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c. He is called the Spirit of Grace (Heb. 10.29). He is the one who freely brings new life to those who could not obtain it through their own efforts.

d. He is called “the Spirit of Life” (Rom. 8.2). He has the ministry of bringing life and is the source of resurrection.

Ibid . pp. 105, 123, 127, 131, 191.

C. “Where there is Life there is hope”: the results of the Spirit’s life giving ministry Rom. 15.13 – May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope .

1. The Spirit’s ministry of hope flows from his critical role in the life-giving renewal of all things.

a. Ezek. 36.6-37.28

b. Matt. 19.28 (cf. Titus 3.5)

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2. The Spirit as the in-breaking presence of the “Age to Come”

a. The firstfruits of a renewed creation, Rom. 8.23-24

b. The guarantee of resurrection and eternal life, 2 Cor. 5.1-5

c. The down-payment on the rule of Christ in the Age to Come, Eph. 1.13-14, 19-21.