1. JoLynn Gower Spring 2019 217-493-6151 jgower@guardingthetruth.org
THE MINISTRY of
THE HOLY SPIRIT
JoLynn Gower
Spring 2019
Lesson 4

2. VERSE FOR THE JOURNEY
John 16:  "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 14  "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. 15  "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.

3. ANNOUNCED BY AN ANGEL
Luke 1:26-27, …the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.  Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.”
Matthew 1:19-20  And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

4. WHAT DID HE LOOK LIKE? Isaiah 53:2 (NASB) For He grew up before Him
like a tender shoot,
And like a root
out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we
should be attracted to Him.

5. 3D SHROUD MODEL

6. DID HE LOOK LIKE THIS?

7. VOLUNTARY EMPTYING
Philippians 2:3-8  Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.  Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Psalm 8:3-5  When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty!

8. SACRIFICIAL IN MANY WAYS
Hebrews 2:9-10, But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.  For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings…Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.

9. LED BY THE SPIRIT
Luke 4:1-2  Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.
Luke 4:14-19  And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district. And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all. And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.  And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written… (Isaiah 61:1-2)

10. HOW DID IT WORK?
1 Corinthians 15:45  So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
The Father gave an assignment; Jesus accepted His role
The Holy Spirit enabled and led Him miraculously
John 4:31-34  Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat.” But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.”
John 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”

11. INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE SPIRIT
Acts 1:1-3  The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them overa period of forty days…
Matthew 28:16-20 But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All author-ity has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

12. THE INSTRUCTIONS Go in His authority to make converts and disciples
Authority: exousia: the right to do something
Authority is given by someone to someone; it has parameters in which it can operate and rules of operation established by the one giving the authority
Acts 1:4-6,8 Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. …but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."
Power: dunamis: the ability to do something

13. THE SPIRIT AT WORK
1 Corinthians 12 speaks of various ways that the Spirit enables believers
1 Corinthians 13 (the love chapters) emphasizes the attitude of heart when using the giftings of the Spirit
1 Corinthians 14 continues with the discussion of the use of spiritual gifts
Scripture is very clear that the impact and help of the Spirit continues until Christ returns for His bride
This is completely in keeping with the wedding imagery of our Kinsman Redeemer as the bridegroom in the levirate marriage
Revelation 19:9 Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These are true words of God"