“A Day of Sending” | April 25, 2021

Acts 8:26-40

I.     “The Call of the Holy Spirit”
 
Acts 6:1-7; 8:4-8; John 4:31-38
Acts 8:26-31
Isaiah 11:2; Ac. 16:6-7; Is. 40:13; 1 Cor. 2:10-11
Ac. 1:4-5; Ac. 2:38-39; 2 Cor. 1:22-23; Eph. 1:13-14
1 Cor 12:13; Romans 15:13; 1 Cor 2:4; Eph. 3:16
John 3:5-8; Ro 15:16; 1 Cor 6:11; 2 Thess 2:13; 1 Pet 1:2
Eph 3:16-17; Jn 16:13-15; Ps 119:105; Ro 8:26; Gal 5:22
Jn 14:26; Ac 1:8; Ac 8:26-30; Ac 13:2-4
Leviticus 15:31; Ezekiel 34:11-16
John 4:21-26; Jn 4:4; Matt 28:18-20
1 Peter 3:15; Ac 16:6-7; Ac 8:29; Jeremiah 31:31-34
Is 11:2; Jn 16:13; 1 Cor 15:3-8
Romans 10:13-15;
 

 II.     “The Empowering of the Holy Spirit”
 
Acts 8:32-40; Is 53:7-8; Matt 16:17
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Lk 24:13-27; Is 11:2; Ac 16:6-7; Ac 21:8-9
2 Corinthians 4:7-18; 2 Corinthians 5:11-20; 3:5-6
 
Holy Spirit: [Biblical Doctrine – MacArthur/Mayhue]
The Holy Spirit is a gift from God to every Believer.
(Ro. 5:5; 2 Cor 1:22; 5:5; Gal 3:5; Eph 1:13-14 1 Thess 4:8; 1 John 3:24; 4:3)
Holy Spirit is mentioned 325 times in the Scriptures: 79 in the OT, 245 in the NT (Makes sense since He was given to every Believer at Pentecost)
He is a Person: the Third Person of the Trinity:
He has Cognition/Intellect: (Isaiah 11:2; Ro 8:26-29;
Ac 1:16; Heb 3:7; 10:15; 1 Pe 1:11; 2 Pe 1:21 1 Cor 2:10-13; Jn 14:17,26; 15:26; 16;13; 1 Jn. 4:6; 5:7-8 )
He has Volition/Will: (Gen 6:3; Ac 7:51; Ac 16:6-7;
1 Cor 2:11; Heb 2:4; Jn 3:7-8; Titus 3:5)
He has Emotion/Affection: (1 Thess 1:6; Heb 10:24;
Isaiah 63:10; Eph 4:30; Ro 5:5; 15:30; Gal 5:22
Attributes: The Spirit of…
Counsel & Might (Is 11:2); Faith (2 Cor 4:13); Glory (1 Pe 4:14); Grace (Heb 10:29); Holiness (Ro 1:4); Knowledge & Fear of the Lord (Is 11:2); Life (Ro 8:2); Promise (Eph 1:13); Truth (Jn 14:17; 15:26; 16:13; 1 Jn 4:6 cf. 5:6; Wisdom/Revelation/Knowledge (Eph 1:17, Is 11:2); Helper (Jn 14:26; 15:26; 16:7)
The Indwelling Holy Spirit is God’s Pledge that what He began when a person first believed in Christ for Eternal Life WILL eventually result in Eternal Life. (Phil. 1:6)