HOLY SPIRIT: FOR PAKISTANI PASTORS CONFERENCE 7-1-21

HOLY SPIRIT: The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the power, the will and the wisdom to do what we are called to do.

- Power
- - the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead
- The same spirit that performed miracles and raised the dead
- Miracles demand balance and tension like a tent
- Paul said “not mighty word of men’s wisdom but power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost”
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- “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,”
- ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭2:4‬ ‭NIV‬‬
- https://www.bible.com/111/1co.2.4.niv
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- Jesus said “It is a corrupt and perverse generation that demands a sign.”
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- “Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”
- ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭12:38-39‬ ‭NIV‬‬
- https://www.bible.com/111/mat.12.38-39.niv

- Will - courage and determination
- the love of God constrains us -
- This is how we avoid the corruption of heresy and immorality

- Wisdom = information + experience
- He was sent to comfort, teach and remind
- He knows things yet to come and is excited to share them
- When you ask, surrender and wait He will tell you what no one else knows, comfort you when no one else understands and remind you of God’s unconditional love for you
- HE WILL COME -to comfort, teach and remind - the Paraclete, the helper,