In this lesson we’ll learn about the Holy Spirit and what it means that He has given us the Spirit. We’ll discuss what it means to have the Spirit, but also discuss the person of the Holy Spirit, and His role in miracles, conversion and understanding the Word. This lesson was influenced by the writings of Wayne Jackson (https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/29-false-ideas-about-the-holy-spirit) and Jim McGuiggan (http://www.jimmcguiggan.com/reflections3.asp?status=The+Holy+Spirit&id=361).

1. “He Has Given Us of His Spirit”
1 John 4.13, CB NT p. 423

2. Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,
and God in him.And by this we know that he
abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
1 John 3:24; CB NT p. 423

3. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us,
because he has given us of his Spirit.
1 John 4:13; CB NT p. 424

4. And Peter said to them,“Repent and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for
the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:38; CB NT p. 211

5. And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the
Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who
obey him.”
Acts 5:32; CB NT p. 217

6. so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham
might come to the Gentiles, so that we might
receive the promised Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:14; CB NT p. 330

7. For it is impossible, in the case of those who have
once been enlightened, who have tasted the
heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:4; CB NT p. 386

8. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit,
if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.Anyone
who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not
belong to him.
Romans 8:9; CB NT p. 274

9. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall
back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of
adoption as sons, by whom we cry,“Abba! Father!”
Romans 8:15; CB NT p. 274

10. Does the Holy Spirit Dwell Within Me?

11. And when he came to the other side, to the
country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed
men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce
that no one could pass that way.
Matthew 8:28; CB NT p. 15

12. Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times
some will depart from the faith by devoting
themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of
demons,
1 Timothy 4:1; CB NT p. 367

13. For God shows no partiality.
Romans 2:11; CB NT p. 266

14. “This perseverance of
the saints depends ... the
abiding of the Spirit and
of the seed of God
within them”
Westminster Confession of Faith

15. For this is the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel after those days, declares Jehovah:
I will put my law within them, and I will write it on
their hearts.And I will be their God, and they shall
be my people.
Jeremiah 31:33; CB OT p. 1258

16. DoYou Have the Spirit?

17. I have a bike.

18. I have a wife!

19. I have a father.

20. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall
back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of
adoption as sons, by whom we cry,“Abba! Father!”
Romans 8:15; CB NT p. 274
Relationship!

21. Do you not know that you are God's temple and
that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys
God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's
temple is holy, and you are that temple.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17; CB NT p. 292
Church

22. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of
the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from
God?You are not your own,
1 Corinthians 6:19; CB NT p. 295
Individual

23. For it is impossible, in the case of those who have
once been enlightened, who have tasted the
heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:4; CB NT p. 386

24. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of
God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with
you all.
2 Corinthians 13:14; CB NT p. 326

25. DoYou Have the Spirit?

26. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?

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28. Full Joy: 1 John
#21
He Has Given Us of His Spirit
1 John 4.13
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
16 June 2013
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: In this lesson we’ll learn about the Holy Spirit and what it means that He has given us the Spirit. We’ll discuss what it means to
have the Spirit, but also discuss the person of the Holy Spirit, and His role in miracles, conversion and understanding the Word. This
lesson was influenced by the writings of Wayne Jackson (https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/29-false-ideas-about-the-holy-spirit)
and Jim McGuiggan (http://www.jimmcguiggan.com/reflections3.asp?status=The+Holy+Spirit&id=361).
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway
Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”

29. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?