THE WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

MEMORY VERSE : But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8.
BIBLE PASSAGE: John 16:7-14
INTRODUCATION : In the first part of this lesson, we discovered who the Holy Spirit is, and who active He has been before the creation of the world. We discovered the part He played in the creation of the heaven, and the earth, how He preserves and renews the earth and how He can destroy whenever the need arises. We discussed the part He played in bringing Jesus to the world and how He was involved in every aspect of Christ’s Ministry here on earth. We also mentioned how it was by the power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus performed His miracles and that it was the power of the Holy Spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead. We ended the first part by saying tat the Holy Spirit is now actively interested in the Bride of Jesus Christ, that is, the Church. We shall now continue from there.
HE SEALS THE BRIDE:
After a soul is saved, he becomes a part of the Bride of Jesus Christ. Immediately, the Holy Spirit assures the new convert of sonship and starts the work of making him sonlike. But the Holy Spirit does much more than that, For instance, He seals the believer as a pledge of future glory
(11 Cor.1:22). The work of sanctification is begun in the believer and if the believer has the right teachings and sufficient faith, he could be sanctified readily. The Holy Spirit is always anxious to do this because whoever is sanctified is set apart unto holiness and unto God, which is the will of God concerning every member of the Bride of Christ (11 Thess. 2:13, 1 Pet. 1:2).
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