Frank Viola<\/strong><\/a> has a post that lists fifty acts of the Holy Spirit. Though Frank\u2019s got \u201che\u201d for all of this, I don\u2019t think he intends to make the Holy Spirit male.<\/p>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment (John 16:8).<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He guides us into all truth (John 16:13).<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He regenerates us (John 3:5-8; Titus 3:5).<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He glorifies and testifies of Christ (John 15:26; 16:14).<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He reveals Christ to us and in us (John 16:14-15).<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He leads us (Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:18; Matt. 4:1; Luke 4:1).<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He sanctifies us (2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2; Rom. 5:16).<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He empowers us (Luke 4:14; 24:49; Rom. 15:19; Acts 1:8).<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He fills us (Eph. 5:18; Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31; 9:17).<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0\u00a0 He teaches us to pray (Rom. 8:26-27; Jude 1:20).<\/p>\n
11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He bears witness in us that we are children of God (Rom. 8:16).<\/p>\n
12.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He produces in us the fruit or evidence of His work and presence (Gal. 5:22-23).<\/p>\n
13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He distributes spiritual gifts and manifestations (the outshining) of His presence to and through the body (1 Cor. \u00a0 \u00a0 12:4, 8-10; Heb. 2:4).<\/p>\n
14.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He anoints us for ministry (Luke 4:18; Acts 10:38).<\/p>\n
15.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He washes and renews us (1 Tim. 3:5).<\/p>\n
16.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He brings unity and oneness to the body (Eph. 4:3; 2:14-18). Here He plays the same role that He plays in the Godhead. The Spirit is the life that unites Father and Son. He plays the same role in the church. When He is operating in a group of people, He unites them in love. Therefore, a sure evidence of the Holy Spirit working in a group is Love and Unity. Not signs and wonders (those are seasonal and can be counterfeited).<\/p>\n
17.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He is our guarantee and deposit of the future resurrection (2 Cor. 1:22; 2 Cor. 5:5).<\/p>\n
18.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He seals us unto the day of redemption (Eph. 1:13; 4:30).<\/p>\n
19.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He sets us free from the law of sin and death (Rom. 8:2).<\/p>\n
20.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He quickens our mortal bodies (Rom. 8:11).<\/p>\n
21.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He reveals the deep things of God to us (1 Cor. 2:10).<\/p>\n
22.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He reveals what has been given to us from God (1 Cor. 2:12).<\/p>\n
23.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He dwells in us (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Tim. 1:14; John 14:17).<\/p>\n
24.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He speaks in and through us (1 Cor. 12:3; 1 Tim. 4:1; Rev. 2:11; Heb 3:7; Matt. 10:20; Acts 2:4; 8:29; 10:19; 11:12, 28; 13:2; 16:6,7; 21:4,11).<\/p>\n
25.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He is the agent by which we are baptized into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13).<\/p>\n
26.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He brings liberty (2 Cor. 3:17).<\/p>\n
27.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He transforms us into the image of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18).<\/p>\n
28.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He cries in our hearts, \u201cAbba, Father\u201d (Gal. 4:6).<\/p>\n
29.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He enables us to wait (Gal. 5:5).<\/p>\n
30.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He supplies us with Christ (Phil. 1:19).<\/p>\n
31.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He grants everlasting life (Gal. 6:8).<\/p>\n
32.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He gives us access to God the Father (Eph. 2:18).<\/p>\n
33.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He makes us (corporately) God\u2019s habitation (Eph. 2:22).<\/p>\n
34.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He reveals the mystery of God to us (Eph. 3:5).<\/p>\n
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36.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He enables us to obey the truth (1 Pet. 1:22).<\/p>\n
37.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He enables us to know that Jesus abides in us (1 John 3:24; 4:13).<\/p>\n
38.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He confesses that Jesus came in the flesh (1 John 4:3).<\/p>\n
39.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He says \u201cCome, Lord Jesus\u201d along with the bride (Rev. 22:17).<\/p>\n
40.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He dispenses God\u2019s love into our hearts (Rom. 5:5).<\/p>\n
41.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He bears witness to the truth in our conscience (Rom. 9:1).<\/p>\n
42.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He teaches us (1 Cor. 2:13; John 14:26).<\/p>\n
43.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He gives us joy (1 Thess. 1:6).<\/p>\n
44.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He enables some to preach the gospel (1 Pet. 1:12).<\/p>\n
45.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He moves us (1 Pet. 1:21).<\/p>\n
46.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He knows the things of God (1 Cor. 2:11).<\/p>\n
47.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He casts out demons (Matt. 12:28).<\/p>\n
48.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He brings things to our remembrance (John 14:26).<\/p>\n
49.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He comforts us (Acts 9:31).<\/p>\n
50.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He makes some overseers in the church and sends some out to the work of church planting [through the body] (Acts 20:28; 13:2).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Summary: The Holy Spirit unites us to Jesus Christ and to His body. He reveals Christ to us, gives us His life, and makes Christ alive in us. The Spirit takes the experiences of Jesus \u2026 His incarnation, ministry, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension \u2026 and brings them into our own experience. Because of the Holy Spirit, the history of Jesus Christ becomes our story and experience (see Chapter 3 of\u00a0JESUS MANIFESTO<\/a>for details).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frank Viola has a post that lists fifty acts of the Holy Spirit. Though Frank\u2019s got \u201che\u201d for all of this, I don\u2019t think he intends to make the Holy Spirit male. 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He convicts the world of sin, righteousness and judgment (John 16:8). 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He guides us into all truth (John 16:13). 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[4877,17083],"class_list":["post-10807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology","tag-frank-viola","tag-holy-spirit"],"yoast_head":"\n
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