Pneumatology Flashcards
- List five passages of Scripture that support the deity of the Holy Spirit. Briefly explain how each reference supports His deity.
a. Eternal (Heb 9:14)
b. Lying to the Spirit/God (Acts 5:3-4)
c. Listed in association w/ Father and Son (Matt 28:18-20)
d. Holiness (Rom 1:4)
e. Glory (1 Pet 4:14)
- Give 5 evidences of the personhood of the Holy Spirit. Support your answers with Scripture.
a. Knowledge – Isaiah 40:13
b. Emotions – Isaiah 63:10
c. Will - “They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia” (Acts 16:6).
d. Sorrow: “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” (Eph 4:30).
e. Love - Rom 15:30
- What was the Holy Spirit’s role in relation to Scripture?
a. Author: “for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” (2 Pet. 1:21).
b. Illumination: 1 Cor 2:10-13 “For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.”
- What was the Holy Spirits’ role in relation to the ministry of Christ? (See class notes—5 descriptions are given).
a. Prophecy: “Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations” (Is 42:1).
b. Baptism: Mt 3:16
c. Leading: “Immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness” (Mk 1:12).
d. Filling: “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness” (Lk 4:1).
e. Death/Resurrection: “… [Christ] through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God…” (Heb. 9:14). “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He [the Spirit] who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you” (Rom 8:11).
Pro-Ba-bLy Fill-D Jesus (Prophecy, Baptism, Leading, Filling, Death/Resurrection)
- Can a Christian “lose” the Holy Spirit? Explain your answer and support your answer with Scripture.
a. “Those filled with the Spirit are not said to have more of Him, but rather He has more of them. Further, filling is determined by a walk of faith whereas baptism, sealing, and indwelling occur automatically at regeneration, i.e. at saving faith” (Trevor Craigen).
b. 2 Cor 1:22 - seal
c. John 14:16 - forever
- What does it mean to be “filled by the Spirit”? Biblically support your answer?
a. Acts 4:8 – special filling (Purposeful and temporary)
b. Acts 11:24 – Fulness (dispositional, lasting, desirable)
- What are the Spirit’s duties in relationship to the New Testament believer in the church? Use Scripture to support your answer.
a. Regeneration - Rom 8:2
b. Sealed – 2 Cor 1:21-22
c. Baptized into the body of Christ – 1 Cor 12:13
d. Indwelt – 1 Cor 3:16-17
e. Filled –
i. Special filling: Acts 9:17 (Paul’s filling) - This is “special empowerment for specific purposes, the duration of which is left undefined. Caution: direct application to the contemporary church probably to be studiously avoided” (Trevor Craigen).
ii. Fullness: Acts 13:52 (Normal fullness of Spirit) - This is “a disposition characterized by the Spirit’s control and not restricted to a special task. An emphasis on an abiding relationship with the Holy Spirit. Application: such fullness is to be the desire of the contemporary church” (Trevor Cragien).
