The document provides an overview of lessons from a course about the Holy Spirit. It discusses topics like the Holy Spirit being a person and God, the Spirit's roles in the Old Testament, New Testament, and today. It covers the Spirit's role in Jesus' life and ministry. Specific lessons explain concepts like conviction, regeneration, indwelling, baptism, and how the Spirit seals believers. It contrasts evangelical and Pentecostal/charismatic views on baptism in the Holy Spirit.

1. By Max Anders
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
LESSON 31

2. REVIEW
LESSON 32
IN CHAPTER ONE WE LEARNED THAT . . .
1. THE SCRIPTURES REVEAL THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE A
PERSON, WITH ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A
LIVING, PERSONAL BEING.
2. THE SCRIPTURES REVEAL THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE GOD,
WITH ALL THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF A
DIVINE BEING.
3. THE SCRIPTURES REVEAL THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE ON
AN EQUAL LEVEL WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON,
THOUGH DISTINCT FROM THEM IN ROLE.

3. LESSON 33
 IN CHAPTER 2 WE LEARNED . . .
FOUR PRIMARY AREAS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT'S ACTIVITY:
1. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE HOLY SPIRIT
a) HELPED IN CREATION
b) REVEALED TRUTH TO PEOPLE AND
c) EMPOWERED PEOPLE TO DO GOD'SWILL.
2. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE HOLY SPIRIT
EMPOWERED THE MINISTRY OF JESUS AND HIS CHURCH.
3. TODAY THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS PEOPLE TO KNOW, BE
AND DO WHAT GOD WANTS.
4. IN THE FUTURE, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BRING HISTORY
TO AN END AND USHER IN ETERNITY.

4. LESSON 34
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME
UPON PEOPLE
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS
CHRISTIANS.
“THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU”
1 Corinthians 3:16
“THE SPIRIT OF HIM WHO RAISED JESUS
FROM THE DEAD DWELLS IN YOU”
Romans 8:11
SAMSON – Judges 15:14
SAUL - 1 Samuel 6:6, 10
DAVID - 1 Samuel 16:13

5. LESSON 35
THE HOLY SPIRIT NKJ
V
UPON JESUS LUKE
3:22
“And the Holy Spirit descended in
bodily form like a dove upon Him”
IN JESUS LUKE
4:1
“Jesus, being filled with the Holy
Spirit”
LED JESUS LUKE
4:1
“led by the Spirit”
EMPOWERED
JESUS
LUKE
4:14
“Then Jesus returned in the power
of the Spirit”
ANOINTED JESUS LUKE
4:18
“He has anointed Me”
SENT JESUS LUKE
4:18
“He has sent Me”

6. LESSON 3
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MY SALVATION?
LESSON 3
Through his death on the cross Jesus Christ not only
readjusts a man in conscience and heart to God, he does
something grander; he imparts to him the power to do all
God wants, he presences him with divinity, the Holy Spirit,
so that he is garrisoned from within, and enabled to live
without blame before God. (Oswald Chambers)
GAR'RISON:
1. The action involved in guarding or protecting.
2. to maintain a watch, guard (like guarding the city gates
from within as a control on all who went out)
3. to provide security, guard, protect, keep
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7. IN THIS CHAPTER WE LEARN:
LESSON 3
FIVE KEY ROLES THE HOLY SPIRIT PLAYS IN OUR
SALVATION:
1. Conviction: causing us to recognize our sin and
prompting us to turn from it.
2. Regeneration: causing us to be born again,
spiritually, resulting in eternal life.
3. Indwelling: coming to live the body of each
Christian.
4. Baptism: incorporating the Christian into the body
of Christ.
5. Sealing: marking us as God’s own possession and
guaranteeing our salvation.
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8. WHY I NEED TO KNOW THE ROLE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IN MY SALVATION:
LESSON 3
1. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT I CANNOT COME TO
CHRIST EXCEPT AS HE IS WORKING IN MY LIFE. THE
SAME IS TRUE ABOUT OTHERS TO WHOM I MAY BE
MINISTERING.
2. IF I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS, IT MIGHT PUT ME
ON A GUILT TRIP, THINKING THAT IF I HAD DONE
MORE, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT HAVE BECOME A
CHRISTIAN. IF I DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT I AM
MERELY A CONVEYOR OF INFORMATION*-THAT
SALVATION IS BETWEEN A PERSON AND GOD-I MAY
TAKE UP A BURDEN THAT IS SIMPLY TOO GREAT FOR
ME TO CARRY.
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*A person or thing that transports or communicates something

9. LESSON 3
3. IF I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE HOLY SPIRIT’S ROLE IN
MY SALVATION, I WILL NOTAPPRECIATE COMPLETELY
WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME, AND IT WILL LIMIT MY
JOY AND MY CAPACITY* TO WORSHIP GOD.
*The maximum amount that something can contain
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10. WHAT IS CONVICTION?
LESSON 3
 CONVICTION IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN
WHICH HE CAUSES US TO RECOGNIZE OUR SIN, AND
PROMPTS US TO TURN FROM IT.
 CENTRAL PASSAGE: JOHN 16:8,” WHEN HE [THE HOLY
SPIRIT] HAS COME, HE WILL CONVICT* THE WORLD OF
SIN, AND OF RIGHTEOUS, AND OF JUDGEMENT.”
*to find or prove to be guilty; “to present or expose facts, to convince of
the truth”.
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11. WITHOUT THE SPIRIT, OUR WITNESS GETS NOWHERE
LESSON 311
 IN 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-4, WE READ, “IF OUR GOSPEL
IS VEILED, IT IS VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE
PERISHING, WHOSE MINDS THE GOD OF THIS AGE
[SATAN] HAS BLINDED, WHO DO NOT BELIEVE, LEST
THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST,
WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD, SHOULD SHINE ON
THEM.”
 AS LONG AS SOMEONE IS BLINDED BY SATAN, HE WILL
FEEL NO CONVICTION OF SIN

12. LESSON 312

13. WHAT IS REGENERATION?
LESSON 313
 REGENERATION IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN WHICH HE CAUSES US TO BE BORN AGAIN,
SPIRITUALLY, RESULTING IN ETERNAL LIFE.
 CENTRAL PASSAGE: TITUS 3:5 (NASB), “HE SAVED US,
NOT ON THE BASIS OF DEEDS WHICH WE HAVE DONE
IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY,
BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND RENEWING
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.”

14. ETERNAL LIFE FOLLOWS DEATH TO SIN.
LESSON 314
 “WE WERE DEAD IN TRESSPASSES AND SINS,
PAUL WROTE. IN WHAT SENSE WERE WE DEAD?
OBVIOUSLY WE WERE NOT PHYSICALLY DEAD. WE
WERE DEAD SPIRITUALLY, WHICH MEANS SEPARATED
FROM GOD.
 IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE HAVE CEASED LIVING.
 SPIRITUALLY, IT MEANS WE ARE SEPARATED, CUT OFF,
ALIENATED FROM GOD.
 OUR SPIRIT HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH SIN, AND
GOD CANNOT TOLERATE THE PRESENCE OF SIN.

15. LESSON 315
 SPIRITUALLY, IN A WAY WE DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND,
WE ARE PLACED IN CHRIST, AND THE CRUCIFIXION THAT
HE EXPERIECED, WE EXPERIENCE.
 THE DEATH THAT HE DIED, WE DIE. THAT GETS RID OF SIN.
 THEN BY THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE ARE
BORN AGAIN, THIS TIME TO NEW LIFE, WE ARE WITHOUT
SIN IN OUR INNER MAN. (ROMANS 7:15-8:1)

16. NEW BIRTH MAKES US RIGHTEOUS
BEFORE GOD.
LESSON 316
 WE STILL SIN, BUT SOMEHOW, AGAIN IN WAYS THAT WE
DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND, THE SIN IS NO ATTRIBUTED
TO OUR SPIRIT; IT IS ASSIGNED TO OUR FLESH.
 EPHESIANS 4:24 (NASB) – OUR NEW SELF, AFTER WE HAVE
BEEN BORN AGAIN IS IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD, IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS.
 ROMANS 7:20 (NASB) – WE ALL KNOW THAT WE SIN, BUT
PAUL REFUSES TO ATTRIBUTE THE SIN TO THE NEW SELF. HE
PLACES IT IN WHAT HE CALLS “THE FLESH.”

17. LESSON 317
 ROMANS 8:23 – THE POINT HERE IS THAT OUR COMPLETE
REDEMPTION WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL WE DIE AND GET A
NEW BODY, UNCONTAMINATED BY SIN.
 WE COULD SAY THAT WE ARE REDEEMED IN STAGES.
 ONE STAGE IS OUR SPIRITUAL REDEMPTION WHEN WE
ARE BORN AGAIN
 ANOTHER STAGE IS OUR PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUAL
GROWTH ON EARTH.
 A THIRD STAGE IS OUR PHYSICAL REDEMPTION, WHEN WE
RECEIVE NEW BODIES.
 RENGENERATION IS THAT ACT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BY
WHICH HE CAUSES US TO BE BORN AGAIN, SPIRITUALLY,
AT THE MOMENT WE PLACE OUR FAITH IN CHRIST.

18. WHAT IS REGENERATION?
LESSON 318
1. 3.
2.

19. LESSON 319
SPIRIT
(PNEUMA)
Romans 1:21 (NKJV)
“their foolish hearts
were darkened”
Ephesians 4:18 (NKJV)
“having their
understanding darkened”

20. LESSON 320

21. WHAT IS INDWELLING?
LESSON 321
 INDWELLING IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
COMING TO LIVE IN THE BODY OF EACH CHRISTIAN.
 CENTRAL PASSAGE: 1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20, “DO YOU
NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT WHO IS IN YOU, WHOM YOU HAVE FROM GOD,
AND YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN? FOR YOU WERE BOUGHT
AT A PRICE; THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY.”

22. INDWELLING IS ONCE AND FOR ALWAYS.
LESSON 322
 INDWELLING IS PERMANENT.
 THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT MOVE IN AND OUT LIKE AN
UNSTABLE TENANT. NOR DOES HE MOVE IN AND OUT
DEPENDING ON WHETHER HE LIKES THE CONDITION OF THE
“TEMPLE” HE IS IN. (JOHN14:16-17)
 THERE ARE TWO WAYS A CHRISTIAN CAN KNOW THAT HE IS
INDWELT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
1. SIMPLY TAKE THE SCRIPTURE AT FACE VALUE. IF YOU
BELIEVED IN AND RECEIVED CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL
SAVIOR, YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT. (ROMANS 8:9)
2. LOOK FOR THE EVIDENCE OF HIS WORK IN YOUR LIFE.

23. WHAT IS BAPTISM?
LESSON 323
 BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE MNISTRY OF THE SPIRIT
INCORPORATING THE CHRISTIAN INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
 CENTRAL PASSAGE: ROMANS 6:3-5(NASB), “OR DO YOU NOT
KNOW THAT ALL OF US WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST
JESUS HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH? THEREFORE WE
HAVE BEEN BURIED WITH HIM THROUGH BAPTISM INTO DEATH,
IN ORDER THAT AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD
THROUGH THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, SO WE TOO MIGHT
WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. FOR IF WE HAVE BEEN UNITED
WITH HIM IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH,CERTAINLY WE SHALL
BE ALSO IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS RESURRECTION.”

24. LESSON 324
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
CLASSIC EVANGELICAL VIEW
1 CORINTHIANS 12:13; ROMANS 6:3-5;
ACTS 1:4-5
PENTECOSTAL/CHARISMATIC VIEW
Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6
1. BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE
WORK OF THE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN
WHICH HE PLACES EACH BELIEVER
INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST AT THE
MOMENT OF CONVERSION.
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
PART OF AND SIMILTANEOUS WITH
CONVERSION.
1. CONVERSION PLACES EACH BELIEVER
INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
DISTINCT FROM, AND SUBSEQUENT
TO CONVERSION
2. EACH BELIEVER IS BAPTIZED ONLY
ONCE.
2. BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT OCCURS
ONCE, BUT THERE CAN BE MANY
FILLINGS.

25. LESSON 325
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
CLASSIC EVANGELICAL VIEW PENTECOSTAL/CHARISMATIC VIEW
3. SOME EVANGELICALS APPLY THE
TERM BAPTISM TO ONE’S FIRST
EXPERIENCE OF BEING FILLED WITH THE
SPIRIT.
3. THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
A SECOND EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE
TO CHRISTIANS TO EMPOWER THEM
FOR GOD’S SERVICE
4. THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
PLACES ONE INTO THE SPIRITUAL BODY
OF CHRIST. IT MAKES ALL BELIEVERS
MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
4. CONVERSION PLACES ONE INTO THE
BODY OF CHRIST.
5. MANY EVANGELICALS UNDERSTAND
THAT WHILE SPEAKING IN TONGUES
AND OTHER MIRACULOUS EVENTS
OCCURRED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
THEY WERE NOT A MANIFESTATION OF
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, BUT
RATHER A RESULT OF THE MIRACULOUS
FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. (ACTS 2:4)
5. BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
CONFIRMED BY THE "INITIAL
EVIDENCE" WHICH IS "SPEAKING IN
OTHER TONGUES, AS THE SPIRIT
GIVES THE UTTERANCE."

26. LESSON 326
THE BODY OF CHRIST:
 THE BODY OF CHRIST IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH, MEANING “THE
TOTALITY OF ALL BELIEVERS IN JESUS.” IT IS THE TOTALITY OF
ALL CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE EVER LIVED, PAST, PRESENT, AND
FUTURE. IT IS SYNONOMOUS IN THE BIBLE WITH THE
“CHURCH.” THIS “UNIVERSAL CHURCH” IS THE SAME AS THE
BODY OF CHRIST.
 LOCAL CHURCHES ARE LOCAL, VISIBLE, ORGANIZED GROUPS
OF PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE
UNIVERSAL CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST.
 IF A PERSON IS NOT A CHRISTIAN, HE MAY ATTEND A LOCAL
CHURCH, EVEN BE A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL CHURCH.
 BUT BECAUSE HE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN, HE IS NOT AMEMBER
OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST.

27. LESSON 327
 BAPTIZE: TO BAPTIZE MEANS, PRIMARILY, “TO
DIP.” IT IS USED IN THE BIBLE OF PEOPLE TAKING
BATHS, OF DYING A GARMENT, OR OF DRAWING
WATER BY DIPPING A CUP INTO THE WATER.
 TO BE BAPTIZED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, ACCORDING
TO THIS PERSPECTIVE, MEANS TO BE PLACED, OR
INCORPORATED SPIRITUALLY INTO THE BODY OF
CHRIST. IT IS AS IF THE BODY OF CHRIST WERE AN
OCEAN OF PEOPLE, AND WE, AS INDIVIDUALS,
ARE PLACED IN IT.
 ROMANS 6:3
 ROMANS 6:5

28. LESSON 328
 THE INFERENCE CAN BE DRAWN, THEN, THAT BEING
BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST MEANS “BEING UNITED WITH
HIM,” AS WELL AS WITH ALL OTHER BELIEVERS IN THE
BODY OF CHRIST.
 SOME EVANGELICALS APPLY THE TERM BAPTISM TO
ONE’S FIRST EXPERIENCE OF BEING FILLED WITH THE
SPIRIT.
 HOWEVER, MANY EVANGELICALS UNDERSTAND THAT
WHILE SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND OTHER
MIRACULOUS EVENTS OCCURRED IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, THEY WERE NOT A MANIFESTATION OF
THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, BUT RATHER A
RESULT OF THE MIRACULOUS FILLING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT. (ACTS 2:4)

29. LESSON 329
THE PENTECOSTAL/CHARISMATIC VIEW
 JESUS, BAPTIZES ALREADY CONVERTED BELIEVERS WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ORDER TO EMPOWER THEM TO
LIVE AND MINISTER AS JESUS DID.
 THEY BELIEVE THIS FOR TWO KEY REASONS:
1. THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS – LUKE 3:22; 4:1
2. THE EXAMPLE OF THE EARLY CHURCH – LUKE 4:14, 18-19
 THIS TRADITION EMPHASIZES THAT JESUS IS TO BE
SEEN NOT ONLY AS UNIQUE, BUT ALSO AS AN EXAMPLE
TO BE FOLLOWED.

30. LESSON 330
AS ONE WHOSE MINISTRY IS EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT, JESUS IS A PROTOTYPE FOR ALL BELIEVERS WHO
MAY AND CAN BE EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
CONTINUE JESUS’ EARTHLY MINISTRY NOW THAT HE IS
GONE.
THE PENTECOSTAL/CHARISMATIC VIEW OF SPIRIT
BAPTISM IS SEEN TO BE DISTINCT FROM CONVERSION
(ALTHOUGH NOTHING IN PRINCIPLE PREVENTS SPIRIT
BAPTISM AT CONVERSION) AND IS DISTINCT FROM THE
PURPOSE OF INCORPORATING A BELIEVER INTO
CHRIST’S BODY.

31. LESSON 331
 TO THE EXTENT THE WATER IS POURED INTO THE GLASS IT IS
FILLED, BUT NOT BAPTIZED.
 BY BURYING THE GLASS IN THE FULLNESS OF THE WATER IT IS
BOTH FILLED AND BAPTIZED.
REFERENCE: DAKE ANNOTATED BIBLE, GOD’S VICTORIOUS ARMY BIBLE

32. LESSON 332
 CONVERSION IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THAT IS THE
MOMENT AT WHICH A PERSON BECOMES A
CHRISTIAN.
 WATER BAPTISM IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS
COMMANDED BY OUR LORD (MATTHEW 28:19-20).
 SPIRIT BAPTISM IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS
ESSENTIAL TO EMPOWER THE CHRISTIAN FOR
FULLNESS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND FULL
EFFECTIVENESS IN MINISTRY.

33. WHAT IS SEALING?
LESSON 333
 SEALING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE MINISTRY OF
THE SPIRIT MARKING US AS GOD’S OWN
POSSESSION AND GUARANTEEING OUR
SALVATION.
 CENTRAL PASSAGE: EPHESIANS 1:13-14 (NASB),
“IN [CHRIST], YOU ALSO, AFTER LISTENING TO THE
MESSAGE OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR
SALVATION-HAVING ALSO BELIEVED, YOU WERE
SEALED IN HIM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF
PROMISE, WHO IS GIVEN AS A PLEDGE OF OUR
INHERITANCE.”

34. LESSON 334
SEALING SIGNIFIES OWNERSHIP AND AUTHORITY
 THE POWER OF THE SEAL CARRIES THE FULL WEIGHT OF
THE ONE WHO OWNS IT.
 WE HAVE GOD’S SEAL, THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHICH CARRIES
THE FULL WEIGHT OF GOD THE FATHER BEHIND IT
(2 CORITHIANS 1:22)
 THE SEAL SIGNIFIES THAT WE ARE GOD’S POSSESSION,
THAT WE HAVE GOD’S AUTHORITY BEHIND US, AND IT
GUARANTEES OUR SECURITY.
 THIS SEAL, PAUL SAYS IN EPHESIANS 1:13-14, IS ALSO A
PLEDGE, A DOWN PAYMENT. THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT INDWELLING US GUARANTEES THE FINAL
PURCHASE PRICE WHEN OUR BODIES ARE REDEEMED.

35. LESSON 335

36. CONCLUSION
LESSON 336
 ALL THESE MINISTRIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO US ARE
SIMULTANEOUS AT THE MOMENT OF SALVATION.
WHILE THE CONVICTION PROCESS MAY BE LONG AND
DRAWN OUT PREVIOUS TO SALAVATION, WE ARE NOT
SAVED WITHOUT IT. IT IS STILL PRESENT AT THE
MOMENT OF SALVATION, CONVINCING US TO REPENT,
TO TURN FROM OUR PREVIOUS ATTIUDES ABOUT
CHRIST, AND TO ACCEPT HIM AS OUR PERSONAL
SAVIOR.
 REGENERATION, INDWELLING, BAPTISM, AND SEALING
ALL OCCUR THE MOMENT WE SAY “YES” TO THE
INVITATION OF CHRIST.

37. QUESTIONS
LESSON 337
1. WHAT IS CONVICTION?
a) CONVICTION IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IN WHICH HE CAUSES US TO RECOGNIZE
OUR SIN, AND PROMPTS US TO TURN FROM IT.
2. WHAT IS REGENERATION?
a) REGENERATION IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IN WHICH HE CAUSES US TO BE BORN
AGAIN, SPIRITUALLY, RESULTING IN ETERNAL
LIFE.
3. WHAT IS INDWELLING?
a) INDWELLING IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT COMING TO LIVE IN THE BODY OF EACH
CHRISTIAN.

38. LESSON 338
4. WHAT IS BAPTISM?
a) BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE MNISTRY
OF THE SPIRIT INCORPORATING THE CHRISTIAN
INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
5. WHAT IS SEALING?
a) SEALING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE MINISTRY
OF THE SPIRIT MARKING US AS GOD’S OWN
POSSESSION AND GUARANTEEING OUR
SALVATION.

39. FOR FURTHER THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION
LESSON 339
 HOW DO YOU THINK THIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT’S WORK IN SALVATION WILL AFFECT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
 HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL AFFECT YOUR WORSHIP?
 HOW DO YOU THINK IT WILL AFFECT YOUR PRAYER?

40. LESSON 340
WHAT IF I DON’T BELIEVE?
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41. LESSON 341
1. I MAY REJECT THE CONVICTING MINISTRY OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT AS MERE TINGES OF HUMAN CONSCIENCE AND MISS
THE WORK GOD IS WANTING TO DO IN MY LIFE.
2. CONTINUAL REJECTION OF THE HOLY’S SPIRIT’S CONVICTING
WORK WILL RESULT IN A HARDENING OF MY CONSCIENCE.
HE WILL BE LESS AND LESS ABLE TO MOVE ME IN HIS
DIRECTION.
3. I WILL HAVE A DIMINISHED CAPACITY TO APPREICIATE AND
BE THANKFUL FOR HIS WORK IN MY LIFE.
4. I WILL HAVE A DIMINISHED SENSE OF DEPENDENCE UPON
HIM AS I SHARE TRUTH WITH OTHERS. THIS COULD RESULT
EITHER IN CARELESSNESS IN MY SHARING WITH OTHERS, OR
ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANOTHER PERSON’S
RESPONSE, A WEIGHT THAT GOD NEVER INTENDED US TO
CARRY.