Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Friday, March 21,

Foundational Doctrines The Doctrine of The Holy Spirit! Part 3

Father Planner Son Executor Holy Spirit Enabler Co-Equal Co-Infinite Co-Eternal

I. He is a Member of the Trinity. II. False Understandings as to who the Holy Spirit is. III. The Person of the Holy Spirit. IV. The Holy Spirit is God. V. The Holy Spirit’s Work in Creation. VI. The Holy Spirit’s Ministry in the OT VII. The Holy Spirit’s Ministry in the NT, Church Age. VIII. The Filling of the Holy Spirit.

IX. The Holy Spirit in the Millennium. Millennium Believers will be indwelt by the Holy Spirit, Ezek 36:27; 37:14.

Ezek 37:14, “I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken and done it,” declares the LORD.’”

They will also be filled with the Spirit, Isa 32:15; 44:3; Zech 12:10; Joel 2:28-29.

X. The Universal Ministry of the Holy Spirit in Regard to Salvation. Rom 10:13, “For “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

First the Problem: Real Spiritual Death in Man.

All Three Persons in the Godhead are Involved in Establishing our Relationship with God.

2 Cor 5:21, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

1. Common Grace Ministry of the Holy Spirit. Gen 6:3; John 16:8 ‑ 11; Eph 1:13

Eph 1:13, “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, (Common Grace) the gospel of your salvation, (content of Common Grace), — having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise.”

1 Cor 2:14, “But a natural (soulish) man (unbeliever) does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.”

2. Efficacious Grace Ministry of the Holy Spirit. Eph 1:13; 2:8-9

Jesus’ Prophecy Concerning the Three-Fold Common and Efficacious Grace Ministry of the Holy Spirit, John 16:7-11.

Grace Fellowship Church Friday March 21, 2014 Tape # 14-F07 Proverbs Chapter 12 The Holy Spirit, Part 3 Millennium, Common and Efficacious Grace Ministries James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2014 Grace Fellowship Church Friday March 21, 2014 Tape # 14-F07 Proverbs Chapter 12 The Holy Spirit, Part 3 Millennium, Common and Efficacious Grace Ministries Ezek 36:27; 37:14; Joel 2:28-29; Eph 1:13; John 16:7-11 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2014