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HOLY SPIRIT
II - HIS ATTRIBUTES
Word |
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| The first half of this final lesson will review how the Holy Spirit is Word and Message.� It will close with the grief we put him through and how much he struggles with us to accept and love him as much as he accepts and loves us.� (Remember, these lessons were taken from the concordance and sometimes a verse covered more than one thing about the Holy Spirit.� This accounts for repetitions.) |
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| II Samuel 23:1-2������� The Spirit spoke to man through whose written WORDS?� __________________� Therefore, did the Holy Spirit come to people before Christianity? __________ |
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| Psalm 106:33������������� Moses and Aaron rebelled against the Spirit by speaking what? ___________________________ |
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| Isaiah 40:7-8������������� Keeping in mind that the term "breath of God" in Hebrew is also "Spirit of God," and keeping in mind that the Spirit is Truth (John 14:17), who and what will last forever? ____________________ and __________________. |
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| Isaiah 59:21��������������� Verse 20 indicates God is talking to the Jews.� He says here that his Spirit at that time was on who as a nation? ____________ |
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| Micah 2:7������ ����������� People in Old Testament times as well as people today tend to believe that the Spirit never gets what? ____________ |
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| Zechariah 4:6������������ What is stronger than man's might and power? ________________ |
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| Zechariah 7:12���������� What two things did the Spirit send by the prophets? _____________ and ______________________. |
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| Matthew 8:16������������ Did Jesus speak many WORDS or go into frenzies or anything else to heal people or drive out demons? ___________� Compared with all the books in the world twisting God's WORD, is God's WORD filled with few or many words? ______________ |
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| John 3:34-35�������������� Jesus spoke what? _________________________� These WORDS God gave the world through Jesus are also what? _____________________� If we believe these WORDS, we have what? _________________.� If we do not, we have what? _______________________________ |
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| If someone acts very holy and says how much they love God but does not speak the WORDS of God, even after being gently shown, are they trying to impress people or God? ______________� Has God really sent them?� _______� Would you consider them harmless?� ____ |
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| NOTE:� The KJV after "Spirit without limit," added "unto the Son" (italicized) because the verse before and the verse after both refer to Jesus the Son. |
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| John 6:63������������������� God's WORD is given what? _______________ |
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| John 14:17����������������� Here's that verse again that we have referred to so often.� What is the Spirit? ___________� Worldly people do not do what with the Truth/the Spirit? ___________ |
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| Give an example of people not accepting the truth, even after having been gently shown the truth? ___________ ______________________________________________________________________ |
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| How can God the Truth/Spirit live in us? _______________________________________________________ |
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| John 20:20-22������������ After Jesus' resurrection and all his work was done, he was ready to leave, so gave them Who? ____________________ |
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| NOTE:� The word translated "breathed" is from the Greek word "emphusao" and is used in Acts 9:1 to say that Saul breathed out threatenings and slaughter to the early church.� In the Old Testament a similar expression is used in Psalm 27:12 referring to false witnesses who breathe out violence against someone.� In these two verses, Saul was causing something to happen (breathed out) and the false witnesses were trying to cause something to happen.� Therefore, Jesus breathing onto his Apostles indicates that he was causing something to happen. |
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| NOTE:� This was a special gift only the Apostles received.� Jesus was repeating what he had said earlier in Matthew 16:19 and 18:18. |
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| Acts 1:1-2������������������ The Spirit gave what through Jesus? ________________________� Remember, Jesus is the audible and seeable WORD (John 1:1, 14).� The Spirit was the audible and written word. |
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| Acts 4:23-25�������������� The Spirit spoke through who? _____________________________ |
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| Acts 4:31������������������� In these early months of the church, people needed continual reassurance that they were indeed doing God?s will by defying the Jewish religious leaders.� Today when we defy religious leaders (which takes courage), where can we get our reassurance? _______________________ |
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| With the help of the Holy Spirit, they were able to go out and speak God's WORD how? ______________� Do you think it would help you in talking to others to not tell yourself to be courageous, but rather be bold?� Would it help take the anticipation of emotional pain and rejection out of it?� Would it help us determine we're going to tell it, no matter what?� What is your opinion?� Which would help you most?� Courage or boldness? ___________________ |
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| Acts 10:44-47������������ When was the last time this phenomenon of people speaking in languages had occurred (Acts 2:1)? __________� Who was it given to at that time (Acts 2:14)? _____________________ |
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| What nationality were the Apostles? ___________ |
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| What nationality were these people Peter preached to? _______________ |
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| Do you see the significance of an external showing of the Holy Spirit on these two groups?� ________� What? __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Acts 13:49-52������������ What spread everywhere? ______________� As a result, how were the message bringers treated? _______________� How did they respond to such treatment? __________� How could the Spirit fill them with joy?� Their persecutors were afraid of their WORDS; hence, they had the power of the Word/Spirit. |
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| When we are facing persecution, the Spirit, the WORD of Truth, can do what for us? ______________________________ |
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| Acts 16:6-10�������������� The Holy Spirit influenced Paul where to preach.�� Was he an ordinary Christian or an APOSTLE (Romans 1:1)? ___________ |
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| Acts 20:17, 28����������� How were elders selected through the Holy Spirit (I Timothy 3:1-7)? _______________________ |
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| Romans 8:26������������� The Spirit not only comes to us in WORDS, but he can communicate with our spirit and then express it to God the Father in what way? _________� Do you think we have to consciously make groanings for God's Spirit to do so for us? ____________� Do you think when we weep during prayer, that is a form of "groanings"? ________ |
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| I Corinthians 2:4������� The message of truth and preaching of truth are demonstrations of the Spirit's what? __________ |
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| I Corinthians 2:13����������������� The Spirit reveals the mind of God in what that is not taught by human wisdom? ______________� Today, where do we find those same WORDS? ___________� does God's Word come to us outside the Bible? __________� (See also Galatians 1:8-9) |
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| Ephesians 1:13���������� What causes us to be included in Christ? _________________________________ |
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| Ephesians 6:17���������� If we want a weapon to fight falsehood, what must we use? __________________________ |
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| I Thessalonians 1:5��������������� The Spirit is associated with deep what? _________________________ |
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| Hebrews 4:12f����������� Since the Spirit is Truth and the WORD is truth (John 14:14, 17), what is the Spirit capable of penetrating? _______________________________________________________________________________ |
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| What does the Spirit/Truth/Word judge? ______________________________________________ |
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| Hebrews 6:4-6����������� When we taste the heavenly gift, we also taste the goodness of what? ______________________ |
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| Hebrews 9:1, 8-12, 24����������� The first covenant (Old Testament) had explained what was to be in their tabernacle, their earthly _________________________, and how it should have a separate Most Holy Place only the high priest could enter.��� This pattern was an ________________________ for us today, so we could better understand what Jesus did for us.� For he went into a greater tabernacle not _______________________, and then entered the Most _________________________.� Where was the greater tabernacle? _______________________ |
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| Sometimes we think God is making us legalistic when he says things should be done in a certain way.� But, if the (1) Jews had not built the tabernacle exactly like God said to, (2) and had not put the Most Holy Place in it like God said to, (3) and allowed anyone who want to go into the Most Holy Place, when it came time to explain the spiritual counterpart, we could not have understood. |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? __________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Message/Speech |
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| Numbers 11:16-17���� During this time in Jewish history, God only spoke in what location? ___________________ __________________ (also called the tabernacle, or what we'd call a church building). |
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| Does God speak to us today only at the church building?� Remember to apply John 14:14 and 17) _____________ |
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| Ezekiel 2:2-3� ����������� Did the Spirit make Ezekiel fall backward to the floor?� _________� After he got Ezekiel to his feet, he heard what? ___________________________� The Spirit then told him, "I am ___________________ you." |
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| Ezekiel 3:24-27��������� The Spirit controlled when Ezekiel would and would not do what? __________________� Once he could speak, he was to say what the Spirit told him to say. |
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| Matthew 10:1a, 18-20����������������������� Jesus promised his twelve Apostles that when they were before governors and kings, the Spirit would do what? ___________________________________________ |
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| Matthew 12:30-32����� What was Jesus while on earth (John 1:1, 14)? _________________ |
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| ����������������������������������� What was the Spirit (see II Timothy 3:16)? ___________________________ |
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| ����������������������������������� What does the Spirit do (John 16:8a)? ___________________________________________ |
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| NOTE:� Remember that the word translated ?breathed? is from the Greek word "pneuma" meaning breath, wind, and is also translated "spirit." |
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| NOTE:� The word translated "blasphemy" is from the Greek word "blasphemia" and means to speak injuriously of or speak evil toward. |
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| When we blaspheme the Holy Spirit we speak evil of what (John 14:14, 17)? ____________________________� If we do not believe God's Word, how can we be saved? ___________________� As long as we refuse to believe, we won't repent, and we cannot be forgiven. |
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| Matthew 22:43���������� Whose words in the Old Testament were actually the words of the Spirit? _______________ |
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| Luke 2:25-27� ����������� The Spirit revealed what to Simeon? _____________________________________________ |
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| Did he act on what the Spirit told him? How? ________________________________________________________ |
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| John 3:34������������������� Jesus spoke what? ____________________________ |
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| NOTE:� The KJV after "Spirit without limit," added "unto the Son" (italicized).� If the translators are correct, then this indicates Jesus had the Spirit without limit, but we have the Spirit in a limited way.� It seems to make sense. |
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| Acts 1:16������������������� What did the Spirit speak through in the Old Testament? __________________________ |
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| So when the Holy Spirit talks to us, it is through what medium? ________________________ |
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| Acts 2:1-4������������������ What did the Spirit enable the Apostles to do after He came to rest on them? __________ _______________________________ |
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| Well, that seems only natural since the Spirit is the Word. |
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| Acts 2:6f, 14�������������� At first they did their speaking in private.� But immediately they went out and presented a MESSAGE to who? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Acts 2:42������������������� How was the early church able to follow the MESSAGE of the Spirit? _________________________.� How has the church followed the MESSAGE of the Spirit since then (II Timothy 3:16)? ______________________ |
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| Acts 11:9,12,17��������� The Spirit told the Apostle Peter to do what two things? ______________________________ ___________________________________________________________� Later all this was written down and became Scripture. |
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| Acts 14:3������������������� Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly because their MESSAGE was confirmed how? _______________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Acts 23:1-9���������������� Some of Paul's hearers, the Sanhedrin (Jewish council) were aware that his words about life after death were of a spiritual nature and acknowledged that he may be passed on the words of who? _______________________ |
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| Romans 9:1��������������� Paul was in the process of writing part of the New Testament when he wrote the church in Rome.� He said he was speaking the truth as confirmed by whom? ____________________________� When and how could that have happened (Galatians 1:11-12)? _________________________________________________ |
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| Romans 15:18-19������ Paul said he would only speak the the words told the Gentiles and confirmed how? _______________________________ |
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| I Corinthians 2:4������������������� Considering the above verse, Paul convinced people he was speaking the truth because of the power of miracles, for his words were not what by human standards? _____________________ |
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| I Corinthians 2:12����������������� The Spirit helps us do what with that which God freely gave us? ______________ |
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| I Corinthians 2:13����������������� Considering the previous verse, were the spiritual words Paul spoke jibberish? _________ |
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| I Corinthians 12:3����������������� In what way does the Spirit convince us to have faith that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:17)? ______________________________ |
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| I Corinthians 12:8����������������� What are two types of MESSAGES the Spirit helped Christians in the early church to give? __________________________________________________� Chapters 1 and 2 say "wisdom" 16 times.� According to 2:13, what is spiritual wisdom? _________________________________� According to 2:12, spiritual knowledge is knowing what? _________________________________________________� Would these gifts of wisdom and knowledge be needed at a time when the scriptures were not yet written? ___________ |
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| I Corinthians 12:10��������������� How can we interpret the scriptures today in order to help others (hint: the scriptures always interpret themselves)? ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| NOTE:� The best way to interpret Revelation is to go to other scriptures using the same term.� |
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| NOTE:� The word translated "prophecy" is from a Greek word meaning to speak the mind and counsel of God. �It is not just telling the future though that often follows after warnings from God. |
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| NOTE:� The word translated "interpretation" means an explanation, not transposing a word from one language to another.� It is the same word translated "explained" in Luke 24:27 when Jesus met the men on the way to Emmaus after his resurrection.� See also II Peter 1:20. |
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| Ephesians 5:18-19����� We not only encourage people by speaking God's Spirit/Word, but also by doing what? ______________________ |
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| I Thessalonians 1:6��������������� What did the Christians in Thessalonica do with the Spirit's MESSAGE given through Paul, Silas and Timothy (1:1)? ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| I Peter 1:10-12���������� Who spoke of that which was to come ~ Jesus? _______________________� Do we have a record of what they spoke? ____________� Where? ________________________________________� In Peter's time, this same MESSAGE that they preached was called what? ________________________ |
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| Although we can understand the gospel message, who still does not? _____________________� That's another study. |
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| Revelation 2:7,11,17,29�������� (The first half of each verse only)� If we have an ear for the Spirit?s MESSAGE, what will we do about it? ___________________ |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? __________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| We're coming close to the end of this long study.� It ends with what we put the Spirit through (we actually invluence the Holy Spirit???), and how he struggles with us. |
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Grief/Anger |
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| Genesis 6:3��������������� What was the Spirit doing with mankind that he eventually quit doing? _____________ |
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| That is scary.� You mean the Holy Spirit eventually quits trying to get us to heaven with him? |
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| Genesis 6:5-6������������ Evil does what to God's Good Spirit? ______________� This causes God's heart/Spirit to be filled with what? _______________________ |
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| Just what is evil, anyway?� We think of people who torture and kill as evil.� Or rapists.� But what does the Word of God consider evil?� This word in Hebrew is "Ra" and is sometimes translated bad, harm, hurt, grieve, be naughty, cause trouble..� This word in the Greek is "kakos" which is the antonym of "kalos" which means fair, advisable, good.� Also in Greek it is "poneros" which involves causing physical problems.� So evil is anything we do which is harmful, bad, inadvisable, and that covers every sin we commit. |
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| Genesis 6:7��������������� Do you think God looked forward to destroying his creation? __________� |
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| We so arrogantly defy what the Word of God says, declaring no one is going to tell us what to do.� All God is trying to do is save us. |
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| Judges 14:19������������� The Spirit caused Samson to feel how? ______________� This caused him to do what to thirty of the enemy? _____________ |
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| I Samuel 11:2,6,11���� The Spirit caused King Saul to feel how? __________________� This caused him to do what with the evil Ammonites? _________________________ |
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| Remember, this was in the era where there was often instant punishment, not like today when our punishment awaits us.� Remember also that god never runs ahead of mankind.� If mankind is barbarous, God deals with them where they are. |
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| Isaiah 63:1,10������������ Esau was raised to believe in God.� But he and his descendants did what? ______________� Therefore, they made the Spirit their what? ___________________ |
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| NOTE:� The Edomites were descendants of Abraham through his son?s (Isaac?s) son Esau.� Esau?s twin brother was Jacob whose name was later changed to Israel.� |
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| Deuteronomy 32:35 says who is to take vengeance? __________� But in Old Testament days, he usually took vengeance through people.� Romans 12:19-20 says, however, to leave everything to God and Christians are to do what instead? ______________________________� This seems to relate to the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew. 5-8 to "turn the other cheek."� |
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| What a relief that in the Christian era, we are not expected to exact vengeance.� We can leave it to God. |
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| Ezekiel 3:14f������������� Here is the Spirit contending with someone again ~ Ezekiel.� Although Ezekiel is ANGRY, the Spirit does not give up; he knows deep down Ezekiel's heart is right.� Does the Spirit sometimes contend with you and make you ANGRY through his word?� If so, tell here what in the Bible is making you angry now. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Micah 2:6-8��������������� The people were telling the prophets of God to do what? ____________________________� Then they shrugged their shoulders and asked, "__________________________________________________________________________?" |
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| Do people today tend to think an ANGRY God could not be a good God? __________________� Does a parent sometimes become ANGRY at the child _____________.� Is it because the parent doesn?t love the child? ________ |
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| When we keep doing or believing wrong, denying that the Spirit could ever get ANGRY, we become what to God? ____________ |
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| Zechariah 7:12���������� The Spirit sent what two things through the prophets? ______________________________� When people would not listen or obey, the Spirit became what? ______________________ |
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| Zechariah 12:10�������������������� The Spirit gives his followers his spirit of what? _____________________________ |
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| Grace:� Unmerited favor.� Oh to never give up on our friends who believe wrong things regardless of how much they reject it.� Oh to be like the Holy Spirit. |
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| Through those who loved Jesus, the Spirit did what when he was pierced? _______________________ |
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| Do I sometimes weep when I participate in the communion?� Oh to be like the Holy Spirit. |
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| John 11:32-33������������ When Jesus talked with dead Lazarus' sisters, he felt what two ways in His spirit? ________________________________ |
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| NOTE:� The word translated "moved" in the NIV is translated "groaned" in the KJV.� This word is from the Greek "embri-mao-mai" which is an intensive anger like the snorting of horses or bulls.� Jesus was angry at Death!� Someday he would personally overcome Death. |
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| The Spirit groaned over the bad happening to someone else.� Oh to be like the Holy Spirit. |
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| Acts 5:1-5������������������ Every time we twist around or lie about the Scriptures, we are lying against who? _____________________ |
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| Ephesians 4:30-31����� What six things GRIEVE the Holy Spirit? |
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_____________________________� Do you ever demonstrate this? ______
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| Oh, God.� How can I keep from GRIEVING you? |
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| Thessalonians 5:19-20���������� How do we put out the fire of the Holy Spirit (substitute Scripture for "Prophecies")? _________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Hebrews 10:26-29����� Where does the knowledge come from that we are not to defy (Romans 10:1-2, 17)? ______________� If we disagree with the Word, can we instead rely on visions or emotions we think are from the Holy Spirit? ____________� Once we turn down the Word of God and refuse to act on it, we have trampled who? __________________________________� And who have we insulted? ________________________________ |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? __________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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STRUGGLE/WARNING |
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| Acts 20:22����������������� Before the written New Testament, the Spirit sometimes did what to the Apostles? _____________________________________ |
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| Acts 20:23����������������� Ironically, even though the Spirit is compelling him to go into a death trap at Jerusalem, he also does what? __________________� Does this indicate to you that, even though the Holy Spirit compels us, we still have a choice? ________________ |
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For a dramatic account of this trip and the death of Jesus, go here. |
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| Acts 21:4������������������� After Paul told them he would never see them again (20:25), his friends said what to Paul about going on to Jerusalem? _________________ |
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| Acts 21:10-11������������ The Holy Spirit WARNED Agabus specifically that what would happen to Paul in Jerusalem? ________________________________________________________ |
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| Acts 21:12-14������������ Their begging was doing what to Paul? __________________________________________ |
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| Why did he insist on going anyway (20:22)? ______________________________________� Therefore, his friends finally gave up and said what? ____________________________________________________________________ |
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| Romans 15:30-31������ Paul urged his Christian friends to pray, thereby joining his what? ______________________________________________________ |
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| Who am I struggling for in prayer?� How many lost friends are on my prayer list?� For more on this, go here. |
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| Romans 15:31����������� What was Paul's struggle? ____________________________________________________ |
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| NOTE:� Paul may have written his letter to the church in Rome while with the Ephesians. |
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| LOOK OVER YOUR ANSWERS ABOVE.� WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING(S) YOU LEARNED? __________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Is Christianity still a struggle? ________� In what way is it for you? _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________� The Holy Spirit can help you in your struggle ~ struggle with you.� How (John 14:17; 17:17)? ______________________� Do you read the Bible every day?� There are some Bibles divided up by date so you know how far to read each day in order to read it through in a year.� �Any book store can order one for you, or Christian book stores always carry them.
WHAT ABOUT THE ENTIRE SERIES DID YOU LEARN OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANCE TO YOU? _________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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We hope this study of the Holy Spirit has brought you closer to him.� May each of us grieve him less and less.� And may he continue to struggle with us, and never, ever give up on us.� He promised he wouldn't.� And he always keeps his promises. |
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