The Holy Spirit: Gathering, Teaching and Binding

What is it like to have the Holy Spirit in you?

Recap of the Functions of the Holy Spirit

• He convicts
• He makes spiritual things known
• He assures of salvation

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We See All Three Functions in Acts 2 

• Gathered People (Global Church) Acts 2:1-6
• Taught People (Say the SAME thing about Christ) Acts 2:14, 22
  Through God’s Word
  Through other people
  Bonded People (Live in Peace and Unity) Acts 2:46-47

What does that look like today?  How does the Holy Spirit convict us of Christ, make spiritual things known, and assure us of our salvation? He still gathers AND works in the lives of individual believers.

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Gathers Us to Himself – He Convicts The World About Christ

• Gently corrects by His Word
• Invites us into relationship with God.
• Personal Account of conviction

 

 Teaches Us – He Makes Spiritual Things Known

• Reading and Studying His Word (Ps 119:130)
• Spiritual Mentorship
  How to Hear God (Eli and Samuel -1 Sam 3)
  How to love others (Paul and Philemon -Philemon)

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Personal Account of Discernment

Binds us Together-Reassures us of our salvation

• Fruit of the Holy Spirit-Treating others right (Gal 5:22-23)
• Personal Account of Assurance
• Seal of Redemption

 

How Has He Done That For You?

• Pause and acknowledge the work of the Holy Spirit in our life? How has He convicted you of sin, given you understanding of His Word, assured you of your salvation?