Holy Spirit. 12. Revival Names for the Holy Spirit Certain names or titles for the Holy Spirit describe His work in revival. 13. The Pictorial Names of the Holy Spirit A number of the names or titles of the Holy Spirit may be viewed as emblems

Author: Team Impact Team Impact Christian University

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: May 21, 2016

Number of Pages: 258 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1518874541

ISBN-13: 9781518874543