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Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit. 15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him.
- Jesus Said The Holy Spirit Has Personhood
- Jesus Said The Holy Spirit Has A Will
- Jesus Said The Holy Spirit Anointed Him
- Jesus Said The Holy Spirit Is Truth
- Jesus Said The Holy Spirit Testified About Him
- Jesus Said Blasphemy Against The Holy Spirit Wouldn’T Be Forgiven
- Jesus Said The Holy Spirit Lives, Empowers, and Speaks Through Believers
- Jesus Said The Holy Spirit Gives New Life
- Jesus Taught The Holy Spirit Would Help People
Jesus taught that the Holy Spirit is a person, not a force. On several occasions, Jesus referred to the Holy Spiritas “he” or “him.” For example, in John 14:17, Jesus said, “Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you” (emphasis added). J...
Like the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is in an eternal relationship with the other members of the Trinity (e.g. Matt. 28:19; 1 Cor. 12:4-6; Eph. 4:4-6; 1 Pet. 1:2). Simultaneously, each member has a will that is unique and united to the other two. In this context, God’s will refers to what he directly causes or allows to happen...
Luke records a time when Jesus went into the synagogue in Nazareth and read from Isaiah 61:1-2. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of ...
Jesus called the third member of the Trinity “the Spirit of truth.” In John 14:17, he says, “Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you” (cf. John 16:13, emphasis added). Truth is an attribute of all three members of the Trinity, includi...
The last statement Jesus makes in John 15:26 partly reveals an important role that the Holy Spirit has. In summary, the Spirit confirms who Jesus isand what he says. “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me” (ESV). Other translations say the...
After Jesus performed an exorcism, the Pharisees concluded, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons” (Matt. 12:24, ESV). They irrationally argued that Jesus used the power of Satan to drive out one of his own evil underlings. Rather than following the evidence for what it revealed about Jesus’ true identity, t...
Jesus not only taught about the nature of the Holy Spirit and their joint ministry, but he also taught what the Spirit does in the lives of believers. Here are three examples: 1. Jesus said the Holy Spirit empowers believers: “And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on h...
All three members of the Trinity participate in the salvation of sinners. The Father planned it; Jesus earned it; and the Holy Spiritapplies it through convicting, illuminating, and igniting faith. In John 3:5, Jesus tells Nicodemus, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (cf. Jo...
In John 14:16, Jesus said, “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.” The Helper is the Holy Spirit. In response to Jesus’ request, the Father sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2). The Greek word translated as “Helper” is parakletos. New Testament Greek scholar, William Mounce, writes, “When Jesu...
Feb 22, 2017 · In John’s writings, Jesus refers to himself as a paraklētos, then refers to the Holy Spirit using the same term. On the evening before his crucifixion, Jesus told his disciples that he was going away (John 13:33), though he promised not to leave them “as orphans” (John 14:18).
- John 14:26 ESV / 6,407 helpful votes. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
- Romans 8:26 ESV / 5,230 helpful votes. Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
- Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 4,689 helpful votes. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
- Acts 2:38 ESV / 4,649 helpful votes. And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Jan 29, 2021 · Jesus said: “I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you” (John 16:7).
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While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
