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| Khup Khen Thang |
Session 1: Why do We Need the Holy Spirit? (1:30 hrs)
a)
The
Promise of Jesus
Jesus
told the disciples that after He returned to the Father He would send another Counselor
(John 15:26,
John 16:5-7).
When Jesus said that He would send ‘another counselor’, the word ‘another’ here means
‘another of the same kind’. Jesus was saying that all that He had been to them
the Spirit would continue to be once he had returned to the Father. I believe
it is important for us as Christians to understand this role of the Holy
Spirit.
b)
Illuminate
to understand the Scripture
The
Holy Spirit teaches us and reveals the truth of Scripture (John 14:26,
1 Corinthians 2:10-14). This teaching
and revealing work of the Holy Spirit is often described as
Illumination. Illumination does not concern the impartation of new knowledge,
but a clarification of the text as it stands revealed and inspired by God. I believe
that it is especially important for the new Christian to understand this
teaching and illumination role of the Holy Spirit because the Bible makes it
clear to understand the “deep things of God” we need the wisdom, teaching and
illumination of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:6-16).
Session 2: A. Indwelling the Holy Spirit in OT (1:30 hrs)
After
God chose Israel to be His people, the Spirit’s work was with that group
primarily if not exclusively. Israel, of course, was a spiritually mixed nation
with unbelievers as well as believers. Yet the Spirit ministered to the entire
nation by being present and guiding the people
b) The Spirit empowered
The
Spirit came on Saul and later left him (1 Sam. 10:10; 16:14).
Apparently there was no guarantee of permanent presence of the Spirit in Old
Testament times.
c) Limited as to
eternality The Spirit empowered
Samson; later the Lord left him (Judges 13:25; 16:20).
The Spirit came on Saul and later left him (1 Sam. 10:10; 16:14).
Apparently there was no guarantee of permanent presence of the Spirit in Old
Testament times.
B. Indwelling the Holy Spirit in NT
a)
Empowering the life of the Believer
(John 14:12; John 16:7; Acts 1:4,5)
b)
Indwelling and illumination of the
Believer (Acts 1:4,5; Acts 2:41
c)
Teaching (John 16:13-14); John
14:26; John 15:26
d)
Intercessory work of the Holy Spirit
(Rom 8:26-27)
e)
Sanctification in the life of the believer ( Rom 8:1-17)
f)
Life in the Spirit ( Eph 4:23-32;
Gal. 16-23)
Session 3: Indwelling
the Holy Spirit in Nowadays (1:20
hrs)
a) God’s
Desire
I
will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you
shall keep My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments, and do them"
(Ezekiel 36:26, 27) Joel 2:28, 29; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; John 1:32, 33
Prophecies
have been dwelt upon, doctrines have been expounded; but that which is
essential to the church in order that they may grow in spiritual strength and
efficiency, in order that the preaching may carry conviction with it, and souls
be converted to God, has been largely left out of ministerial effort" (Testimonies
to Ministers and Gospel Workers, p. 174).
b) Christ-like
Character
The
ambition of the believers was to reveal the likeness of Christ’s character and
to labor for the enlargement of His kingdom" (The Acts of the Apostles,
p. 48). Christ introduced a new commandment to His disciples, and He uttered it
three times: "Love one another as I have loved you" (John 13:34;
15:12, 17). It is the grace of Christ revealed in character and wrought out in
good works. Whatever the profession, no man has pure love to God unless he has
unselfish love for his brother. But we can never come into possession of this
spirit by trying to love others. What is needed is the love of Christ in
the heart" (Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 384).
c) To
witness
"The
Lord is more willing to give the Holy Spirit to those who serve Him than
parents are to give good gifts to their children. For the daily baptism of the
Spirit every worker should offer his petition to God. Companies should gather
to ask for special help…(The Acts of the Apostles, p. 50). "When
with earnestness and intensity we breathe a prayer in the name of Christ, there
is in that very intensity a pledge from God that He is about to answer our
prayer ‘exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think’ (Ephesians
3:20)" (Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 147). We need the Holy Spirit
because Jesus promised He would come, that we need Him to illuminate and help
us to understand Scripture, to make us more Christ-like through the
sanctification process and that the Holy Spirit equips us for service. I
also looked at how that Holy Spirit assures us we belong to God because He is
God’s seal of ownership on us.
Nowadays,
in so many places where the ministry is need, He is indwelling with the
believer to spread the Gospel in Rwanda, thousands of thousand believers added,
and the Holy Spirit indwelling among the people who are committed for His
service He does the miracles when it is needed in the ministry.
#Note:
Seminar Materials will use based on : Bible,
SDA Bible Commentaries, Ellen G. White writings, Handbook of SDA Theology,
Church Manual of SDA, SDA 28th Fundamental Beliefs.
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