God the Holy Spirit, Mentor's Guide, MG14

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The Powerful Presence of the Holy Spirit Part Two

Welcome to the Mentor’s Guide for Lesson 3, The Powerful Presence of the Spirit (Part Two). 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.

1 Page 115 Lesson Introduction

The concept of the Spirit who gives gifts does not appear out of nowhere in the Epistles but, rather, is built on strong foundations from the teaching of the Old Testament and the Gospels about the Spirit and the Messianic promise.

2 Page 118 Outline Point I-A

The Old Testament Foundation: The Gift to Messiah

Isa. 11.2 - And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding , the Spirit of counsel and might , the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord . This sevenfold elaboration of the divine endowment of the Messianic King begins with the Spirit of the Lord. This denotes the Spirit as himself divine and also as the one whose ‘resting’ effects the indwelling of the Lord himself in his King. The further six elaborations develop this in three pairs: the king’s ruling attributes, wisdom and understanding; his practical abilities, counsel and power; and his spiritual qualities, knowledge and fear. All of these characterize the true ruler.

~ J. Alec Motyer. Isaiah. Tyndale Old Testament Commentary .

The prophet teaches that the coming Messiah will rule through the endowments (gifts) which come from the Holy Spirit and manifest the Spirit’s presence and power.