Music for the Dance Study
John 16:5-16

  1. How would you describe the Holy Spirit? (Power, force, it, person)? The Holy Spirit is a person.
    1 Cor 2:11   For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? (He has knowledge.)
    1 Cor 12:11   But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. (He has a will)
    Ro 8:27   and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. (He has a mind)
    Ro 15:30   Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me (He has affections)
    Acts 5:3   But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? (You can lie to Him)
    Heb 10:29   How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? (You can insult Him)
    Eph 4:30   And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (You can grieve Him)

  2. How would you describe the 3 goals of the Spirit’s work? (comforts the saved (v 7), convicts the lost (v 8), conveys the truth (v 12-13).

  3. Has the Spirit ever comforted you?

  4. Has the Spirit ever convicted you? Have you ever sensed a stab of sorrow for your actions?

  5. Has the Spirit ever given you a new understanding or insight?

  6. How is following God or Jesus without the Holy Spirit like learning to dance without music?

    You never thought about music. You remembered the book. You learned the rules. You laid out the pattern. But you forgot the music.

    "Do it again," she says, putting in a CD. "This time don't worry about the steps, just follow the music."

    We Christians are prone to follow the book while ignoring the music. We master the doctrine, outline the chapters, memorize the dispensations, debate the rules, and stiffly step down the dance floor of life with no music in our hearts. We measure each step, calibrate each turn, and flop into bed each night exhausted from another day of dancing by the book.

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