Monday Reverb – November 29, 2021

Psalm 25:1-3, 4-10

 

 

SERMON REVERB

 

 

 

WE BELIEVE … Section 5 … 

The Kingdom of God   

 

 

Teaching Notes: God the Holy Spirit

Concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit …

  • While some doctrinal formulations (including some forms of the Nicene Creed) say that the Holy Spirit proceeds “from the Father and the Son,” The GCI Statement of Beliefs states that the Holy Spirit proceeds “from the Father through the Son.”
  • GCI accepts both formulations as valid representations of the biblical teaching concerning the Spirit, when properly understood.
  • These statements should not be taken in such a way as to either call into question the unity of the being of the one triune God, or the full divinity of the Son, nor regard the Holy Spirit as a second Son.

Here are GCI articles that address the topic of the Holy Spirit:

• A Theology of the Holy Spirit
• The Holy Spirit
• The Deity of the Holy Spirit
• Can you hear the Holy Spirit?
• Can you trust the Holy Spirit to Save You?

From The GCI Statement of Beliefs:

  1. The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the triune God, eternally proceeding from the Father through the Son.
  2. He is the Comforter promised by Jesus Christ, who unites us with the Father and the Son, and transforms us into the image of Christ.
  3. The Spirit works out in us the regeneration Christ accomplished for us, and by continual renewal empowers us to share in the Son’s glorious and eternal communion with the Father as his children.
  4. The Holy Spirit is the Source of inspiration and prophecy throughout the Scriptures, and the Source of unity and communion in the Church.
  5. He provides spiritual gifts for the work of the gospel, and is the Christian’s constant Guide into all truth.

 

REVIEW 

How Would You Answer?

 

QUESTIONS  

  1. Do you believe in The Trinity?  ( ) 
  2. What do you understand by the word Trinity?  ( ) 
  3. What Bible passages would you use to prove that Jesus Christ was/is God?  ( )
  4. Do you believe The Holy Spirit is God?  ( ) 
  5. Do you believe The Holy Spirit is a Person?  ( ) 
  6. What Bible passages would you use to prove that The Holy Spirit is God?  ( ) 
  7. What Bible passages would you use to prove that The Holy Spirit is a Person?  ( ) 

 

RESPONSES  

  1. Do you believe in The Trinity?  (Yes or No) 
  2. What do you understand by the word Trinity?  (One God; 3 Persons; One Being; 3 Hypostases; NOT 3 gods; NOT 3 separate persons, BUT 3 distinct persons ) 
  3. What Bible passages would you use to prove that Jesus Christ was/is God?  (John 1:1-3,14, 20:28; 1 Timothy 3:16; Philippians 2:1-6; Hebrews 1:8 )
  4. Do you believe The Holy Spirit is God?  (Yes or No) 
  5. Do you believe The Holy Spirit is a Person?  (Yes or No) 
  6. What Bible passages would you use to prove that The Holy Spirit is God?  (Matthew 28:20; John 1:12, 3:5; Acts 5:1-4; 1 Corinthians 6:19, 3:16; Hebrews 3:7-11) 
  7. What Bible passages would you use to prove that The Holy Spirit is a Person?  (John 14:26, 15:26, 16:8,13-14; Acts 10:19-20, 13:2, 15:28; Romans 8:11; Ephesians 4:30) 

 

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