God the Holy Spirit, Mentor's Guide, MG14

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G O D T H E H O L Y S P I R I T

Picture Book Theology

Draw a simple picture that represents the Holy Spirit. After you have finished, be prepared to explain your drawing to others.

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Contending for the Faith

The Church in every age has encountered “false teachers” who twist the Scriptures, using them to teach ideas completely contrary to that of Jesus and his Apostles. These false doctrines (heresies) seem to get “recycled,” so that the same mistaken ideas find new advocates in each generation. One wrong idea about the Holy Spirit that shows up repeatedly is the belief that the Spirit is some sort of spiritual energy (or spiritual consciousness) but not a Divine Person who speaks and acts as the Living God. (In our day, groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses or The Unity School of Christianity would teach this false view.) Most popular Christian teaching today focuses on the work of the Holy Spirit; what he does in the lives of believers. Can you think of any reason why it might be equally important to teach about who the Holy Spirit is ?

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Three-In-One

What do we mean when we say that God is a Trinity? What illustrations have you heard used to try and describe the Trinity? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each illustration?

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