The Holy Spirit, By John 16

It is apparent that the Holy Spirit was mainly involved in empowering believers to become a witness of Christ and spreading the gospel. Therefore, Luke highlights that the Holy Spirit was a gift to the apostles whose function was to permit them to perform miracles and communicate the Gospel in various languages. Further, the Holy Spirit is vital in lives of believers today as he speaks to them, guides the believers on how to lead a holy life, and preach the word of God. Currently, most believers honor and acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit in their

In this paper, I will review Robert Gromacki’s book The Holy Spirit: Who He is, What He Does I will detail what I feel the book is about. I will emphasize various points given by the author that stood out to me. Finally, I will give my personal evaluation of the book.

I will like to crave your indulgence to the fact that "Nicene concept of Trinity" is never stated in the Bible, and it is that early Christians as well as the scriptures clearly points out the fact that Jesus was fully divine and pre-existent. For the fact that, none of the early Christian theologians fully asserted the doctrine of the Trinity, not even a speculation about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. According to the father of the paganism description of Trinity "God can in no way be described." (Schindler 148).

The Holy Spirit comforts: John 14:16, And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Helps us in our Weakness. The Holy Spirit intercedes: Romans 8:26, in the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans. The Holy Spirit searches the deep things of God: 1 Corinthians 2:11, The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit sanctifies: Romans 15:16, to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Bears witness or testifies: Romans 8:16, The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

Just when there’s no hope for Humanity, The Holy Spirit (the third Godhead in the trinity) sent from the father as a promise to aid humankind to inspire and empower Theophilus (The ones who loves God) to spread the “Good News” on the Salvation of Jesus Christ. The necessity of the Holy Spirit is to increase effectiveness of churches and personal testimony and become witnesses in all the Earth. In addition, it gave the disciples a power to perform miracles and healing.

The Holy Spirit in you is a well of living water springing up into everlasting life, and this is the power that Jesus gives to become a son of God, or to be born-again. B. John 4:15, “15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.” 1. This Samaritan woman asked for the living water but she did not know who Jesus was and this revelation only comes from the Father.

The Holy Spirit of God is the active force or power in one’s life, which most certainly includes spiritual formation (Pettit, 2008, p. 46). When Jesus was speaking with his disciples he made it clear – by using the analogy of a vine and branches – that apart from him they could do nothing (John 15:5). Only if one is connected to Christ will they have the ability to bear fruit and the way Jesus empowers those connected to him is through the Holy Spirt that that father will send in his name (John 14:26). The fact is that the triune God dwells in the Christian in and through the Holy Spirit. One sees this when they place multiple passages together to gain a full understanding of this concept. For example, Jesus made it clear that he and the father would come and make their home with the disciple (John 14:23). In 1 Corinthians 6:19 Paul reminds the Corinthians that their bodies are the very temple of God because the Holy Spirit dwells in them which is similar to what Jesus said would happen when he sent the Holy Spirit after his resurrection and ascension (John 14:17, 16:7).

When Jesus ascended into heaven, God provided His people with the Holy Spirit, a Counselor, to dwell within every believer. John 14:16-17 states the Holy Spirit resides within those who believe

I went to the book of Acts, there I find a rich theology of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was given to us as a tool that enables and empowers the church of Jesus Christ to live lives that are totally transformed and able to evangelize, spreading the gospel to the world we live in.

The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, and is equal in essence and in power in the Trinity to the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit was originally sent by Jesus after his ascension into heaven, Jesus himself saying that he would send a “helper” after he departed from the earth. This spirit is worshipped just as the Father and the Son are, and also participated in the creation of the world, sustaining and giving life continually to all things, and exhibits the uniqueness and characteristics of the third person in the Trinity. This is the same Holy Spirit that divinely inspired the infallible word of God, and although the canon is now closed, the Holy Spirit still works powerfully and constantly in the life of the church and in believers. The Holy Spirit is the giver of spiritual gifts, which are given at conversion and help the believer become more like their creator. The presence of the Holy Spirit is evident in the life of all true believers, and this Spirit turns cowardly men into mighty warriors for Christ who accomplish actions way beyond their natural ability.

In the biblical term, Holy means “to set apart from the world; sanctification.” The Holy Spirit is set apart from the world and this is why Holy Spirit plays large role within the Christianity. As Holy Spirit interact with believers, they become more and more like Jesus through the Holy Spirit. People can see the difference in Christians because of Holy Spirit setting apart the believers from the non-believers.

To start our research, we need to ask a critical question at the very beginning : Who is the Holy Spirit? The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is a person. Jesus never referred to “it” when He was talking about the Holy Spirit. In John 14,15 and 16, for example, He spoke of the Holy Spirit as “He” because He is not a force or thing but a person. The point is especially important at a time when pantheistic tendencies are

I believe in the bible but I am seeing a lot of contradictions. When Eve ate the forbidden fruit god cursed all women to have painful childbirth and periods. When Jesus died he wiped away all sins. Wouldn’t it stand to reason that when Jesus died that sin also got wiped away and made it to where we didn’t have to be in so much pain. Then he talks about how to turn to Christianity it doesn’t mean your cheating on Judaism but instead Judaism has died and now we can all get ‘remarried’ to Christianity. He says that there are new laws and you will not know about them until you learn them. It says that the spirit of Christ lives in you. I wonder how one knows if It does or not. In Sunday school the teachers said if you ask then the holy spirit will be in there. As a small child and up into this day I cannot say I feel any different than I did as a child. I do not speck in tongues, I do not have a voice in my head, other than my own, telling me right from wrong. It is strange the longer I take the time to read the bible the less I understand and the less I feel is true. As I type this I think maybe the reason I am so confused is because I am reading this and trying to use my mind to decipher it and figure out how to write and intelligent 250-word response. Which I hope I’m doing well at, but maybe I shouldn’t focus on making since and start trying to ‘feel’. If the holy spirit is able to tell us how to live our life’s maybe it will try to tell me how to read the bible.

The Holy Spirit plays a very vital role in the lives of each and every believer; He can strengthen us with a strength that we cannot even begin to muster up in ourselves. He can bring us joy that we cannot even begin to find in the things of this world. He can bring peace to our lives more than anything that we can ever find on this earth. “The Holy Spirit which is primarily an energizing process, is also a revealing, refining, consuming, illuminating process, and one by which we are made to glow with love to God, and love to man, and love to souls.”

But who is this Holy Spirit? The Spirit is God the re-creator. The Holy Spirit is God working within us, doing the work of transformation. God doesn 't just tell us what He wants us to be. That 's the work of the Father. He doesn’t even show us what he wants us to be, for that is the work of Christ Jesus, the Son. God actually is within us, around us in our every life experience, molding each one of us into what He wants us to be; this is the work of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit in one’s life, it is difficult to seek and observe the words of God, the teachings of Christ the Son, for the knowledge of the Father and Son is through the gift of the Holy Spirit. David Benner provides words of wisdom saying: “the truth you seek is not hidden from you; you simply do not notice it. It is here for you if only you would awake.” Therefore this presentation will attempt to provide some insight and awareness on the “Holy Spirit in the experiences” of life