Holy Spirit
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Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the
Proceeds from the Father
kjv@John:15:26 @ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Given - By the Father
kjv@John:14:16 @ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Given - By Christ
kjv@Isaiah:61:3 @ To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Given - Through Christ's intercession
kjv@John:14:16 @ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Sent in the name of Christ
kjv@John:14:26 @ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Sent by Christ from the Father
kjv@John:15:26 @ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
kjv@John:16:7 @ Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
As such he - Communicates joy to saints
kjv@Romans:14:17 @ For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
kjv@Galatians:5:22 @ But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
kjv@1Thessalonians:1:6 @ And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
As such he - Edifies the Church
kjv@Acts:9:31 @ Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
As such he - Testifies of Christ
kjv@John:15:26 @ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
As such he - Imparts the love of God
kjv@Romans:5:3-5 @ And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
As such he - Imparts hope
kjv@Romans:15:13 @ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
kjv@Galatians:5:5 @ For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
As such he - Teaches saints
kjv@John:14:26 @ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
As such he - Dwells with, and in saints
kjv@John:14:17 @ Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
As such he - Abides for ever with saints
kjv@John:14:16 @ And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Is known by saints
kjv@John:14:17 @ Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
The world cannot receive
kjv@John:14:17 @ Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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Holy Spirit, The, is God
As Jehovah
kjv@Exodus:17:7 @ And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
kjv@Hebrews:3:7-9 @ Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
kjv@Numbers:12:6 @ And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
kjv@2Peter:1:21 @ For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
As Jehovah of hosts
kjv@Isaiah:6:3 @ And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
kjv@Isaiah:6:8-10 @ Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
kjv@Acts:28:25 @ And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
As Jehovah, Most High
kjv@Psalms:78:17 @ And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
kjv@Psalms:78:21 @ Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
kjv@Acts:7:51 @ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Being invoked as Jehovah
kjv@Luke:2:26-29 @ And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
kjv@Acts:4:23-25 @ And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
kjv@Acts:1:16 @ Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
kjv@Acts:1:20 @ For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
kjv@2Thessalonians:3:5 @ And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
As called God
kjv@Acts:5:3-4 @ But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
As joined with the Father and the Son in the baptismal formula
kjv@Matthew:28:19 @ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
As eternal
kjv@Hebrews:9:14 @ How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
As omnipresent
kjv@Psalms:139:7-13 @ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
As omniscient
kjv@1Corinthians:2:10 @ But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
As omnipotent
kjv@Luke:1:35 @ And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
kjv@Romans:15:19 @ Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
As the Spirit of glory and of God
kjv@1Peter:4:14 @ If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
As Creator
kjv@Genesis:1:26-27 @ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
kjv@Job:33:4 @ The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
As equal to, and one with the Father
kjv@Matthew:28:19 @ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
kjv@2Corinthians:13:14 @ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
As Sovereign Disposer of all things
kjv@Daniel:4:35 @ And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
kjv@1Corinthians:12:6 @ And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
kjv@1Corinthians:12:11 @ But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
As Author of the new birth
kjv@John:3:5-6 @ Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
As raising Christ from the dead
kjv@Acts:2:24 @ Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
kjv@1Peter:3:18 @ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
kjv@Hebrews:13:20 @ Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
kjv@Romans:1:4 @ And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
As inspiring Scripture
kjv@2Timothy:3:16 @ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
kjv@2Peter:1:21 @ For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
As the source of wisdom
kjv@1Corinthians:12:8 @ For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
kjv@Isaiah:11:2 @ And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
kjv@John:16:13 @ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
kjv@John:14:26 @ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
As the source of miraculous power
kjv@Matthew:12:28 @ But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
kjv@Luke:11:20 @ But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
kjv@Acts:19:11 @ And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
kjv@Romans:15:19 @ Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
As appointing and sending ministers
kjv@Acts:13:2 @ As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
kjv@Acts:13:4 @ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
kjv@Acts:9:38 @ And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.
kjv@Acts:20:28 @ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
As directing where the gospel should be preached
kjv@Acts:16:6-7 @ Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
kjv@Acts:16:10 @ And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
As dwelling in saints
kjv@John:14:17 @ Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
kjv@1Corinthians:14:25 @ And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
kjv@1Corinthians:3:16 @ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
kjv@1Corinthians:6:19 @ What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
As Comforter of the Church
kjv@Acts:9:31 @ Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
kjv@2Corinthians:1:3 @ Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
As sanctifying the Church
kjv@Ezekiel:37:28 @ And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
kjv@Romans:15:16 @ That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
As the Witness
kjv@Hebrews:10:15 @ Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
kjv@1John:5:9 @ If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
As convincing of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment
kjv@John:16:8-11 @ And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
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Holy Spirit, the Personality Of
He creates and gives life
kjv@Job:33:4 @ The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
He appoints and commissions ministers
kjv@Isaiah:48:16 @ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
kjv@Acts:13:2 @ As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
kjv@Acts:20:28 @ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
He directs ministers where to preach
kjv@Acts:8:29 @ Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
kjv@Acts:10:19-20 @ While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
He directs ministers where not to preach
kjv@Acts:16:6-7 @ Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
He instructs ministers what to preach
kjv@1Corinthians:2:13 @ Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
He spoke in, and by, the prophets
kjv@Acts:1:16 @ Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
kjv@1Peter:1:11-12 @ Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
kjv@2Peter:1:21 @ For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
He strives with sinners
kjv@Genesis:6:3 @ And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
He reproves
kjv@John:16:8 @ And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
He comforts
kjv@Acts:9:31 @ Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
He helps our infirmities
kjv@Romans:8:26 @ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
He teaches
kjv@John:14:26 @ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
kjv@1Corinthians:12:3 @ Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
He guides
kjv@John:16:13 @ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
He sanctifies
kjv@Romans:15:16 @ That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
kjv@1Corinthians:6:11 @ And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
He testifies of Christ
kjv@John:15:26 @ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
He glorifies Christ
kjv@John:16:14 @ He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
He has a power of his own
kjv@Romans:15:13 @ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
He searches all things
kjv@Romans:11:33-34 @ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
kjv@1Corinthians:2:10-11 @ But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
He works according to his own will
kjv@1Corinthians:12:11 @ But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
He dwells with saints
kjv@John:14:17 @ Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
He can be grieved
kjv@Ephesians:4:30 @ And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
He can be vexed
kjv@Isaiah:63:10 @ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
He can be resisted
kjv@Acts:7:51 @ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
He can be tempted qv[kjv@Acts:5:9Holy Spirit, the Teacher, the @ Promised
kjv@Proverbs:1:23 @ Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
As the Spirit of wisdom
kjv@Isaiah:11:2 @ And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
kjv@Isaiah:40:13-14 @ Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Given - In answer to prayer
kjv@Ephesians:1:16-17 @ Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Given To saints
kjv@Nehemiah:9:20 @ Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
kjv@1Corinthians:2:12-13 @ Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Necessity for
kjv@1Corinthians:2:9-10 @ But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
As such he - Reveals the things of God
kjv@1Corinthians:2:10 @ But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
kjv@1Corinthians:2:13 @ Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
As such he - Reveals the things of Christ
kjv@John:16:14 @ He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
As such he - Reveals the future
kjv@Luke:2:26 @ And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
kjv@Acts:21:11 @ And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
As such he - Brings the words of Christ to remembrance
kjv@John:14:26 @ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
As such he - Directs in the way of godliness
kjv@Isaiah:30:21 @ And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
kjv@Ezekiel:36:27 @ And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
As such he - Teaches saints to answer persecutors
kjv@Mark:13:11 @ But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
kjv@Luke:12:12 @ For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
As such he - Enables ministers to teach
kjv@1Corinthians:12:8 @ For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
As such he - Guides into all truth
kjv@John:14:26 @ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
kjv@John:16:13 @ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
As such he - Directs the decisions of the Church
kjv@Acts:15:28 @ For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
Attend to the instruction of
kjv@Revelation:2:7 @ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
kjv@Revelation:2:11 @ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
kjv@Revelation:2:29 @ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
The natural man will not receive the things of
kjv@1Corinthians:2:14 @ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.