The Work of the Holy Spirit

The listing below illustrates the work of the Holy Spirit throughout the Scriptures. In the Bible, the term Holy Spirit is used in conjunction with Spirit of God, Spirit of the Lord, Spirit, Holy Ghost, and Spirit of Christ.

The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

1. The Spirit of God dwells within men (Genesis 41:37-43; Judges14:5-7, Judges 14:18-20 , Judges 15:14, Judges 15:18-20, 1 Samuel 11:5-7, 1 Samuel 16:1-14, 2 Samuel 23:1-3; Isaiah 59:20-21; Ezekiel 2, Ezekiel 3:22-27).

2. The Spirit of God enables men (with wisdom and skill) to accomplish specific tasks (Exodus 28:3; Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31; Deuteronomy 34:9; Judges 3:9-11, Judges 6:33-35, Judges 11:29-40, Judges 13:25; Ezra 1:1-6; Proverbs 1:22-33; Ezekiel 2, Ezekiel 3:22-27; Daniel 5:11-15; Micah 3:7-9).

3. The Spirit of God will support His work upon the earth (Numbers 11:17; Numbers 11:25-29; Ezra 1:1-6; Nehemiah 9:19-21; Zechariah 4:5-7).

4. When the Spirit of God comes upon someone, it can be brought on with/for prophesying (Numbers 11:25-29, Numbers 24:1-3; 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 19:19-24). There will also be prophets of the Lord speaking by the Spirit of God (Nehemiah 9:29-31; Ezekiel 11:4-6, Micah 3:7-9).

5. The Spirit of God will change the nature/character of a man (Numbers 27:18; 1 Samuel 10:5-11; 2 Chronicles 24:19-21).

6. Through the Spirit of God, the heavens and earth was formed (Job 26:12-14).

7. The Spirit of God made us (Job 33:3-5).

8. The ways of the Holy Spirit are unknown to us (Ecclesiastes 11:5).

9. The Spirit of God will rest upon Jesus (Isaiah 11:1-5, Isaiah 42:1-7, Isaiah 61:1-3).

10. The Spirit of God is not under human control (Isaiah 40:12-14).

11. The Spirit of God will protect us against all enemies (Isaiah 59:18-21).

12. The Spirit of God can bring you into His visions (Ezekiel 8:2-4, Ezekiel 11:1-3, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Ezekiel 43).

13. The Lord will put a new Spirit within man and give them a heart of flesh in place of their heart of stone, so that they walk in His statutes and will be their God (Ezekiel 11:15-20, Ezekiel 36:21-31, Ezekiel 37:1-14).

14. God will pour out His Spirit (Ezekiel 39:28-29). When poured out, His Spirit will cause sons and daughters to prophesy, old men will dream dreams, and young men shall see visions…even the servants and handmaidens will be filled (Joel 2:28-29).

The Holy Spirit in the New Testament

1. Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18-20; Luke 1:35).

2. Jesus will baptize with the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; John 1:33; Acts 1:5).

3. The Holy Spirit will dwell within men (Matthew 12:1-21; Luke 1:15, Luke 1:41, Luke 4:1-14; John 14:16-18; Acts 2:4, Acts 9:17, Acts 10:45, Acts 13:47-52; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Ephesians 5:18-21; 2 Timothy 1:14).

4. The Holy Spirit is given to all who ask, believe, and obey Jesus’ commandments (Luke 11:13; John 7:37-39, John 14:15-16; Acts 5:32; Ephesians 1:10-14).

5. The Spirit of God is an enabler (of power, wisdom, and skill) to accomplish specific tasks (Acts 10:38; Romans 15:18-21; 1 Corinthians 2:3-5; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Ephesians 3:16-19; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Peter 1:20-21).

6. Through the Spirit, people will prophesy (Luke 1:67; Acts 2:18, Acts 21:11; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Peter 1:20-21).

7. The Holy Spirit will make intercession for us before the Father on our behalf (Romans 8:26-27; 1 Corinthians 14:1-18; Jude 1:20).

8. The Spirit of God will rest upon Jesus (Matthew 3:16, Matthew 26:40-45; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:22, Luke 4:14-24; John 1:32-33; John 3:31-36).

9. The Spirit of God is not under human control (John 16:13).

10. The Spirit of God can bring you into His visions and things to come (John 16:13; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; Hebrews 9:1-15; Revelation 4; Revelation 17:3-18; Revelation 21:10-27).

11. The Holy Spirit is a witness to us of the covenant He would make with us – to put His laws into our hearts and minds and to remember our sins and iniquities no more (Hebrews 10:15-17).

12. God will pour out His Spirit (Luke 11:9-13; Acts 2:17-18).

13. The Spirit will lead us where we are to go and what we are to do (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:11-12; Luke 1:27; Acts 8:26-39; Acts 10; Acts 11:12, Acts 13:1-5, Acts 15:28, Acts 16:6-7; Acts 20:16-38; Romans 8:14-15).

14. The Holy Spirit will give discernment/insight (Mark 2:1-12, Mark 13:11; Luke 1:22-32; Acts 11:28, Acts 21:3-5; 1 Corinthians 2:6-12).

15. We must be born of water and the Spirit to enter the Kingdom of God (John 3:5-8).

16. The Holy Spirit was given after Jesus was glorified (John 7:39).

17. The Holy Spirit will testify of Jesus (John 15:26; Romans 8:23).

18. The Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth (John 14:26, John 16:13; Luke 12:12; Acts 1:2).

19. The Holy Spirit cannot be tested/tempted because of deceit (Acts 5:1-11).

20. We must walk after the Spirit (Romans 8:1-5; Galatians 5:16-18, Galatians 5:25).

21. If you do not have the Spirit of Christ, you do not belong to Him (Romans 8:9).

22. The Holy Spirit will give us life because of righteousness (Romans 8:10).

23. We will live if we mortify the deeds of the flesh through the Spirit (Romans 8:12-14).

24. As we are led by the Spirit of God, we are sons of God and receive the Spirit of adoption (Romans 8:14-15; Galatians 4:6).

25. The Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God (Romans 8:16).

26. The Holy Spirit searches all things: the deep things of God (1 Corinthians 2:10-11).

27. The Holy Spirit is freely given to the world (Acts 2:17-18; 1 Corinthians 2:12).

28. The natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to Him (1 Corinthians 2:14).

29. We are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 6:11).

30. No one speaking by the Spirit of God will call Jesus accursed (1 Corinthians 12:3).

31. No one can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Ghost (1 Corinthians 12:3).

32. By the Holy Spirit, we are baptized into one body and made to drink into one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13).

33. God has sealed us and given us the earnest (down payment/deposit) of the Spirit in our hearts (2 Corinthians 1:17-24, 2 Corinthians 5:1-8; Galatians 5:5; Ephesians 1:12-14).

34. The Spirit gives life (2 Corinthians 3:6).

35. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 Corinthians 3:17).

36. By the Spirit of the Lord, we will one day be changed into the same image from glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18).

37. The promise of the Spirit (through faith) is given to the Gentiles in the blessing of Abraham (Galatians 3:14; Galatians 5:5; Ephesians 3:5-7).

38. Those that live by the Spirit will produce its fruit (Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 5:8-10).

39. Through Jesus, we have access to the Father via the Spirit (Ephesians 2:18).

40. Through the Spirit, we are built together for a habitation of God (Ephesians 2:18-22).

41. There is one Spirit. We are all called in one hope of our calling (Ephesians 4:1-4).

42. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30).

43. The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17).

44. When you live in uncleanness, you despise God, who has given us His Holy Spirit (1 Thessalonians 4:3-9).

45. Do not quench the Holy Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:19).

46. God choose us to salvation through the sanctification of the Spirit (2 Thessalonians 2:13-15).

47. God was manifested in the flesh (Jesus) and justified in the Spirit (1 Timothy 3:16).

48. Through the Holy Spirit, we receive a Spirit of power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).

49. Through the Spirit, Jesus was presented to God without spot (Hebrews 9:11-26).

50. We abide in God through the Spirit He gave us (1 John 3:24, 1 John 4:13).

51. The Holy Spirit will warn the people of God (Revelation 1:10-20; Revelation 2-3).

52. The Holy Spirit calls us to take of the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17).

53. The Holy Spirit will confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh (1 John 4:1-3, 1 John 5:4-13).

54. All sins will be forgiven except the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:29; Luke 12:10).

55. When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will receive power to be witnesses of Jesus (Acts 1:8; Acts 4:8, Acts 4:31, Acts 20:23).

56. How the Holy Spirit can be received (Luke 11:13; John 20:22; Acts 2:38, Acts 8:17, Acts 10:44, Acts 11:15, Acts 15:8, Acts 19:1-7; Ephesians 1:13).

57. The Holy Spirit is given to those that obey God (Acts 5:32).

58. There is comfort in the Holy Spirit (Acts 9:31).

59. The Holy Spirit established overseers over the flock to feed the church of God (Acts 20:28).

60. The Holy Spirit allows the love of God to be shed abroad in us (Romans 5:1-8).

61. The Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17).

62. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (which is in you) (1 Corinthians 6:15-20).

63. We are saved by the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5).

64. The Holy Spirit calls us to enter the rest of God (Hebrews 3:7-13).

65. It is impossible for those who have been partakers of the Holy Ghost and fall away to receive repentance again (Hebrews 6:3-6).

66. The Gospel is preached with the Holy Spirit (1 Peter 1:12-16).