Infomaz:

QUESTION 1. WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT? BEING OR FORCE?

ANS: The Holy Spirit is the third person in the Godhead. He is as much a person as the Father and Son. He was actively involved with the Father and Son, in the creation, incarnation of Jesus and is actively involved in the redemption of mankind.

The Holy Spirit is a being. He feels love and empathy and therefore can COMFORT us. Our actions can make Him sad - grieve Him. As God knowing all, He's omniscient. (See Gen 1:2, Is 66:1, Luke 1:35, Jn 14:16-18, 1Jn 1:5-7)

QUESTION 2. WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OR FUNCTIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

ANS:
1. He convict (reprove) us of sin, righteousness and judgement. That is He tells us what we've done is bad, that it is good to do the right thing, and that God will judge us. (Jn 16:

2. He testify of Jesus and glorify Him in our lives. (Jn 15:26, 16:14)

3. He teaches us, lead us into all truth and helps us to remember things. (Jn 16:13)

4. He comforts us (Jn 14:16, 26. 16:14)

5. He helps us to keep God's law. (Rom 8:4)

6. He reproduces the character of God in us... Through Him we become partaker of the divine nature (Rom 8:5-6 and 9)

7. He makes us bold and fearless and give us what to say before our persecutors (Mark 13:9-11)
8. He enables us to bear fruits of righteousness. (fruits of the Spirit - Gal 5:22)

9. He blesses us with spiritual gifts (1 Cor 12:4)
10. He guarantees or seal our salvation. (Eph 1:13-14)
11. He reveals secrets to us. (Jn 16:13)

12. He fills us with POWER for witnessing (Acts 1:

QUESTION 3. WHAT IS BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT OR THE UNPARDONABLE SIN?

ANS:

1. When we deny the power of the Holy Spirit but instead attribute the workings of the Holy Spirit to a devilish power, we're in danger of this sin (Mark 3:28-29)

2. The perpetual, constant resisting of the drawing love of God’s Spirit, so much so that you lose the capacity to hear the Holy Spirit’s voice. The conscience becomes seared (1 Timothy 4:2). This deadly blasphemy is also called “grieving away” the Holy Spirit. Paul refers to “Grieve not the Holy Spirit, wherewith you are sealed,” meaning we can permanently grieve away the Spirit.

Eventually, a person loses the capacity to repent, and therefore cannot be saved. It is for this sin that a person cannot be forgiven, because they have rejected the Spirit that convicts of sin (John 16:. So if we still feel convicted of sin and have the desire to repent, then we have probably not committed the unpardonable sin. (See also Hosea 4:6, Rev 22:11)

QUESTION 4: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FRUIT AND THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

ANS:

The fruit of the Spirit are character traits that manifest in a believer's life as a result of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the person. There are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance (self control). Matt 7:16, 20. Jn 15:4,5 and 8. Gal 5:22-23.

The gifts of the Spirit on the other hand, are special endowments given to the believer to help establish him or her in faith and for the edification of the Church. They include: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healings, miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, different kinds of tongues, and interpretation of tongues. Rom 1:11, 1 Cor 12:4-11, 28-31.

So while fruit are character or behavioural changes in the life of the believer, gifts are spiritual endowment given to the believer to be established in the faith and to edify the church.

Part 2 continues tomorrow.

God bless.