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We believe in the Holy Spirit, |
The way Jesus
now interacts with his followers, individually and together |
God
is one God, three persons – and the Holy Spirit is the third person. He (interestingly,
the Holy Spirit is female in the Old Testament and male in the New) is equal to
the Father and Son, and serves both. He shares all the attributes of the Father
and Son – eternal, omnipotent and so on – but with a special mission to be the
presence of Jesus among His followers and in the world.
In
the Old Testament He is active in creation, and comes to give power to key
individuals at certain times (Moses, Elijah and so on).
In
the New Testament He is “poured out” on all believers, with the tasks of
·
Convicting
humans of their sin, and leading them through the conversion process,
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Giving
assurance to believers, and
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Equipping
believers with the power to serve Jesus – to speak, to know, and to do what He
would want said, thought and done,
at all times in such a way
as to give glory and praise to Jesus.
Why
is this important?
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Believers
are not intended to be “mere pew-fodder”, but to allow the Holy Spirit to act
through them.
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The
Holy Spirit is also our guard against falsehoods, false ideas and deceitful
thinking.
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