False Assumptions False Assumptions About the Holy Spirit

“False Assumptions”

False Assumptions About the Holy Spirit 1) The Hiding Ghost

False Assumptions About the Holy Spirit 1) The Hiding Ghost 2) The Substitute Teacher Ghost

False Assumptions About the Holy Spirit 1) The Hiding Ghost 2) The Substitute Teacher Ghost 3) The Credal Ghost

False Assumptions About the Holy Spirit 1) The Hiding Ghost 2) The Substitute Teacher Ghost 3) The Credal Ghost 4) The Magical Ghost

Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing; we are as ships without wind, or chariots without steeds; like branches without sap, we are withered; like coals without fire, we are useless; as an offering without the sacrificial flame, we are unaccepted. Charles Spurgeon

Let go of your False Assumptions. Let the Holy Spirit teach you…

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. Ezekiel 36: 26 -27

Ø God authored the Old Covenant through the law; God authored the New Covenant through the Spirit of God.

Ø God authored the Old Covenant through the law; God authored the New Covenant through the Spirit of God. Ø The defining mark of the new covenant believer is the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit of God.

From the Inside…Out Ø The Spirit of God did the work in us, as we trusted in the person and work of Christ for us.

Contrasts Between the Old and New Covenant 1) The old covenant was written with ink on stone tablets; the new covenant is written with the Spirit of God on our hearts. …written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Contrasts Between the Old and New Covenant 2) In the old covenant, we are ministers of the letter of the law that kills; in the new covenant we are ministers of the Spirit that gives life. …to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Contrasts Between the Old and New Covenant 3) The old covenant was marked by an external temporal glory that has faded; the new covenant is marked by the indwelling ministry of the Spirit which gives surpassing, permanent glory. …will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory?

Contrasts Between the Old and New Covenant 4) The old covenant brought the ministry of condemnation through the law; the new covenant brought the ministry of righteousness by the Spirit. For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.

Contrasts Between the Old and New Covenant 5) The old covenant was shrouded by a veil of unbelief over their hearts; the new covenant Spirit of the Lord removes the veil and the believer is marked by freedom and transformation. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord…

The Earliest Church Was: A Supernatural Movement of the Holy Spirit!

The Earliest Church Was: A Supernatural Movement of the Holy Spirit! Does that describe your Christianity?