The Holy Spirit  
     
 
17. The Holy Spirit helps us become Christians in another way. What is the other way according to 1 Cor. 2:10-14 and 1 John 5:7?
18. At the moment we believe that Jesus is God and start trusting Jesus to forgive our sins, the Holy Spirit places us into a community of Christians called the “body of Christ.” This happens one time. What is this called, according to 1 Cor. 12:13?
19. The Holy Spirit also does some other things with us and for us. What are they?
               
  a. Eph. 1:13 f. Titus 3:5  
  b. 1 Cor. 12:3 g. 1 Cor. 12:7-11  
  c. Rom 8:9 h. Gal. 5:16-21  
  d. Rom. 8:26-27 i. Eph. 5:18  
  e. 1 Cor. 2:13   j. Gal. 5:22-23    
               
Would you Like To Know Me? How did the world come into existence? Some believe that we have life and breath because of random chance. They contend that something “wonderfully small” such as an atom existed long ago. After millions of years of chance events, a living creature in the ocean appeared. All that was needed was time and endless interactions. How do they know? Were they there? How did the “wonderfully small” thing come into existence? Now that is the real question, is it not? Forget evolution. The real question is where did anything come from? We do not understand how something came from nothing, but amazingly the Bible solves our problem. The answer is God. Where did He come from? John 5:26 says this,

. . . the Father has life in Himself . . . (NASB) John 5:26

God has life in Himself. He self-exists. How is that possible? Only God knows the answer and from Him everything flows. Since God is God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who created the world according to the following verses?

20. Eph. 3:8-9
21. John 1:3
22. Col. 1:15-16, 19
23. Gen. 1:2

What did the Holy Spirit do after the world was created? While you look at the passages ask, “Did God create everything and then just ignore us?” Before Jesus took the form of a man and lived on this planet, the Holy Spirit was influencing the Old Testament prophets and guiding them as they wrote the scriptures. The Apostle Peter says this,

 
     
 
< Back   Next >
 
  Solid Roots Series  
 
Copyright © Like The Master Ministries. All Rights Reserved.
www.neverthirsty.org