God the Holy Spirit, Mentor's Guide, MG14

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The Powerful Presence of the Holy Spirit Part One

Welcome to the Mentor’s Guide for Lesson 3, The Powerful Presence of the Spirit (Part One) . The overall focus of the God the Holy Spirit module is to enable your students to understand who the Holy Spirit is (person) and what he does (work), to be able to defend this understanding from the Scriptures, and to see the implications of these truths for ministry in and through the Church. Please notice again in the objectives that these truths are clearly stated. As usual, your responsibility as Mentor is to emphasize these concepts throughout the lesson, especially during the discussions and interaction with the students. The more you can highlight the objectives throughout the class period, the better the chances are that they will understand and grasp the magnitude of these objectives. This is a time of testimony to the work of the Spirit in student’s lives. As always, you will have to keep a close watch on the time and limit how many and/or how much students can share. The key is to generate a sense that students are already familiar with the work of the Spirit in bringing newness of life. Transition: The biblical word for the Spirit’s work of making things new is “regeneration.” Stay alert for this word as we examine the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. After the time of student sharing, be sure to affirm that differences among Christians on disputable matters should not affect our ability to love each other and to listen to each other. Remind the students that since they already know their own theological position, it is the position of others that they can learn the most from. This does not (usually) mean that they will change their position but it does mean that they have a chance to listen to the Scriptures through “fresh ears” as they interact with those who represent a different view.

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