Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 4 | GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / 241

God the Holy Spirit The Person of the Holy Spirit

LESSON 4

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Welcome in the strong name of Jesus Christ! After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to: • Summarize the Old Testament view of the Spirit of God. • Use the Scriptures to describe the life-giving role of the Spirit in creating and sustaining the world. • Identify the major symbols associated with the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures and show how they contribute to our understanding of him as the Life-giver. • Explain how the names and titles of the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures contribute to our understanding of him as the Life-giver. • Explain why the ministry of the Spirit is a source of hope. The Spirit Who Makes God Known Read 1 Corinthians 2.10-11 and Romans 8.26 . The Spirit of God is remarkable. On the one hand, he explores the deepest mysteries of the Father’s mind and will. He possesses infinite knowledge and understanding. And yet, on the other hand, it is the Spirit’s special ministry to be near to us, to help us understand who God is and what he desires. The Holy Spirit is, in the teaching of 1 Corinthians 2, the one who reveals God’s hidden wisdom and mysteries to us. And, as the reading from Romans points out, the Spirit will pray the will of God in and through us when our human understanding has reached its limits and we do not know what or how we should pray. As we begin our study of the theology of the Holy Spirit, we are faced with the great irony that we cannot understand the Spirit of God without having the help of the Spirit of God. If we truly grasp this truth it should produce both humility and gratitude. We are humbled because we realize that we cannot know God through their own efforts (no matter how hard we study), but only through the work of the Spirit. We are grateful because we know that Spirit is given to us through the sure promises of God and that he is already at work on our behalf to lead us into all truth.

Lesson Objectives

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Devotion page 125 & 3

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