God the SpiritGod the Spirit

What does the Spirit do?What does the Spirit do?

• Helps in Prayer

26Likewise the Spirit helps us in our

weakness; for we do not know how to

pray as we ought, but that very Spirit

intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27And God, who searches the heart,

knows what is the mind of the Spirit,

because the Spirit intercedes for the

saints according to the will of God.

- Romans 8:26-27

26Likewise the Spirit helps us in our

weakness; for we do not know how to

pray as we ought, but that very Spirit

intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27And God, who searches the heart,

knows what is the mind of the Spirit,

because the Spirit intercedes for the

saints according to the will of God.

- Romans 8:26-27

What does the Spirit do?What does the Spirit do?

• Helps in Prayer

• Helps with sanctification

2who have been chosen and destined

by God the Father and sanctified by

the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus

Christ and to be sprinkled with his

blood:

May grace and peace be yours in

abundance.

- 1 Peter 1:2

2who have been chosen and destined

by God the Father and sanctified by

the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus

Christ and to be sprinkled with his

blood:

May grace and peace be yours in

abundance.

- 1 Peter 1:2

9Do you not know that wrongdoers will

not inherit the kingdom of God? Do

not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters,

adulterers, male prostitutes,

sodomites, 10thieves, the greedy,

drunkards, revilers, robbers - none of

these will inherit the kingdom of God.

9Do you not know that wrongdoers will

not inherit the kingdom of God? Do

not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters,

adulterers, male prostitutes,

sodomites, 10thieves, the greedy,

drunkards, revilers, robbers - none of

these will inherit the kingdom of God.

11And this is what some of you used

to be. But you were washed, you

were sanctified, you were justified in

the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

and in the Spirit of our God. - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

11And this is what some of you used

to be. But you were washed, you

were sanctified, you were justified in

the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

and in the Spirit of our God. - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

19Or do you not know that your body

is a temple of the Holy Spirit within

you, which you have from God, and

that you are not your own? 20For you

were bought with a price; therefore

glorify God in your body. - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

19Or do you not know that your body

is a temple of the Holy Spirit within

you, which you have from God, and

that you are not your own? 20For you

were bought with a price; therefore

glorify God in your body. - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

7For God did not call us to impurity

but in holiness. 8Therefore whoever

rejects this rejects not human

authority but God, who also gives his

Holy Spirit to you.

- 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8

7For God did not call us to impurity

but in holiness. 8Therefore whoever

rejects this rejects not human

authority but God, who also gives his

Holy Spirit to you.

- 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8

What does the Spirit do?What does the Spirit do?

• Helps in Prayer

• Helps with sanctification

• Assurance

4For while we are still in this tent, we groan under our burden, because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. - 2 Corinthians 5:4-5

4For while we are still in this tent, we groan under our burden, because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. - 2 Corinthians 5:4-5

13In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; 14this is the pledge of our inheritance towards redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory. - Ephesians 1:13-14

13In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; 14this is the pledge of our inheritance towards redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory. - Ephesians 1:13-14

12So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh - 13for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

12So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh - 13for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

15For you did not receive a spirit of

slavery to fall back into fear, but you

have received a spirit of adoption.

When we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ 16it is

that very Spirit bearing witness with

our spirit that we are children of

God,

15For you did not receive a spirit of

slavery to fall back into fear, but you

have received a spirit of adoption.

When we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ 16it is

that very Spirit bearing witness with

our spirit that we are children of

God,

17and if children, then heirs, heirs of

God and joint heirs with Christ—if,

in fact, we suffer with him so that we

may also be glorified with him.

- Romans 8:12-17

17and if children, then heirs, heirs of

God and joint heirs with Christ—if,

in fact, we suffer with him so that we

may also be glorified with him.

- Romans 8:12-17

What does the Spirit do?What does the Spirit do?

• Helps in Prayer

• Helps with sanctification

• Assurance

• Power

16I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, 17and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.

16I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, 17and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.

18I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

18I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine,

- Ephesians 3:16-20

20Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine,

- Ephesians 3:16-20

13May the God of hope fill you with

all joy and peace in believing, so that

you may abound in hope by the

power of the Holy Spirit.

- Romans 15:13

13May the God of hope fill you with

all joy and peace in believing, so that

you may abound in hope by the

power of the Holy Spirit.

- Romans 15:13

15See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. 16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

15See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all. 16Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

19Do not quench the Spirit. 20Do not despise the words of prophets, 21but test everything; hold fast to what is good; 22abstain from every form of evil.

- 1 Thessalonians 5:15-22

19Do not quench the Spirit. 20Do not despise the words of prophets, 21but test everything; hold fast to what is good; 22abstain from every form of evil.

- 1 Thessalonians 5:15-22