The document discusses several key aspects of the Holy Spirit: 1) The Holy Spirit indwells believers according to several passages. 2) Speaking against the Holy Spirit is an unforgivable sin according to Jesus, referring to attributing His works to Satan. 3) The gift of the Holy Spirit is received through obedience to the gospel including baptism, sealing believers as children of God.

3. The Holy Spirit
• The “indwelling” of the Spirit?

4. 1 Cor. 6:19 - 19Or 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?
Eph. 5:18 - 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in
which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit…
John 14:23 - 23Jesus answered and said to him, “If
anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My
Father will love him, and We will come to him and
make Our home with him.

5. The Spirit
Action Passage Excerpt
Begets John 3:5 “Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless
one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the
kingdom of God.”
Sanctifies 1 Cor. 6:11 “And such were some of you. But you were washed, but
you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of
the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”
Convicts John 16:8 “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment:”
The Word
Action Passage Excerpt
Begets 1 Pet. 1:23 “having been born again, not of corruptible seed but
incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and
abides forever”
Sanctifies John 17:17 “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.”
Convicts Titus 1:9 “holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught,
that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort
and convict those who contradict.”

6. Eph. 3:14-19 - 14For this reason I bow my knees to
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15from whom
the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16that He would grant you, according to the riches
of His glory, to be strengthened with might
through His Spirit in the inner man, 17that Christ
may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you,
being rooted and grounded in love, 18may be able
to comprehend with all the saints what is the
width and length and depth and height— 19to
know the love of Christ which passes knowledge;
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

7. Eph. 3:14-19 - 14For this reason I bow my knees to
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15from whom
the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16that He would grant you, according to the riches
of His glory, to be strengthened with might
through His Spirit in the inner man, 17that Christ
may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you,
being rooted and grounded in love, 18may be able
to comprehend with all the saints what is the
width and length and depth and height— 19to
know the love of Christ which passes knowledge;
that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

8. Rom 10:17 - 17So then faith comes by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
Col. 3:16 - 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (cf.
Eph. 5:18-19)

9. The Holy Spirit
• The “indwelling” of the Spirit?
• The blasphemy against the
Holy Spirit (Mark 3:22-30)

10. Matt. 12:32 - 32Anyone who speaks a word against
the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but
whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not
be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to
come.
“speaks a word” vs. “speaks against”
Mark 3:30 - 30because they said, “He has an
unclean spirit.”
“said” (Greek elegon) is the imperfect tense
implicating a continual state or action.

11. Matt. 12:32 - 32Anyone who speaks a word against
the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but
whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not
be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to
come.
“speaks a word” vs. “speaks against”
Matt. 12:34 - 34Brood of vipers! How can you,
being evil, speak good things? For out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

12. Heb. 6:4-8 - 4For it is impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted the
heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the
Holy Spirit, 5and have tasted the good word of God
and the powers of the age to come, 6if they fall
away, to renew them again to repentance, since
they crucify again for themselves the Son of God,
and put Him to an open shame. 7For the earth
which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it,
and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is
cultivated, receives blessing from God; 8but if it
bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to
being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

13. Heb. 10:28-31 - 28Anyone who has rejected Moses’
law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or
three witnesses. 29Of how much worse
punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought
worthy who has trampled the Son of God
underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by
which he was sanctified a common thing, and
insulted the Spirit of grace? 30For we know Him
who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says
the Lord. And again, “The LORD will judge His
people.” 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands
of the living God.

14. 1 John 5:16-18 - 16If anyone sees his brother
sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will
ask, and He will give him life for those who commit
sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to
death. I do not say that he should pray about that.
17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not
leading to death. 18We know that whoever is born
of God does not sin; but he who has been born of
God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not
touch him.
Luke 13:3 - 3I tell you, no; but unless you repent
you will all likewise perish.

15. The Holy Spirit
• The “indwelling” of the Spirit?
• The blasphemy against the
Holy Spirit
• The gift of the Spirit (Acts 2:38; Eph. 1:13-14;
Rom. 8:16-17; Rev. 21:27)

16. Acts 2:38 – “the gift of the Holy Spirit”
Eph. 1:13 – “sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise”
Rom. 8:16 – “The Spirit Himself bears witness with
our spirit”
Rev. 21:27 – “the Lamb’s Book of Life”
The Spirit bears witness to the fact that one has
obeyed the gospel (Rom. 6:17, 3-4) thus sealing
(making official) their name in the Lamb’s Book of
Life. This is a gift (i.e. grace)!

17. Acts 2:38-39 - 38Then Peter said to them, “Repent,
and let every one of you be baptized in the name
of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you
shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39For the
promise is to you and to your children, and to all
who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will
call.”

18. Acts 2:38-39 - 38Then Peter said to them, “Repent,
and let every one of you be baptized in the name
of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you
shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39For the
promise is to you and to your children, and to all
who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will
call.”
Gen. 22:18 - 18In your seed all the nations of the
earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed
My voice.

19. Gal. 3:26-29 - 26For you are all sons of God through
faith in Christ Jesus. 27For as many of you as were
baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is
neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor
free, there is neither male nor female; for you are
all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you are Christ’s,
then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according
to the promise.