Aide

Topics · The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit

Why this matters for following Jesus

Jesus promised his friends another Helper who would be with them, remind them of what he said, and testify about him. Without the Spirit we cannot know Christ as Lord, grow in his character (the fruit of the Spirit), or find power to be his witnesses, as Acts 1:8 says.

Study path

  1. 1Who is the Holy Spirit?Know

    Who is the Spirit that Jesus sends, and what does he do for Christ's glory?

    Gen 1:2Matt 28:19John 14-16Acts 5:3-4

  2. 2The Spirit before and at PentecostKnowWitness

    What changed at Pentecost, and what is the Spirit's power for?

    Joel 2Ezek 36-37Luke 3-4John 7:39Acts 1:8Acts 2

  3. 3Life in the SpiritFollow

    How does the Spirit make me more like Jesus?

    Rom 8Gal 5:16-262 Cor 3:17-18

  4. 4Gifts, prophecy and discernmentFollowWitness

    What are the gifts for, how are they tested, and do they continue?

    1 Cor 12-14Rom 121 John 4:1-31 Thess 5:19-21

Living it out

Each morning ask to be filled with the Spirit (Eph 5:18) and note one place you chose the fruit of the Spirit over the works of the flesh (Gal 5:16-26).

Telling others

The Spirit testifies to Christ and empowers witnesses (John 15:26; Acts 1:8), so pray for words and courage before an ordinary conversation, and test any "word" you receive by what it says about Jesus (1 John 4:1-3).

Read for yourself

Classic writing on this topic, free to read. Older English can read differently from today’s, and each author writes from his own tradition, so read widely and test everything against Scripture.

Viewpoints from different traditions and profiles of the leading teachers on this topic are added after scholars review them. Suggest a topic or a correction.