Week 15: Last week we read some on the Holy Ghost in Conversion

A Study on the Holy Ghost

̶ Week 15 of 38 ̶

By David Wilson

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

1 Corinthians 12:3

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

This doesn’t mean that everyone who says “Jesus is Lord” is saved. It means that those who have a real change of heart, through Holy Ghost conviction of sin, can call Jesus “Lord.” For only then can they truly realize what it means for Jesus to be “Lord.” We must be born again; the blood must wash away our sins.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

Again, we come to the word sanctification. A quick definition is: “It is the separation of ourselves from sin, the laying aside or laying down of those things which entangle us in the world.” Sanctification works in two ways. There’s a biblical sanctification we must all come under. It’s the same for everybody, with no exceptions. Then there’s a personal sanctification, where God tests your obedience to his will. You may be asked to do something or give up something that no one else is asked to do, just to see if you will be obedient to His will in your life.

1 Peter 2:1, 2

¹Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking.

² As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.

1 Peter 1:2

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.

(Next week we will read about the Holy Ghost Baptism..

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