Adult Bible Study Guide

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Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide
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The Teachings of Jesus
Contents
1 Our Loving Heavenly Father
2 The Son
3 The Holy Spirit
4 Salvation
5 How to Be Saved
6 Growing in Christ
7 Living Like Christ
8 The Church
9 Our Mission
10 The Law of God
11 The Sabbath
12 Death and Resurrection
13 The Second Coming of Jesus
The Teachings of Jesus
Our Goal
Let us pray for spiritual discernment
to understand His message and to
grasp His unfathomable love
manifested on the cross.
And as we hear His tender voice
calling us to follow Him, let us renew
our commitment to walk daily with
Him by faith and in obedience.
The Teachings of Jesus
Lesson 3, July 19
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit
Key Text
John 14:16 NKJV
And I will pray the Father, and
He will give you another Helper,
that He may abide with you
forever.
The Holy Spirit
Initial Words
Of the Godhead, we know so little
about the Holy Spirit. Why?
1. The Bible is less explicit about Him.
2. References to the Spirit are
metaphoric or symbolic.
3. Ample information about His work
but little about His nature.
4. He focuses our attention on Christ.
5. He plays a subordinated role .
The Holy Spirit
Quick Look
1. The Representative of Christ
(John 14:25, 26)
2. A Divine Person
(John 14:16, 17)
3. His Work
(John 16:8)
The Holy Spirit
1. The Representative of Christ
John 14:25, 26 NKJV
These things I have spoken to you
while being present with you. But the
Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in My name,

He will teach you all things, and bring
to your remembrance all things that
I said to you.
1. The Representative of Christ
The Parakletos
Helper, Counselor, and Comforter
are various translations of the Greek
parakletos.
It literally means one called to the
side of, giving the idea of a person
summoned to ones aid.
It may refer to a mediator, an
intercessor, a helper, an advisor, or
even a legal advocate.
1. The Representative of Christ
The Parakletos
Only John uses the term parakletos
in the New Testament. He also
applied this to Jesus (1 John 2:1).
During His earthly ministry, Christ
was the disciples Counselor, Helper,
and Comforter. Therefore, it is quite
appropriate for His successor to
receive the same name. The Spirit
continues Christs work on this earth.
1. The Representative of Christ
The Parakletos
Christs human nature hindered Him
from being personally in every place
at the same time.
The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, is
omnipresent (Ps. 139:7).
By the Spirit, our Savior is accessible
to all, independent of where people
are or the physical distance that
separates them from Christ.
The Holy Spirit
2. A Divine Person
John 14:16, 17 NKJV
And I pray the Father, and He will
give you another Helper, that He
may abide with you foreverthe
Spirit of Truth, whom the world
cannot receive...
He dwells with you and will be in
you.
2. A Divine Person
A Personality
Jesus mentioned several activities
the Spirit carries out, all of which
imply a personality.
Teach us and bring to our
remembrance all the things that
Christ said (John 14:26).
Testify of Jesus (15:26), convict the
world (16:8), guide us into all truth,
and also hear and speak (vs 13).
2. A Divine Person
A Personality
Following the teachings of Jesus,
the New Testament writers made it
clear that the Holy Spirit has the
essential characteristics of a person:
will (1 Cor. 12:11),
intelligence (Acts 15:28, Rom. 8:27),
and emotions (Rom. 15:30, Eph.
4:30).
2. A Divine Person
Same Nature
Jesus called the Holy Spirit another
Helper. The Greek word Jesus used
for another is allos, another of the
same kind, in contrast with heteros,
another of different kind or quality.
The same likeness of nature that
bonds the Father and the Son is
revealed in the relationship between
the Son and the Holy Spirit.
2. A Divine Person
Same Nature
1. Announced the future (John 16:3).
2. Inspired Bible writers (Mark 12:36).
3. Directed Jesus:
a. At His baptism (Matt 3:16, 17).
b. At His temptation (Luke 4:1-14).
c. In doing miracles (Matt 12:28).
4. Associated with Father and son
(Matt 28:19).
5. Can be sinned against (Matt 12:31, 32).
2. A Divine Person
Same Nature
Because the Holy Spirit is a Divine
Person, we must humbly surrender
ourselves to His will and guidance.
We will invite Him to dwell in our
hearts (Rom. 8:9), to transform our
lives (Titus 3:5), and to produce the
fruit of the Spirit in our characters
(Gal. 5:22, 23).
On our own, we are helpless.
The Holy Spirit
3. His Mission
John 16:7, 8 NKJV
It is to you advantage that I go
away; for if do not go away, the
Helper will not come to you. And
when He has come,

He will convict the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of
judgment....
3. His Mission
In the Plan of Redemption
We cannot we be saved unless we
recognize that we are sinners.
1. Convinces us that we have sinned.
2. Guides us to Christ:
a. Testifies about Him
b. Takes us into all truth
3. Transforms us into a new life.
4. Fosters our spiritual growth.
3. His Mission
Baptized by the Holy Spirit
Knowledge of the Holy Spirit would
be pointless unless it leads to lives
filled with Him.
If we fail to invite the presence of
the heavenly Guest to abide in us
daily, there is another kind of spirit
that is eager to enter into the empty
life and produce a spiritual disaster
(Matt. 12:4345).
3. His Mission
Baptized by the Holy Spirit
Baptism with the Holy Spirit means
to be totally under the influence of
the Spirit, completely filled with the
Spirit (Eph. 5:18, NKJV).
This is not a once and forever
experience but is something that
needs to be constantly renewed.
The Holy Spirit
Final Words
The Holy Spirit was the highest of all
gifts that He [Jesus] could solicit from
His Father.... The Spirit was to be
given as a regenerating agent, and
without this the sacrifice of Christ
would have been of no avail. ...
It is the Spirit that makes effectual
what has been wrought out by the
worlds Redeemer.DA 671.