Biblical Concept: Age of the Holy Spirit

 

Outline

 

Prediction and Description

Apostolic Era Advent

Church Age Holy Spirit

 

Prediction and Description

 

Findings:

 

1. Helper, forever, truth, abides, in you.

2. Teach, remembrance.

3. Helper, convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment, Spirit of truth, guide you

    into all the truth, He shall glorify Me, disclose.

4. Clothed with power.

5. “receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you”

6. Dispensational Apostolic Era.

 

John 14:15-17 15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16 "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you. (Helper, forever, truth, abides, in you.)

John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. (Teach, remembrance.)

John 16:7-15 7 "But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.  8 "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you no longer behold Me; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.  12 "I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.  13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.  14 "He shall glorify Me; for He shall take of Mine, and shall disclose it to you.  15 "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said, that He takes of Mine, and will disclose it to you. (Helper, convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment, Spirit of truth, guide you into all the truth, He shall glorify Me, disclose.)

Luke 24:49 "And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." (clothed with power)

Acts 1:6-8 6 And so when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"  7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." (“receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you”) (Dispensational Apostolic Era) 

Apostolic Era Advent

 

Findings:

 

1. Dispensational Apostolic Era.

2. “all filled with the Holy Spirit,” tongues, “Spirit was giving them utterance”

3. Promise, poured forth.

4. Filled.

5. “Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him”

6. laying hands, receiving, Holy Spirit

 

Acts 2:1-4 1 And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.  2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.  3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.  4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. (“all filled with the Holy Spirit”, tongues, “Spirit was giving them utterance”) 

Acts 2:32-33 32 "This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. 33 "Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. (Promise, poured forth)

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the word of God with boldness. (Filled)

Acts 5:31-32 31 "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.  32 "And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." (“Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him”)

Acts 8:14-17 14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit. (laying hands, receiving, Holy Spirit.)

1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 5 for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.  6 You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, (Gospel, power, Holy Spirit, joy.) (Apostolic Advantage)

Church Age Holy Spirit

Findings:

1. Gospel, believe, sealed, Holy Spirit.

2. Dwelling, God, Spirit.

3. Power, Spirit, inner man.

4. Not, grieve, Holy Spirit, sealed. Confess for cleansing, 1 John 1:9. Judge yourself

    rightly, 1 Corinthians 11:31a.

5. Drunk versus filled Holy Spirit. Confess for cleansing, 1 John 1:9. Judge yourself rightly, 1 Corinthians

    11:31a.

6. Sword, Spirit, word of God.

7. Pray, Spirit, alert, for saints.

8. Worship, Spirit of God.

9. “God who gives His Holy Spirit to you”

10. Not, quench, Spirit.

11. “Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away”

12. Saved, mercy, regeneration, renewing, Holy Spirit.

13. Signs, wonders, miracles, gifts, Holy Spirit.

14. Second generation Christian and the ending Apostolic Spiritual Gifts to the Church.

15. “partakers of the Holy Spirit”

16. “insulted the Spirit of grace”

17. “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"

18. “sanctifying work of the Spirit”

19. “men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God”

20. “And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.”

21. Know, abide, given, Spirit.

22. “praying in the Holy Spirit”

 

Ephesians 1:13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-- having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, (Gospel, believe, sealed, Holy Spirit.)

Ephesians 2:19-22 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, 20 having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. (Dwelling, God, Spirit.)

Ephesians 3:16-21 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man; 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fulness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. (Power, Spirit, inner man.)

Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (Not, grieve, Holy Spirit, sealed.) (Grieve Holy Spirit, confess for cleansing, 1 John 1:9. Judge yourself rightly, 1 Corinthians 11:31a.)

Ephesians 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, (Drunk versus filled Holy Spirit.) (Drunk, confess for cleansing, 1 John 1:9. Judge yourself rightly, 1 Corinthians 11:31a.)

Ephesians 6:17-18 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, (Sword, Spirit, word of God.) (Pray, Spirit, alert, for saints.)

Philippians 3:3 for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, (Worship, Spirit of God.)

1 Thessalonians 4:8 Consequently, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you. (“God who gives His Holy Spirit to you”)

1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit. (Not, quench, Spirit.)

1 Timothy 4:1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, (“Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away”)

Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, (Saved, mercy, regeneration, renewing, Holy Spirit)

Hebrews 2:4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will. (Signs, wonders, miracles, gifts, Holy Spirit.) (Second generation Christian and the ending Apostolic Spiritual Gifts to the Church.)

Hebrews 6:1-4 1 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,  2 of instruction about washings, and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.  3 And this we shall do, if God permits.  4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, (“partakers of the Holy Spirit”)

Hebrews 10:29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? (“insulted the Spirit of grace”)

James 4:4-6 4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.  5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"?  6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (“He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us")

1 Peter 1:1-2 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in fullest measure. (“sanctifying work of the Spirit”)

2 Peter 1:20-21 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (“men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God”)

1 John 3:24 And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. (“And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.”)

1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. (Know, abide, given, Spirit.)

Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith; praying in the Holy Spirit; (“praying in the Holy Spirit”)

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