The Holy Spirit of God

1. Some Of His Names

The Holy Spirit
Luke 11:13 (Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 4:30; Thessalonians 4:8; Romans 1:4)

The Spirit of your Father
Matthew 10:20


The Spirit of Jesus Christ
Philippians 1:19 (Galatians 4:6);

The Spirit of God... The Spirit of Christ
Romans 8:9

The Spirit of Life
Romans 8:2,10 (John 6:63; 2 Corinthians 3:6)

The Spirit of Truth
John 14:17 (John 15:26; John 16:13; 1 John 5:6)

The Eternal Spirit
Hebrews 9:14

The Spirit of Grace
Hebrews 10:29

The Spirit of Glory and of God
1 Peter 4:14

The Comforter (Counsellor or Advocate)
John 14:16,26 (Isaiah 11:2; Deuteronomy 34:9; Acts 9:31)

The Promise of the Father
Acts 1:4-5,8 (John 1:32-34; Acts 2:33; Acts 2:17-18; Joel 2:28-29)

The Spirit of the LORD
1 Samuel 16:13 (Isaiah 40:13-18; Micah 3:8)

The Holy Ghost... The Holy Spirit
Matthew 1:18-25 (Mark 1:8-11; Acts 1:1-3;)

The Spirit of wisdom and understanding... counsel and might... the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
Isaiah 11:1-5 (Ephesians 1:17)

The Spirit of God.
Genesis 1:2 (Genesis 41:38; Exodus 31:1-3; Exodus 35:31-35; 1 Corinthians 3:11,16;)

2. The Holy Spirit Brings Believers Into God’s Eternal Kingdom, By New Birth

Through Jesus The Holy Spirit Satisfies People’s Thirsty Hearts

If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink... This spake He of the Spirit, Whom they that believe on Him should receive.
John 7:37-39 (Acts 2:4,17-21,38-39; Isaiah 44:3; John 4:10,13-14,24)

None Enter The Kingdom Except By Being Born Again- Work Of The Holy Spirit

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God… Except a man be born of… the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 3:3,5 (John 1:12-13)

The Father, Who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints…delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son.
Colossians 1:12-13

The Holy Spirit Comes To Live In All True Believers, To Give New Birth

Ye are... in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you... If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Romans 8:9

Eye hath not seen...the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:9-14

Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians 3:2,6 (Galatians 1:15-16; Galatians 4:4-7)

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us... that... through Jesus Christ... we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:13-14

The Holy Spirit Is God’s Gift To True Believers Born Into His Family

Ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:38

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 2:39

I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever.
John 14:16

If the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit.
Romans 8:11

The Holy Spirit Gives Believers Assurance From God’s Words, Of Salvation

As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans 8:14

Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:15

The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit. that we are the children of God.
Romans 8:16

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God...but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him.
1 John 3:1-2

We know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit Whom He hath given us.
1 John 3:24

By one Spirit are we all baptised into one Body...For the Body is not one member, but many... Now ye are the Body of Christ, and members in particular.
1 Corinthians 12:12-14,27

3. The Holy Spirit Is God’s Seal Of His Ownership And His Guarantee Of Inheritance

In Whom, ye also trusted, after... ye heard the Word of Truth, the gospel of your salvation... In Whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit...The earnest of our inheritance... unto the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14 (Ephesians 4:30)

Now He Who stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (2 Corinthians 5:5)

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:..This is the victory... our faith... It is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is Truth.
1 John 5:1,4-6

[The witness of God is greater... which He... testified of His Son]
God hath given unto us eternal life, and this life is in His Son... These things... written unto you that believe on the Name of the Son of God; that you may know that ye have eternal life.
1 John 5:9-13

4. The Holy Spirit Works In Us And Teaches Us

He Convicts The Conscience

When He is come, He will reprove the world of sin... Of sin, because they believe not on Me.
John 16:8-9 (Acts 2:36-39; Acts 5:3-11; Acts 8:9,18-24)

He Bestows On Us God’s Gift Of New Life That Is Eternal

I said unto thee, Ye must be born again... born of the Spirit.
John 3:6-8

The Spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 3:6,17 (2 Corinthians 5:17; Romans 8:10)

His Voice In Our Hearts Reveals Jesus And His Words To Us, And He Guides Us

He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:26 (John 2:22)

He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John 16:14-15 (John 12:16,23-24,32-33)

As the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts... For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end.
Hebrews 3:7-8,14 (Psalm 95:6-8)

The Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee... Go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
Acts 10:19-20 (Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2; Acts 8:29; Acts 16:5-10 )

He Pours Into Our Hearts The Love Of God

We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ... The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost Who is given unto us.
Romans 5:1-5 (Romans 8:35-39; Acts 5:41-42; Acts 16:15,25-34; Colossians 1:3-8)

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.
1 John 3:11,14,16-18 (Romans 16:3-4)

He Stimulates Us To Worship And Praise God And Enables Us To Pray

We know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us... according to the will of God.
Romans 8:26,27


Ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jude 20-21

The Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the Word... They heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
Acts 10:44,46 (Acts 11:12-18; Acts 2:4,6,11,16)

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit... for all saints; and for me... that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known... the gospel.
Ephesians 6:18-20 (2 Corinthians 5:18-21; Acts 4:23-30)

He Gives Us Power To Be Witnesses For Jesus Christ

Ye shall receive power after... the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me... unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 1:8

We are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, Whom God hath given to them that obey Him.
Acts 5:32-34,40-42 (Acts 4:8-13,17-20,31-33; Acts 5:27-31)

The Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
Luke 12:12 (Acts 7:48-60; Matthew 10:20)

He Seeks To Perfect Our Character To Accord To God’s Teaching And Purposes

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all... are changed... from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18

I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ... that He would grant you... to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man... that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:14-21 (Ephesians 5:27)

5. The Fruit Of The Holy Spirit

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law...Let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-25 (Galatians 6:1-2,6-10)

The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.
Ephesians 5:1-2,8-10 (Philippians 1:11; Romans 6:16,17,22)

The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.
Romans 5:5 (Colossians 1:4-5,8-12)

6. The Gifts Of God, Given To Build Up The Body Of Christ By The Holy Spirit.

As we have many members in one body... so we, being many, are one body in Christ... Having then gifts... according to the grace... given to us... in spirit; serving the Lord.
Romans 12:4-11

There is one body, and one Spirit... Unto every one of us is given grace according to... the gift of Christ... He gave ... evangelists... pastors and teachers... for the edifying of the Body of Christ.
Ephesians 4:4-7,11-12

As every man hath received the gift... so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God... that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:10-11

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant... that no man can say that Jesus is the LORD, but by the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 12:1,3

There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit... differences of administrations, but the same Lord... diversities of operations, but it is the same God Who worketh in all.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6,12-13

The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit... To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom... to another faith... All these worketh that One... Spirit... as He will.
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 (1 Corinthians 12:14-31)

7. The Fullness Of The Holy Spirit

This Is A Command Of God, A Necessity For All Believers

Be filled with the Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18 (Ephesians 4:13-16)

Be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man... that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:16,19

Wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of Me... Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 1:4-5,8

When the day of Pentecost was fully come... Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind... And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:1-4 (Acts 11:12-18)

We Receive The Holy Spirit’s Fullness And Gifts By Faith In God’s Word

How much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?
Luke 11:9-10,13

God’s Spirit By His Sovereign Grace Can Fill Us At Any Time He Purposes

Call his name John...he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb...Many... shall he turn to the Lord their God.
Luke 1:13-16,41

They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the Word of God with boldness. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul.
Acts 4:31-32

Brother Saul, the Lord... hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost... He received sight... was baptised... preached Christ.
Acts 9:17-20 (Acts 10:36-48)

The Spirit’s Fullness Depends On Our Willingness To Obey God Fully

The Holy Ghost, Whom God hath given to them that obey Him.
Acts 5:32

Keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of Truth.
John 14:14-17

Quench not the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19 (Ephesians 4:30)

It is God Who worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Philippians 2:13 (Hebrews 13:20-21; Colossians 1:25-29)

8. Signs, Miracles and Wonders By God The Holy Spirit’s Work

God Works Signs, Miracles And Wonders To Confirm His Truth

That ye may know that the Son of Man hath power...to forgive sins, He said... Arise, and take up thy couch, and go.... Immediately he rose up... glorifying God. And they were all amazed, and they glorified God.
Luke 5:18-26 (1 Kings 18:36-39)

[Elymus the sorcerer opposed God’s Truth]

Sent… by the Holy Ghost... to Cyprus... they preached the Word of God... The sorcerer... withstood them... (Paul } filled with the Holy Ghost... said...Thou enemy... thou shall be blind... The deputy, when he saw what was done, believed.
Acts 13:4-12 (Acts 3:1-21; Acts 4:1-22)

God Works Signs, Miracles And Wonders For The Glory Of Jesus

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana… and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed on Him.
John 2:11 (John 4:48-54)

Lord, behold their threatenings... grant unto Thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak Thy Word... that signs and wonders may be done by the Name of Thy Holy Child Jesus.
Acts 4:29-33 (Acts 14:3; Acts 5:12-32,40-42; Acts 12:5-11)

The people with one accord gave heed... hearing and seeing the miracles... they believed Philip preaching... concerning the kingdom of God, and the Name of Jesus Christ.
Acts 8:5-8,12-13 (Luke 7:13-16; Matthew 15:30-31)

God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul... diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out... Mightily grew the Word of God and prevailed.
Acts 19:11-12,17-20

Some Dangers Of Seeking Signs, Miracles And Wonders For The Wrong Reasons

Master, we would see a sign .. He answered... An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign ... but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
Matthew 12: 38-40 (Jonah 1:17)

The seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through Thy Name... He said... Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Luke 10:17,20

Vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the Name of the Lord Jesus... The man in whom the evil spirit was...overcame them.
Acts 19:13-17

The tempter said, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down... Jesus said... Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Matthew 4:6-7 (Matthew 8:29-33; Luke 23:33-43)

[Sorcerer Simon’s Sin:]
He offered them money, saying, Give me also this power... But Peter said...Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money... Repent therefore of this thy wickedness.
Acts 8:18-24 (Acts 2:38)

Jesus Himself Gave Us The Signs Of His Cross And His Resurrection

So must the Son of Man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:14-15; John 8:28; Numbers 21:7-9

The Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests... they shall condemn Him to death... deliver Him to the Gentiles... to crucify Him: and the third day He shall rise again.
Matthew 20:18-19,28 (Matthew 26:2; John 12:23-24,32-33)

I lay down My life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself... This commandment have I received of My Father.
John 10:16-18; John 12:49

All things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished. For He shall be delivered unto the Gentiles... they shall scourge Him, and put Him to death: and the third day He shall rise again.
Luke 18:31-33 (Luke 24:25-27,32,44-47)

This that is written must yet be accomplished in Me, And He was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning Me have an end.
Luke 22:37; (Isaiah 53:4-12; Mark 15:24-28; Matthew 27:35-46; Matthew 26:26-29; Psalm 22)

They were all filled with the Holy Ghost... spake the Word of God with boldness... With great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection.
Acts 4:31,33; Acts 4:2; Acts 13:20-39

By His own Blood He entered in once into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us... Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God... For this cause He is the Mediator of the New Testament.
Hebrews 9:6-15 (Hebrews 8:6; 1 Timothy 2:5-6)

He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself... Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many... unto them that look for Him shall He appear the Second time.
Hebrews 9:22-28