Romans 10 BIble Study

The Love of God through Preaching – Romans 10

Gospel in a Sentence: Jesus the Christ was sent to the earth to die, paying the penalty of sin in our place and taking our judgment upon himself; and he rose from the dead, bringing us back to life and giving us new and perfected righteous lives in Himself, who is now the Lord of our lives.

Big Picture: Israel has missed the saving righteousness of God because they’ve rejected Christ.

Goal: That we celebrate the proclamation of the message of the Gospel.

Key Ideas
1) Being passionate doesn’t justify someone; the righteousness of Christ received by faith does.
2) The point of the Law is justification by Christ’s work through the Gospel.
3) Preaching is a gift of God so that we can hear the Gospel and be saved.
4) Israel, by in large, has rejected Christ.

Key Terms
Heart – The seat of the whole self, including mind, emotions, and will. It should not be understood as the seat of the emotions or in any way a reference to emotions. A word that could be substituted for it in your thinking could be ‘soul.’ Also, band made famous by the amazing and infectious song, ‘Barracuda.’
To Save – To rescue from danger, in this case, from death and hell. It’s worth remembering here that the whole discussion in Romans is based on the belief in a future judgment day, which is part of the Gospel message (Romans 2:8-9, 16).
Word – Message. The word ‘word’ usually does not mean an individual word, but a whole message comprised of many words. Also, a colloquialism used in response to indicate agreement or affirmation.
Moses – The person God chose as a mediator for the whole nation of Israel, by whom he gave the Law. Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament. In Deuteronomy 18:15-19, God had Moses tell the people that in the future, God would raise up another prophet like Moses, who would directly mediate between God and Israel. That’s Jesus.
Isaiah – Old Testament prophet who made God’s word known when the Kingdom of Israel was about to end. Israel, a nation set apart by God for his glory, had been entrenched in idolatry, and Isaiah prophesied about the fall of the Kingdom of Israel to worldly powers and Israel’s being exiled – scattered in captivity among Gentile nations. However, he also prophesied about Israel’s return from exile and the coming restoration of the whole world.

Key Observations
10:1-2 Paul tells his fellow-Christians that he wants and prays that Israel would be saved. He yearns for their salvation, in part, because they do have a passion for God. However, this passion is an ignorant passion. They don’t know the truth.
3 Here, Paul explains how Israel’s ignorance was demonstrated; hence, the ‘for.’ Israel was ‘ignorant’ of the righteousness from God; that is, they were ignorant of justification by a righteousness which was outside of them credited to them through faith. They did not submit to the message about God’s righteousness.
4 This verse explains Israel’s failure to submit to God’s righteousness. (Again, hence, the ‘for.’) Why did Israel miss God’s righteousness? Because they missed Christ. The whole point of the Law (the end, or goal, of the law) is Jesus himself. With Jesus, one gets righteousness, and thus, justification. This is given to every believer in him – not just Jews.
5 ‘For’ indicates that Paul is giving an explanation for the Jews’ missing of Jesus, and therefore their missing of the righteousness of God. That is, they attempted to attain a righteous status by doing what the commandments require, which we know is impossible. Verse 5 cites Leviticus 18:5.
6-8 These verses are continuing explanation of the Jews’ missing of Jesus. They start off by saying what the message of righteousness through faith does not say, then, they instruct us as to what the message of righteousness through faith does say.

First, we are taught that we need not perform impossible tasks to bring Christ near to us. He has already been incarnated and has risen from the dead.

Second, we are taught that the saving message of the Gospel is something that has drawn near to us. It has been made available to be trusted – and thus, the righteousness of God has been offered to humanity.

Thus, Israel missed Jesus not because they weren’t offered his righteousness – but because of a failure to trust in him.

How Paul Quotes the Old Testament in Romans 10

Some of the more astute students in your study may see the footnotes in their Bibles and decide to look up the passages in the Old Testament that these quotations are from.

While this is certainly a good thing, there is a good possibility that they might end up extremely confused, and might even think that Paul is misusing the Old Testament.

The key to understanding the way that Paul is quoting the Old Testament is to understand verse 4 – ‘Christ is the goal of the law for righteousness.’ The point of the Law is Jesus, not doing enough good to get to heaven. When the New Testament authors cite the Old Testament, they do it in light of the fact that Christ has come to fulfill the Law and the Prophets.

The first quotation in this section is from Deuteronomy 9:4. Here, Israel is warned that they are not being given the Promised Land because of their righteousness. God reminds them of their unrighteousness. Now, the ‘Promised Land’ was a sign of what was to be granted in the future – a New Creation (Romans 4:13, Hebrews 11:9, 10, 13-16). By citing Deuteronomy 9:4, Paul is drawing our attention to the fact that we do not inherit the New Creation by our righteousness – but by Christ’s.

The second quotation in this section is from Deuteronomy 30:11-14. Here’s the problem: in the context of the passage, these truths aren’t about Jesus – they’re about the Law. The basic message is that the message of the Law has been given to Israel and is understandable. They can’t say they didn’t know what the Law required.

So is Paul just misusing the Old Testament to try to make a point about Jesus? No. Remember, he’s just said that Christ is the goal of the Law. He’s the point of the Law and the fulfillment of the Law. The Law is a signpost that points forward to Christ.

So, just as the Law was given in a way that resulted in its accessibility, by the grace of God, so now the fulfillment of the Law, the Gospel, has been given in a way, by the grace of God, that makes it accessible.

Another way of thinking about it is that the message of God began to be given in such a way that made it understandable, and the completion of its being given has been in the same way.

But not only is the fulfillment of God’s message, the Gospel, understandable – it also results in change of the actual heart and mouth. That word becomes part of a person through faith – part of their heart and speech. And it saves them. (See vv. 9, 10.)

This makes total sense in the context of Deuteronomy 30. In this chapter, God promised a future in which he would circumcise the hearts of his people and cause them to turn to himself. And this is exactly what he has done in the Gospel – he has changed hearts and turned people towards himself, and has given them a righteousness that is not theirs, but is Christ’s own righteousness. Therefore, we will be saved.

So, this message of righteousness through faith does not tell us to do impossible tasks – but rather, it instructs us to receive the Gospel of Christ which transforms and saves us.

9-10 Why can we say that the Gospel is near to us – in our mouths and hearts? Because when that word becomes a part of us, we get the promise of salvation. Verse 10 is further explanation (‘for’) of the content of the message of righteousness based on faith. We trust Christ and are given righteousness, confessing him and getting salvation. We should not understand ‘confession’ here as any sort of added condition for salvation, but rather, the natural evidence of a message becoming a part of a person. You take it in and trust it, and you also speak it. The Gospel becomes part of our speech. It is, after all, a message.
11 This verse is a defense of the fact that salvation is received by faith alone. It cites Isaiah 28:16. The shocking thing in this verse is that every believer gets eternal life. In other words, it is not just for ethnic Israelites.
12 This verse is a defense of the idea that everyone who believes in Jesus, regardless of Jewish background, will be saved. That’s why it begins with ‘for.’ The Lord is God, and treats all according to the same Gospel.
13 ‘For’ indicates that this is further defense of the idea that salvation is without reference to ethnicity. It quotes Joel 2:32.
14-15 Paul has just finished arguing that the message of the Gospel has been brought near to be believed – and that Israel’s problem was a rejection of that Gospel. Here, he asks a string of rhetorical questions about the nature of salvation, given that the Gospel must be believed for it. Ultimately, for belief and salvation to happen, a preacher must be sent. The citation of Isaiah 52:7 tells us two things – 1, it tells us that preachers are necessary for the spread of good news. 2, it tells us that preachers have come with the Good News.
16 Even though preachers have been sent out, not everyone has obeyed what the Gospel demands – belief. Isaiah 53:1 is enlisted to support Paul’s point – the Gospel has been rejected. In context, here, ultimately the nation of Israel is responsible for its condemnation. They have rejected the Gospel.
17 ‘Therefore’ or ‘so’ at the beginning of this verse indicates that Paul is giving us a conclusion – and also a transition back onto the topic in general. Faith comes by hearing the Gospel.
18 One might ask then if people, particularly the Jews, have heard the Gospel. People have. Not all are saved because not all believed.

Psalm 19:4 in Romans 10:18

One would like for people to read this verse and simply just think, “Yes, preachers have gone out and people who have rejected Christ are responsible for their condemnation,” since that’s the point of the verse.

However, if someone from your Bible study looks up the quote from Scripture, there will probably be mass confusion. Here’s why. Psalm 19:4 is about nature, not about the Gospel. It says that nature declares God’s glory.

Some have concluded, then, that one can know the Gospel through nature and be saved without the preaching of missionaries. This is contextually problematic, given vv. 14-15. It’s also contextually problematic given 1:18-21, in which all nature can do by demonstrating God’s glory is to condemn us.

So how does this quotation work? If we look back at Psalm 19 we see that it compares the glory of God in nature with the glory of God in the Law. The basic premise is that God’s glory is widespread in creation and yet made special and more glorious through the Law.

We must remember then, that Christ is the fulfillment of the Law. The Law reveals God’s glory even more than creation itself does. So, just as God has caused himself to be glorified in creation, so now, he causes himself to be even more glorified through his word spread to the world through preaching. In other words, Christ is the fulfillment of God’s self-revelation to mankind which began through nature. This self-revelation is being proclaimed to all the world just as it began to be with nature’s splendor.

A simpler explanation is this: Paul is not appealing to this verse to prove that the word of Christ has gone out to the ends of the world. Don’t get caught up on the word ‘world,’ here! Paul is appealing to Psalm 19:4 to demonstrate that it is in God’s character to disclose himself to the world for the sake of his glory. Therefore, God has ordained that preachers be sent out with the word of Christ.

What’s the point of the citation of Psalm 19:4? Everyone is held accountable to believing the Gospel if they’ve heard it. Everyone who has rejected it is guilty for doing so. Paul is particularly applying this truth to the Israelites.

19-20 Paul here narrows his focus on just Israel. Did they merely hear without comprehension of the message? No. Paul appeals to Moses (Deut 32:21) and Isaiah (Isaiah 65:1) to demonstrate his point. In both of these texts, God is honored as gracious in initiating relationship with Israel. Yet, Israel rejects God, and so God lets them go into sin while drawing those who did not seek him, (in this case, Gentiles) to himself.
21 Paul’s final response to the question about whether or not Israel could comprehend the Gospel is from Isaiah 65:2. Indeed, God has opened wide the offer of salvation to Israel; yet, they have continued to reject him.

Sample Discussion Guide:
-Last time we looked at the fact that God’s word doesn’t fail – he does exactly what he desires to do for his glory. That includes electing people to salvation based on his desires, and hardening whom he desires.
-Then we looked at the outcome of God’s election – those he elected believed and got God’s righteousness. Those whom God did not choose did not come to Christ and so stand condemned. Today we’re going to look more at human responsibility in responding to the Gospel message.
-What do you think are different reasons that people reject the Gospel?
-Why do you think so often that Christians, even, do not respond positively to the Gospel being preached to them?
-Would you say that your church does a good job of making sure that the Gospel is the point of every sermon? Why/Why not?
-Our goal tonight is to delight in the widespread glory of God through the Gospel’s being preached (Pray)
-Have someone read vv. 1-4.
-Part of the reason Paul yearned and prayed so much for his fellow-Jews is because they had a zeal for God, but apart from knowledge. What do you think that might look like in the world today? Do you think it’s possible to be a “Christian” in name and have a zeal for God without knowledge? Why or why not?
-Paul says that the Jews sought to establish their own righteousness. What are some ways that modern Americans seek to establish their own righteousness? (Why do we think we’re good?) What behaviors do you take pride in?
-God tells us that seeking to establish one’s own righteousness is dangerous, even damning, because it prevents people from receiving God’s righteousness. He explains how Israel missed out on God’s righteousness in verse 4. Take a minute and write down your paraphrase of v. 4. After a minute or two, have people share their paraphrases.
-Vv. 5-13 develop the idea that the righteousness of faith comes through the preached message of the Gospel. This is in contrast with trying to become righteous by trying to keep the Law, as ancient Israel did. Have someone read vv. 5-13.
-Paul mentions here that the idea of going to heaven or to the grave to somehow attain salvation is ridiculous. What are some of the things that people do today to try to give themselves assurance of a good afterlife?
-What are some things other religions require for salvation? How does that make you feel about the fact that Christ has accomplished salvation, and that it’s simply received by faith?
-Have someone read vv. 14-17.
-We saw in the previous section that faith in the message is necessary for salvation. This section brings out the need for a preacher and hearing.
-Who first clearly explained the Gospel to you? How did he/she do it?
-Are there people in your life that you don’t think have heard the Gospel clearly? Who? What are some practical ways we can respond to that reality?
-Out of about 16,000 ethnic groups in the world, over 6,000 have no church in their own languages. What does this passage say about people that have not heard the Gospel?
-What are some different things we can do about that?
-Have you considered spending time overseas to take the Gospel to people who have no access to it – for a month, a year, or even a lifetime? What are some obstacles to you doing so? (Some people are inevitably going to respond to this question in the language of ‘feeling called’ or ‘feeling led.’ This will be a great opportunity to ask what they mean by those phrases, since they’re unbiblical phrases that often express very unbiblical concepts.)
-Have someone read vv. 18-21.
-Here Paul shows us that God has been gracious in giving the Gospel to Israel, even though Israel has, by in large, rejected it.
-What are some words or phrases that stand out with respect to God’s treatment of Israel?
-Where are we talked about in this section?
-How does this reveal God’s grace?
-Given what this passage says about the Gospel, ignorance, preaching, and human responsibility, how do you think we should pray for ourselves? Our friends? Butler University? The world?
-Spend time in prayer for those spheres.

Romans 9 Bible Study

The Word of God Does Not Fail – Romans 9

Gospel in a Sentence: “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved”(Romans 10:9).

Big Picture: God is faithful to his word in having mercy on whomever he wills.

Goal: That we honor God for being true to his word in having mercy on whom he wills.

Key Ideas
1) Paul desired fellow-Jews to be saved, since God had set them apart with his word.
2) People are recipients of God’s promise by election, not ethnicity.
3) God is righteous in electing people from every nation for his glory.
4) The result of God’s electing grace is justification through faith for people in every nation.

Key Terms
Nothing new this week.

Key Observations
This section will prove emotionally and intellectually challenging for many people. It challenges the very core of what people normally believe about their rights before God, and it even challenges how highly we think of the nature of mankind – and of God.

It’s worth remembering why this passage is here. Paul has just finished, in Romans 8:18-39, telling us that we should trust that God is working out everything for our good, and will bring us into his kingdom without fail. Inevitably, one will doubt God’s promises; and one may be brought to doubt his promises if he looks at the history of Israel – and the fact that many Jews are not saved.

This section is written to support our faith in God, teaching us that salvation is not by ethnicity, but by the electing grace of God. God has always been true to his word, and his word does not fail, but does exactly what he desires it to do. Therefore, we can trust it, and we should glorify him for glorifying himself in having mercy on whom he wills.

I must admit at the outset here, that I am taking a ‘Calvinistic’ or ‘monergistic’ reading of this text. It’s impossible to go through this text and get at the heart of it without ‘taking sides.’ If you would like a more in depth look at the monergistic interpretation of these verses, check Doug Moo’s commentary on Romans (creatively titled “Romans”). If you would like to read a scholarly reading of the text from an Arminian/synergistic point of view, check out Grant Osborne’s “Romans.” I would encourage you at the outset to avoid exploring the interpretations of these texts through internet sources, most of which are unscholarly, unreliable, and full of straw men and emotionalism.

9:1-3 Paul seems to break his flow of thought here to say something personal. He goes to great lengths in v. 1 to let us know that he’s telling the truth. In v. 2 he tells us about the massive pain he’s experiencing. In v. 3, he tells us why his pain is so great – those closest to him, the Jewish people, are by in large under the curse of God, and Paul wishes he could substitute himself for them. We’re not supposed to ask, as a result of this statement, if we would go to hell in the place of others. Paul wants us to know here how much he loves the Jewish people, because of what he’s about to say about God’s plan for them, which includes the hardening and perishing of a great number of them.
4-5 Paul here explains further reasons for his pain over the exclusion of so many Jews from the grace of God; namely, that they were recipients of the Old Testament Scriptures, Old Testament worship, and the Messiah himself in person, and were set apart by God to receive his promises if they would keep his covenant.
6 In contrast with the blessings Israel received, however, Paul asserts that God’s word has not failed. The reason? Not all Israel is Israel. In other words, not all of the ethnic Jews belong to the Israel who was to receive God’s covenant blessings. We’ve already seen this concept in 4:9-17.
7 Not all ethnic Jews are Abraham’s children, that is, receiving the blessings of God’s covenant with Abraham. To support this point, Paul refers back to Genesis 21:12. Though Abraham had other physical offspring, God would only establish his covenant with Isaac. In like manner, inheriting Abraham’s blessings is not by physical descent. For the full story, see Genesis 16-17.
8-9 Verse 8 interprets verse 7. Children of the ‘flesh’ – or children in the way of thinking in the old world (by physical descent) are not necessarily considered true offspring. It is the children of promise that are. In other words, God chooses people to receive his promises just as he did with Isaac before he was born in Genesis 18:10, 14.
10 ‘And’ indicates that Paul’s going to give another piece of evidence for what he’s teaching. He begins the argument by saying that Rebekah conceived children by one man, which is significant, because that one man was a child of promise. One would naturally think that all his children would be as well. For the background of Isaac and Rebecca, see Genesis 24. For the narrative about their children, see Genesis 25:19-26.
11-12 However, because God desired to uphold his purpose of election, not based on any goodness or badness of the children but based on God’s ability to call whom he desires, he told Rebekah that the younger child, Jacob, would receive God’s covenant blessings. (Genesis 25:23).
13 Paul cites Malachi 1:2-3 to support his point. The reference here is to the fact that God chose Israel (Jacob’s descendants) before they’d done anything good or bad and rejected Edom (Esau’s descendants) in the same fashion. Now, both Israel and Edom were in rebellion against God. However, God gives promises to rebellious Israel for their repentance and salvation; yet, grants no such opportunity to the Edomites. This ‘state of affairs’ was determined by God before Jacob and Esau were born.

God Hates?

It can be really easy to get hung up on the idea that God hated Esau. We must avoid three errors in thinking about the hatred of God:

Error 1: that God’s hatred is like human hatred. It is not. When God hates a person, it is based not on passionate response, but on his righteous judgment for his glory. Though Esau had not yet done anything good or bad, he was himself already considered guilty (Rom. 5:12-14) and incapable of pleasing God (Rom. 8:7-8).

Error 2: that God’s hatred is so unlike human hatred that it’s not hatred. It is hatred. God uses this word here for a reason. Our emotional responses were created by God to ‘image’ (Gen. 1:26-28) his own affections. God does not merely hate sin, he hates sinners, that is, everyone who has not trusted in Christ (e.g. Psa. 5:5). For each person who has trusted Christ, Christ himself has absorbed all of the hatred of the Father towards everyone who would trust Christ in his crucifixion.

Error 3: that God’s hatred excludes God’s love. This is not something a human mind could conceive: but God both hates and loves the wicked. Remember Romans 2:4 – God, in patience and kindness, gives the wicked time to repent. God’s love is holy love and his hatred is holy hatred. He is unlike us. It would be wise of us to see these truths and cry out, with Paul, “Oh the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” (Rom. 11:33)

People are probably going to get hung up on this in your study. Here are some things you can do to get the discussion back on track:

1) Verse 13 is given to support a claim that Paul’s already made. What is that claim, made in vv. 10-12?
2) It may be a good idea to have your group refer to Malachi 1 to see what it says for themselves. It must be noted, though, that this choice of God was made without reference to any ‘goodness’ or badness that Jacob or Esau might produce.
2) You could just explain those three errors and move on.

14 What will a person’s natural response to the teaching of election be? This is unjust! Is it? Paul curses the idea.
15 This verse is very difficult. As a matter of fact, John Piper’s The Justification of God is a thesis just based on the word ‘for’ at the beginning of this verse.

‘For’ indicates that Paul is about to give us the reason that it’s not unjust for God to elect some to salvation and exclude some from salvation without reference to their ‘goodness’ or badness. To show that God is indeed acting righteously/justly, he cites Exodus 33:19. What does this have to do with God being just, though? In brief, in Exodus 33:18, Moses asks God to show him his glory. God says his ‘name,’ which is synonymous with his character or glory (Exodus 33:19). So God revealed his glory to Moses in his ‘name’, which is, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

In other words, Paul is arguing that righteousness is determined by what gives glory to God. Because it glorifies God to elect some to salvation and leave the rest in their sin, it is righteous for him to do so. This excludes the idea that God is unjust in electing some to salvation and passing over the rest. Therefore, God is just in choosing some to salvation and some for death.

Or to put it yet another way:
1) It glorifies God to elect some to salvation and to leave others in their sins.
2) Righteousness/justice is determined by what glorifies God.
Conclusion: the activity of God in election is righteous.

This may seem unfair. Paul will address the objection that election is unfair beginning in verse 19.
16 ‘So then’ indicates that Paul gives a preliminary conclusion to his argument here. That conclusion – election is not based on human desire or work, but on the God of mercy alone.
17 ‘For’ indicates that Paul is giving further ground for his argument for God’s justice. God’s word, recorded in Exodus 9:16, said to Pharaoh that God raised him up for a reason – to display his power and glory in him to the whole earth. We see this theme again – God acts righteously because righteousness is defined by what glorifies him. For the whole narrative of Israel’s redemption out of Egypt, see Exodus 3- 12:42

Several things are interesting here. First, Pharaoh was a Gentile. Paul is widening his argument here from merely talking about Jews. Second, if God had a purpose in raising Pharaoh up, there was not a real possibility of anything else happening except what God had purposed to happen. He would certainly be glorified by Pharaoh’s rebellious actions.
18 Paul draws the same conclusion again (‘so then’) from this passage that he drew from the last. Mercy is based on God’s choice, not a person’s. It may be that people get hung up on the language of ‘hardening’ here. God had purposed to harden Pharaoh’s heart before any of what happened in Exodus 4 and following. However, we must remember that God hardened an already hard heart. Remember that without the regenerating activity of the Holy Spirit, no one is able to please God. One is either of the flesh or of the Spirit (Romans 8:1-17). And so, since Pharaoh was already of the flesh, God hardened Pharaoh further then he had been before, much like his general wrath against humanity in Romans 1:18-32.
19 Normally, people will respond to this teaching by stating that God can’t then judge us for being sinners if he’s determined everything beforehand. This, indeed, is the argument of Paul’s imaginary debate opponent in verse 19.
20-21 Paul’s first line of argument against this idea is to strip us of our perceived rights. We, like Job (Job 38:1-3), have no right to challenge God, our Creator, who owns us. He is the only one with ‘rights’ in this whole scenario. See Isaiah 29:16 and 45:9 for the Old Testament citation in these verses.
22 Though Paul states what is to follow as a question, he means for it to be taken as the reality. He wouldn’t respond to an objector’s objection with a mere possibility of the way things are! Furthermore, he supports the truths of vv. 22-24 with Scripture, in vv. 25-29.

Briefly, God has glorified himself by demonstrating his wrath and power in enduring people that he created for the purpose of receiving wrath.

Many sloppy internet sources will try to claim that this verse says that the people in question prepared themselves for destruction. However, this claim is both grammatically and contextually invalid. God prepared them for destruction for his glory.
23 God prepared objects of wrath for destruction with a purpose (‘in order to’): to make known the riches of his glory for the objects he created to receive mercy and glory.
24 Paul firms up the idea here that he is not just talking about Jews anymore – but all who are called, and therefore justified, just as their spiritual father Abraham was. Israel is not Israel by ethnicity, but by election.
25-29 ‘As’ at the beginning of this section indicates that Paul is arguing for election/calling being applied to Jews and Gentiles alike. To do so, he cites Hosea 2:23, Hosea 1:10, and Isaiah 1:9; and he alludes to Isaiah 10:22-23. In sum, these verses teach us that God had purposed a remnant of Israel to be saved, not the whole of Israel. He also promised that he would bring those outside of his covenant with Israel into covenant relationship with him. They would become part of a new, spiritual-not-ethnic, Israel.

Though Hosea 1 and 2, cited in Romans 9:25-29, were about Israelites, they were covenant-breaking Israelites, and therefore no different than Gentiles under God’s wrath. What Paul does here is to expand on God’s promise – not only will law-breaking Israelites be saved; but so also will law-breaking Gentiles, who are really no different from law- breaking Israelites. A new Israel of both Jews and Gentiles would be formed. King David, who ruled the ancient nation of Israel and brought in peace and prosperity, was promised that there would eternally be an heir to his throne (See 2 Samuel 7). Those Jews before Christ who were faithful to God put their trust in this promise. The common theme within this new Israel – composed of both Jews and Gentiles – was that they would have a common King in David’s line, namely, Christ. Gentiles would be included in the covenant promise of God by association with the King.

It may seem here like Paul is stretching these verses in Hosea to mean more than they meant. This is not so. Clearly in Hosea 1, there is a distinction between the Israel of promise (1:10) and the Israel of the curse (1:2-9). Gentiles had always been included in God’s covenant with Israel, and ethnic Jews had always been excluded from God’s covenant ever since the beginning of Israel (Genesis 17:12-14, and remember Romans 4). We’ll see this in further detail in Romans 11; but this whole theme (of Gentiles being included into Israel) began in Romans 1:3-4 – though Christ was born in the flesh world as an heir to David’s throne, he has inaugurated a Kingdom of the Spirit in which he is King over all for the obedience of all the nations for the sake of his glory. Israel has expanded his borders.

Inclusion in the external Old Covenant people of God was by circumcision and the Ceremonial Law (though its blessings were still only granted through faith!) Inclusion in the New Covenant Israel of God is through faith in Christ, who is himself Israel (see Galatians 3:15- 29).

In sum, the way that Paul quotes these verses from Hosea shows that Gentiles are being included as recipients of promises given to Israel by means of election. This is because God has chosen that we be united to Christ, who is the only truly obedient Jew.
30-31 ‘What shall we say, then?’ indicates that Paul is about to draw a conclusion from the reality of God’s electing grace. That conclusion is this: Gentiles, outside of God’s covenant, not pursuing God, who never pursued a righteous status before God, have now received it because God, in grace, chose and called them. This righteous status has been received by faith!

It is vital that you understand this. People are not justified without faith. The result of election is righteousness through faith. The Gospel must be preached for the elect to have faith, and thus, the righteousness of Christ.

However, Israel did not get a righteous status. They did not attain the goal of the Law.

32-33 These verses answer why the nation of Israel did not, as a whole, receive a righteous status before God. They thought the goal of the Law was to attain a righteous status based on righteous works. They failed to see that the goal of the Law was Christ himself and his righteousness counted to everyone who would believe in him.

Sample Discussion Guide:
-Last time, we looked at truths that we need to remember in order to suffer like Christ suffered. What are some of those truths? (You can look back at ch. 8 if you need to!)
-In the midst of pain, though, it can be hard to remember and believe these truths. What are some of the doubts that might pop into someone’s head when they’re suffering?
-To Paul, and to anyone in the first century, it may have looked like God wasn’t being faithful to the nation of Israel. So why would he be faithful to Christians? In Romans 9, Paul answers that God is faithful to his word in having mercy on whomever he wills.
-Let’s pray and take a look at the text. Pray.
-Have someone read vv. 1-5.
-What’s the feel that you get from this passage? Do you have any questions about it?
-Why do you think Paul’s in such agony over the fact that many Israelites are under God’s wrath?
-We should feel a similar agony over people that are outside of Christ. Why do you think we don’t? What can we do to practice compassion on people who don’t have Christ?
-Have someone read vv. 6-13. How do you feel after reading this? Any questions?
-Can someone explain for us the story of Abraham and Sarah? How about the story of Isaac and Rebekah and the birth of their children?
-The main point here is that God’s word doesn’t fail. How do what happened with Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Rebekah prove that?
-What are some situations in which someone might be tempted to disbelieve or distrust God’s promises?
-What do you think we can do to get our minds and hearts back on track?
-What do these verses teach us about God? How does this affect your view of him or feelings towards him?
-Have someone read vv. 14-18.
-The idea that God chooses people without reference to any good or bad they might do sounds like God is being unjust. In these verses, Paul argues against that.
-Any questions you have about these verses? The reality here is that you may not have all the answers to peoples’ questions. That’s okay. Be honest, teach the text, and say from the text what you know to be true.
-What sort of picture of God is painted by these verses?
-What does it look like God ultimately cares about?
-Given that God is not required to give mercy to anyone, how does this make you feel about his mercy if you have received it?
-Have someone read vv. 19-29.
-Paul just argued that election is based on God’s will for God’s glory. Our natural response to that will be to say that God’s unfair in judging people for their sin. Look at v. 19. That’s exactly what Paul’s debate opponent says.
-What kind of picture of God do these verses paint?
-How does this portrayal of God make you feel about the fact that God has had mercy on you if you have believed in Christ?
-How does Paul answer the objection that God is unjust here?
-What does Paul teach about God here? About you?
-Have someone read vv. 30-33.
-Look at v. 30. ‘What shall we say, then’ is Paul’s way of concluding this section. What is the result of God’s choosing in these verses?
-What is the relationship between election and justification, according to these verses? See also Romans 8:30. One becomes a recipient of God’s promises by being chosen by him. God calls and gives the gift of faith (Philippians 1:29) to each person he has chosen. To each of these, he then credits Christ’s righteousness. In sum, God’s choosing/election leads to God’s call, God’s call leads to faith, faith receives the righteousness of Christ as a gift, and on the basis of that righteousness God justifies the elect.
-How would you summarize what you’ve learned about God and about people in this chapter?
-Given those things, how does having received the righteousness of Christ through faith make you feel?
-How does it change how you worship? How does it change how you pray?
-Let’s worship God in prayer. Pray as a group.

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The Holy Spirit - Witness to Christ - Talk at Butler Cru, 11/11/2011

I’m Derek, and I’m on staff with Cru here.  Before we look at God’s word, let’s ask him to empower us to hear, understand, and apply it. 

Father, we can only approach you because you poured the condemnation we deserve upon your Son Jesus.  And so it is based on his representation before you that we ask you for your mercy.  Open our ears to hear of your greatness from your word.  Cause us to become people of prayer and people of proclamation.  Amen. 

We’ve been in a series called ‘Witness.’  A witness is someone who has observed something and then reports it.  A Christian witness, therefore, is someone who has come to know Jesus Christ personally, and who proclaims who he is and what he is done to others. 

We’ve already seen that all Christians are called to be proclaimers of the excellencies of Jesus Christ and his death.  Tonight, we’re going to look at Witness and the Holy Spirit. 

But before we begin to unpack that, I want to tell you explicitly what I desire and have been praying for. 

Goal:  That we would together regularly pray for God to glorify Christ in and through us.  (x2)

Some of you will instantly respond negatively to this, because you don’t want to get together to pray.  Frankly, that’s unacceptable.  God instructs Timothy, a Pastor, with these words, “First of all the, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all types of people… I desire then that in every place the men should pray…” (1 Timothy 2:1, 8). 

So the command exists, but let me tell you the good news.  Even if this seems like a ‘tall order’ to you, the power to do so exists.  That’s where the Holy Spirit comes in, and that is the point of tonight’s talk. 

Point:  The Holy Spirit’s primary role on earth is to bear witness to Jesus Christ.  (x2) 

Jesus said this before he was murdered and raised to life: “When the Helper comes, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, he will bear witness about ME.” (John 15:26) 

Therefore, because he is doing so, we will regularly gather to pray that he would glorify Christ in and through us. 

I realize this might raise some questions.  So tonight, I’ll be seeking to answer the following questions:

1)            Who’s the Holy Spirit? 

2)            Why should we care? 

3)            What’s the Holy Spirit do? 

4)            What should we do? 

First, let’s address the question, “Who is the Holy Spirit?” 

The reason we have to ask that question is because our culture is full of misinformation about who the Holy Spirit is. 

If you’ve seen “The Italian Job,” you’ve seen the part where Seth Greene’s character is in a train station, calculating the total number of what they’ve stolen.  He stands up and yells, “YEAH!!!”  And then after everyone’s staring at him, he explains, “Got the… Holy Spirit… you should get on it… it’s a good train.” 

Unfortunately, that reflects the way that the Holy Spirit has been portrayed.  Like a force.  An irrational emotion.  A substance that preachers on TV with their own private jets can manipulate, and pass on to people by smacking them in the head so that they fall down writhe as if they had epilepsy. 

He’s been portrayed as a Genie God, who if you just get riled up enough in your emotions, will grant you a healthy, wealthy, easy, American-dream filled, idolatrous, world-exalting, God-diminishing, best life now. 

And at the very least, he wants you to talk in gibberish on TV while wearing enough make-up to make The Joker from Batman look like he’s underdone it. 

But who is he really?  The Holy Spirit is God himself.  God’s word says, “…no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God” (1 Corinthians 2:11).  The Holy Spirit knows.  And he knows all God’s infinite and holy thoughts.  He is God! 

He is our Creator; Job 33:4 says, “The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life!” 

And he does whatever he pleases.  Jesus taught, “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.  So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit”(John 3:8). 

It is he who gave mankind the words of the Bible.  Paul, talking about his own writing and the writers who wrote Scripture, says, “We impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 2:13). 

And it is he who raised Jesus from death to be the ruler of all creation: “He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit” (1 Timothy 3:16). 

So who is the Holy Spirit?  He is God himself.  He does as he pleases! 

Second question: why should we care? 

Because some of us here tonight are more anxious about exams and papers than we mourn the presence of sin – “Blessed are those who mourn” – Matthew 5:4. 

Because some of us are more excited to give someone our opinions about athletes or politics than you are to proclaim Christ – “...that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations” (Luke 24:47). 

Because some of us are more concerned with getting a special ‘spiritual feeling’ by singing the right kinds of songs than we are with the words that the Holy Spirit has authored. 

Because some of us, if we even do pray, pray that God would just remove our pains.  We pray for things like Aunt Millie’s cat who may have asthma.  And we do not pray for the glory of God through the advance of the Gospel. 

Because some of us, walking to the cafeteria, are more concerned with what might be for dinner than the fact that nineteen out of twenty people we might pass on the way to the cafeteria are under God’s righteous judgment.  “…whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him”(John 3:36). 

Because some of us are more concerned with what the people in this room will think of us after the meeting’s over than the fact that thousands of people within a few square miles of this building are ignoring the God who created them, by whose will they even continue to exist.  “For from him and through him and to him are all things.  To him be glory forever!  Amen.”  (Romans 11:36) 

Because some of us, who grew up in church and know we should do ‘Christian’ things, as I give you this list – don’t care, have no appetite for the word of God, have no true love for him, and are bored by God’s word.  Your life looks no different from anyone else’s, and there is no evidence of heartfelt obedience to Christ in you – just apathy. 

I say these things with fear and trembling.  And I do not bring them up to make you feel bad, but to show that you and I have a radical, deep, moment-by-moment need for God himself to transform us.  And that’s why we should care about the Holy Spirit. 

That brings us to our third question:

What’s the Holy Spirit do? 

We already saw John 15:26.  “When the Helper comes, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about ME.” 

I’ve spent the last few days studying all of the explicit mentions of the Holy Spirit in the Bible.  And a lot of times, when we think about the Spirit, we think about tongues or miracles or healings.  And he did things like that on special occasions. 

But primarily, we see him doing one thing – causing people to proclaim God’s word. 

Here are a couple examples:

“Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord…?’” (2 Chronicles 24:20)  

“’My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,’ says the LORD…” (Isaiah 59:21). 

And the New Testament says this about the Old Testament Scriptures that were written before Jesus – that the authors were “inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories” (1 Peter 1:11). 

So the Holy Spirit has always been doing one main thing since he created the world – bearing witness about Jesus. 

This is good news for two reasons. 

First, we need the Holy Spirit to show us Jesus personally.  Jesus has died and risen from the dead and complete pardon from God is granted on that basis to all who submit to him.  The Holy Spirit is the one who brings us to Christ for salvation. 

And not only at that point of salvation, but he continues to reveal the glories of Jesus to us.  Paul prayed that God “may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in your hearts…” (Ephesians 3:16-17). 

So the Holy Spirit communicates Christ to us, and we need that since we would never see his glory on our own. 

But there’s a second reason that the Holy Spirit’s witness to Jesus is good news.  He not only shows Jesus to us – but he shows Jesus through us – by making us witnesses for him. 

Jesus told his disciples, before he ascended into heaven, “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8). 

And when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to live with all his people, the first thing that he did was to cause them to tell ‘of the mighty works of God’ (Acts 2:11), so that thousands of people from all over the Roman empire would understand and here, and so that over 5,000 in one day would trust Christ Jesus. 

So that’s the good news!  The Holy Spirit communicates Jesus to us – he shows us Jesus so that we can know him.  AND – he bears witness through us so that we bear witness for Jesus. 

So – last question – what do we do? 

You might say – okay, great that he bears witness to Jesus.  But I still feel like I’m not ‘seeing’ it. 

We’ve all been there.  But that doesn’t mean that you should stay there. 

You need to do three things

1)  Repent.  You need to decide that you are going to passionately follow Jesus. 

2)  Remember.  Look at the Spirit’s word, and what Jesus accomplished. 

3)  Request.  Ask God to help. 

There’s an amazing example of this pattern in Acts chapter 4.  Peter and John had just been arrested for publicly proclaiming the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.  They’d been threatened not to.  And then they go back to their friends and tell the story. 

“And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, ‘Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ’ – for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you appointed as the Christ, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. 

See what they’re doing there?  They’re remembering the truth.  Jesus is the Christ!  The Son of God!  And God is in control.  They’re having a Bible study.  And then look at what they do next

“’ And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness’” 

See what they’re doing?  They’re making a request from God.  Asking him to transform them.  And let’s see what God does:

“And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.”  (Acts 4:24-29, 31). 

So God shows up.  The Holy Spirit gives them boldness and they go out proclaiming Christ.  I don’t know about you, but that is exciting to me.  And that’s what we’re called to do. 

One more example.  You’ve heard the Lord’s prayer.  Jesus gave it to us as a pattern of how we’re to pray.

“Pray then like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.  Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’” (Matthew 5:9, 10)

‘Our Father.’  That implies we’re praying together as a group.  It also assumes a relationship with God through Jesus. 

‘in Heaven’ – though he loves us and we know him; he’s GOD in heaven – and we are his creatures. 

‘Hallowed be your name’ – That means ‘glorify your name!’  And we’ve seen how God does that – by his Holy Spirit bearing witness to CHRIST in and through us. 

‘Your kingdom come…’  - in other words, cause me to do your will.  Cause others to do your will.  RULE over us!  And how does God do that?  By the Holy Spirit bearing witness to Christ. 

So what shall we say? 

The Holy Spirit is God himself.  He glorifies Jesus Christ the Son.  He does that towards us – so let’s dig into his word.  And he does that through us – and so we need to come together to ask God to make us bold to proclaim his word. 

I believe that God deserves the glory of Christ being proclaimed.  And I believe we will only do that if we begin by coming together to ask him to change us and to change our world.  And if we do, the Holy Spirit will act. 

Pray with me right now…

The Holy Spirit - Every Verse (at least, almost) in Scripture that Mentions Him

Gen. 1:2 The earth was bwithout form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 

Gen. 6:3 Then the LORD said, z“My Spirit shall not abide in* man forever, afor he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 

Gen. 41:38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, uin whom is the Spirit of God?”*

Ex. 28:3 You shall speak to all the askillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. 

Ex. 31:3 and I have zfilled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, 

Ex. 35:31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with hskill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, 

Num. 11:17 qAnd I will come down and talk with you there. And rI will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and sthey shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone. 

Num. 11:25 Then cthe LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it. 

Num. 11:26 ¶ Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they dhad not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. 

Num. 11:29 But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? gWould that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!” 

Num. 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel tcamping tribe by tribe. And uthe Spirit of God came upon him, 

Num. 27:18 So the LORD said to Moses, “Take pJoshua the son of Nun, a man qin whom is the Spirit, and rlay your hand on him. 

Deut. 2:30 But uSihon the king of mHeshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God vhardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day. 

Deut. 34:9 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of nthe spirit of wisdom, for oMoses had laid his hands on him. So pthe people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. 

Judg. 3:10 bThe Spirit of the LORD was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim. 

Judg. 6:34 But vthe Spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon, wand he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him. 

Judg. 11:29 ¶ fThen the Spirit of the LORD was upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. 

Judg. 13:25 pAnd the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between qZorah and Eshtaol. 

Judg. 14:6 yThen the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and although he had nothing in his hand, he tore the lion in pieces as one tears a young goat. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done. 

Judg. 14:19 ¶ gAnd the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he went down to hAshkelon and struck down thirty men of the town and took their spoil and gave the garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father’s house. 

Judg. 15:14 ¶ When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. tThen the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands. 

1Sam. 10:6 oThen the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, pand you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. 

1Sam. 10:10 When they came to vGibeah,* behold, a group of prophets met him, oand the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them. 

1Sam. 11:6 vAnd the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled. 

1Sam. 16:13 Then Samuel took ithe horn of oil jand anointed him in the midst of his brothers. kAnd the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah. 

1Sam. 16:14 ¶ lNow the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, mand a harmful spirit from the LORD tormented him. 

1Sam. 19:20 Then Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, hthe Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, iand they also prophesied. 

1Sam. 19:23 And he went there to Naioth in Ramah. jAnd the Spirit of God came upon him also, and as he went he prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 

2Sam. 23:2 ¶ m“The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me;

his word is on my tongue. 

1Kings 18:12 And as soon as I have gone from you, hthe Spirit of the LORD will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth. 1Kings 22:24 ¶ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near iand struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?” 2Kings 2:16 And they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. It may be that zthe Spirit of the LORD has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.” 

1Chr. 12:18 Then ithe Spirit clothed jAmasai, chief of the thirty, and he said,

“We are yours, O David,

and with you, O son of Jesse!

kPeace, peace to you,

and peace to your helpers!

For your God helps you.” 

¶ Then David received them and made them officers of his troops. 

2Chr. 15:1 ¶ yThe Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, 

2Chr. 18:23 ¶ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near jand struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?” 

2Chr. 20:14 And cthe Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. 

2Chr. 24:20 ¶ sThen the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah tthe son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, u‘Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? vBecause you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’” 

Neh. 9:20 lYou gave your good Spirit to instruct them mand did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 

Neh. 9:30 Many years myou bore with them nand warned them oby your Spirit through your prophets. pYet they would not give ear. qTherefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. 

Job 33:4 kThe Spirit of God has made me,

and lthe breath of the Almighty gives me life. 

Psa. 51:11 pCast me not away from your presence,

and take not qyour Holy Spirit from me. 

Psa. 104:30 When you isend forth your Spirit,* they are created,

and you jrenew the face of the ground. 

Psa. 139:7 ¶ xWhere shall I go from your Spirit?

Or where yshall I flee from your presence? 

Psa. 143:10 xTeach me to do your will,

for you are my God!

yLet your good Spirit zlead me

on alevel ground! 

Is. 11:2 And mthe Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,

the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and might,

the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. 

Is. 30:1 ¶ “Ah, nstubborn children,” declares the LORD,

o“who carry out a plan, but not mine,

and who make pan alliance,* but not of my Spirit,

that they may add sin to sin; 

Is. 31:3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,

and their horses care flesh, and not spirit.

When the LORD stretches out his hand,

the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,

and they will all perish together. 

Is. 32:15 until fthe Spirit is poured upon us from on high,

and gthe wilderness becomes a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. 

Is. 32:16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,

and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. 

Is. 32:17 And the effect of righteousness will be peace,

and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. 

Is. 32:18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,

in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

Is. 34:16 Seek and read from the book of the LORD:

Not one of these shall be missing;

none shall be without her mate.

For the mouth of the LORD has commanded,

and his Spirit has gathered them. 

Is. 40:13 rWho has measured* the Spirit of the LORD,

or what man shows him his counsel? 

Is. 42:1 ¶ eBehold fmy servant, whom I uphold,

my chosen, gin whom my soul delights;

hI have put my Spirit upon him;

ihe will bring forth justice to the nations. 

Is. 44:3 fFor I will pour water on the thirsty land,

and streams on the dry ground;

I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,

and my blessing on your descendants. 

Is. 44:4 They shall spring up among the grass

glike willows by flowing streams. 

Is. 44:5 hThis one will say, ‘I am the LORD’s,’

another will call on the name of Jacob,

and another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’

and name himself by the name of Israel.” 

Is. 48:16 yDraw near to me, hear this:

from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,

from the time it came to be I have been there.”

And now zthe Lord GOD has sent me, and his Spirit. 

Is. 59:21 ¶ “And as for me, zthis is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, aand my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from this time forth and forevermore.” 

Is. 61:1 ¶ sThe Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

because the LORD has tanointed me

to bring good news to the poor;*

he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives,

and uthe opening of the prison to those who are bound;*

Is. 61:2 vto proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor,

wand the day of vengeance of our God;

to comfort all who mourn; 

Is. 61:3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—

xto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,

ythe oil of gladness instead of mourning,

the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;

zthat they may be called oaks of righteousness,

the planting of the LORD, athat he may be glorified.*

Is. 63:10 ¶ yBut they rebelled

zand grieved his Holy Spirit;

therefore he turned to be their enemy,

and himself fought against them. 

Is. 63:11 Then he remembered athe days of old,

of Moses and his people.*

bWhere is he who brought them up out of the sea

with the shepherds of his flock?

Where is he who put in the midst of them

his Holy Spirit, 

Is. 63:14 Like livestock that go down into the valley,

ethe Spirit of the LORD gave them rest.

So you led your people,

dto make for yourself a glorious name. 

Ezek. 2:2 And as he spoke to me, ethe Spirit entered into me and fset me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.  (commissioning)

Ezek. 11:5 ¶ And bthe Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the LORD: So you think, O house of Israel. cFor I know the things that come into your mind. 

Ezek. 11:19 wAnd I will give them one heart, and xa new spirit I will put within them. yI will remove the heart of stone from their flesh zand give them a heart of flesh, 

Ezek. 36:26 And I will give you ia new heart, and ia new spirit I will put within you. iAnd I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 

Ezek. 36:27 jAnd I will put my Spirit within you, iand cause you to walk in my statutes and kbe careful to obey my rules.*

Ezek. 37:1 ¶ dThe hand of the LORD was upon me, and ehe brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley;* it was full of bones. 

Ezek. 37:14 And xI will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; yI have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.” 

Ezek. 39:29 uAnd I will not hide my face anymore from them, when vI pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.” 

Joel 2:28 ¶ * w“And it shall come to pass afterward,

that xI will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;

yyour sons and zyour daughters shall prophesy,

your old men shall dream dreams,

and your young men shall see visions. 

Joel 2:29 aEven on the male and female servants

in those days I will pour out my Spirit. 

Joel 2:30 ¶ “And I will show bwonders in the heavens and bon the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 

Joel 2:31 cThe sun shall be turned to darkness, dand the moon to blood, ebefore the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. 

Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass that feveryone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. gFor in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among hthe survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls. 

Mic. 3:8 But as for me, zI am filled with power,

with the Spirit of the LORD,

and with justice and might,

to declare to Jacob ahis transgression

and to Israel his sin. 

Hag. 2:5 kaccording to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. lMy Spirit remains in your midst. mFear not. 

Zech. 4:6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to lZerubbabel: mNot by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts. 

Zech. 7:12 iThey made their hearts diamond-hard jlest they should hear the law and the words that the LORD of hosts had sent jby his Spirit through kthe former prophets. lTherefore great anger came from the LORD of hosts. 

Matt. 1:18 ¶ Now the birth of uJesus Christ* took place in this way. vWhen his mother Mary had been betrothed* to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child wfrom the Holy Spirit. 

Matt. 1:20 But as he considered these things, behold, yan angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 

Matt. 3:11 ¶ b“I baptize you with water cfor repentance, but dhe who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ewith the Holy Spirit and ffire. 

Matt. 3:16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, othe heavens were opened to him,* and he psaw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 

Matt. 4:1 ¶ sThen Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness tto be tempted by the devil. 

Matt. 10:20 xFor it is not you who speak, but ythe Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Matt. 12:18 ¶ s“Behold, my tservant whom I have chosen,

my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.

uI will put my Spirit upon him,

and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. 

Matt. 12:28 But if it is dby the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then ethe kingdom of God has come upon you.

Matt. 12:31 iTherefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but jthe blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Matt. 12:32 And whoever speaks a word kagainst the Son of Man lwill be forgiven, but jwhoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in mthis age or in the age to come.

Matt. 22:43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, oin the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,

Matt. 28:19 jGo therefore and kmake disciples of lall nations, jbaptizing them min* nthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Mark 1:8 pI have baptized you with water, but qhe will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” 

Mark 1:10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he tsaw uthe heavens being torn open vand the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 

Mark 1:12 ¶ yThe Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 

Mark 3:29 but whoever pblasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 

Mark 3:30 for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.” 

Mark 12:36 David himself, iin the Holy Spirit, declared,

j“‘The Lord said to my Lord,

Sit at my right hand,

until I put your enemies kunder your feet.’

Mark 13:11 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, vdo not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say wwhatever is given you in that hour, xfor it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:15 for he will be egreat before the Lord. And fhe must not drink wine or strong gdrink, and ghe will be hfilled with the Holy Spirit, ieven from his mother’s womb. 

Luke 1:17 and jhe will go before him kin the spirit and power of Elijah, lto turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and mthe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, nto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” 

Luke 1:35 ¶ And the angel answered her, l“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of hthe Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born* will be called mholy—nthe Son of God. 

Luke 1:41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth swas filled with the Holy Spirit, 

Luke 1:67 ¶ And his father Zechariah ewas filled with the Holy Spirit and fprophesied, saying, 

Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was wrighteous and xdevout, ywaiting for zthe consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 

Luke 2:26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not asee death before he had seen bthe Lord’s Christ. 

Luke 2:27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when cthe parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 

Luke 3:16 qJohn answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but rhe who is mightier than I is coming, sthe strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you twith the Holy Spirit and with ufire. 

Luke 3:22 and ethe Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and fa voice came from heaven, g“You are my beloved Son;* with you I am well pleased.”*

Luke 4:1 ¶ sAnd Jesus, tfull of the Holy Spirit, ureturned from the Jordan and was led vby the Spirit in the wilderness

Luke 4:14 ¶ oAnd Jesus returned pin the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and qa report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 

Luke 4:18 y“The Spirit of the Lord zis upon me,

because he has anointed me

to aproclaim good news to the poor.

bHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives

and crecovering of sight to the blind,

dto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

Luke 10:21 ¶ dIn that same hour ehe rejoiced fin the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, gLord of heaven and earth, that hyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and irevealed them to little children; yes, Father, for jsuch was your gracious will.*

Luke 11:13 If you then, wwho are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father xgive the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Luke 12:10 And jeveryone who speaks a word kagainst the Son of Man lwill be forgiven, but the one who mblasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Luke 12:12 rfor the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

John 1:32 And John cbore witness: d“I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and eit remained on him. 

John 1:33 I myself did not know him, but fhe who sent me to baptize gwith water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, hthis is he who baptizes gwith the Holy Spirit.’ 

John 3:5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born qof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John 3:6 rThat which is born of the flesh is sflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.*

John 3:8 vThe wind* blows wwhere it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

John 3:34 For he whom uGod has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit vwithout measure. 

John 4:23 But bthe hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father cin spirit and dtruth, for the Father eis seeking such people to worship him.

John 4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 6:63 zIt is the Spirit who gives life; athe flesh is no help at all. bThe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

John 7:39 Now ethis he said about the Spirit, fwhom those who believed in him were to receive, gfor as yet the Spirit had not been hgiven, ibecause Jesus was not yet glorified. 

John 14:17 even ethe Spirit of truth, fwhom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and gwill be in you.

John 14:26 But the aHelper, the Holy Spirit, bwhom the Father will send in my name, che will teach you all things and dbring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 15:26 ¶ “But swhen the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, the will bear witness about me.

John 16:13 When tthe Spirit of truth comes, uhe will vguide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but wwhatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

John 20:22 And when he had said this, he lbreathed on them and said to them, m“Receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 1:2 until the day when che was taken up, after he dhad given commands ethrough the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 

Acts 1:5 for hJohn baptized with water, hbut you will be baptized iwith* the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Acts 1:8 But you will receive npower owhen the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and pyou will be qmy witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and rSamaria, and sto the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:16 “Brothers, kthe Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, lwho became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. 

Acts 2:4 And they were all jfilled with the Holy Spirit and began kto speak in other tongues las the Spirit gave them utterance. 

Acts 2:17 ¶ v“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,

wthat I will pour out my Spirit xon all flesh,

and your sons and yyour daughters shall prophesy,

and your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams; 

Acts 2:18 even on my male servants* and female servants

in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and zthey shall prophesy. 

Acts 2:33 cBeing therefore dexalted at the right hand of God, and having received from ethe Father fthe promise of the Holy Spirit, ghe has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 

Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, o“Repent and pbe baptized every one of you qin the name of Jesus Christ rfor the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive sthe gift of the Holy Spirit. 

Acts 4:8 Then Peter, ufilled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 

Acts 4:25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,* said by the Holy Spirit,

r“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,

and the peoples plot in vain? 

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, hthe place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and ithey were all filled with the Holy Spirit and jcontinued to speak the word of God with boldness. 

Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has xSatan filled your heart to lie yto the Holy Spirit and zto keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 

Acts 5:9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together eto test fthe Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” 

Acts 5:32 And qwe are witnesses to these things, and rso is the Holy Spirit, swhom God has given to those who obey him.” 

Acts 6:3 mTherefore, brothers,* pick out from among you seven men nof good repute, ofull of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. 

Acts 6:5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, qa man full of faith and rof the Holy Spirit, and sPhilip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, ta proselyte of Antioch. 

Acts 6:10 But athey could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. 

Acts 7:51 ¶ d“You stiff-necked people, euncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. fAs your fathers did, so do you. 

Acts 7:55 But he, nfull of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw othe glory of God, and Jesus standing pat the right hand of God. 

Acts 8:15 who came down and prayed for them ythat they might receive the Holy Spirit, 

Acts 8:17 Then cthey laid their hands on them and dthey received the Holy Spirit. 

Acts 8:18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 

Acts 8:19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 

Acts 8:29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 

Acts 8:39 And when they came up out of the water, zthe Spirit of the Lord acarried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 

Acts 9:17 So cAnanias departed and entered the house. And dlaying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and ebe filled with the Holy Spirit.” 

Acts 9:31 ¶ So ethe church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And fwalking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, git multiplied. 

Acts 10:19 And while Peter was pondering nthe vision, pthe Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you. 

Acts 10:38 how oGod anointed Jesus of Nazareth pwith the Holy Spirit and with qpower. He went about doing good and healing all rwho were oppressed by the devil, sfor God was with him. 

Acts 10:44 ¶ While Peter was still saying these things, ithe Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. 

Acts 10:45 And the believers from among jthe circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because kthe gift of the Holy Spirit lwas poured out even on the Gentiles. 

Acts 10:47 n“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit ojust as we have?” 

Acts 11:12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, wmaking no distinction. xThese six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house. 

Acts 11:15 As I began to speak, athe Holy Spirit fell on them bjust as on us at the beginning. 

Acts 11:16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, c‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Acts 11:24 for he was a good man, sfull of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people twere added to the Lord. 

Acts 11:28 And one of them named xAgabus stood up and foretold yby the Spirit that there would be a great zfamine over all the world (this took place in the days of aClaudius). 

Acts 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, qthe Holy Spirit said, r“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul sfor the work to which I have called them.” 

Acts 13:4 ¶ So, being sent out vby the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 

Acts 13:9 But Saul, who was also called Paul, efilled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled ywith joy and zwith the Holy Spirit. 

Acts 15:8 And God, twho knows the heart, ubore witness to them, vby giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, 

Acts 15:28 For it has seemed good gto the Holy Spirit and hto us ito lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 

Acts 16:6 ¶ And jthey went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 

Acts 16:7 And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but kthe Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. 

Acts 19:2 And he said to them, v“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, wwe have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 

Acts 19:6 And bwhen Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and cthey began speaking in tongues and dprophesying. 

Acts 19:21 ¶ Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit uto pass through vMacedonia and Achaia and wgo to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, xI must also see Rome.” 

Acts 20:22 And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained uby* the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 

Acts 20:23 except that vthe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that wimprisonment and xafflictions await me. 

Acts 20:28 lPay careful attention to yourselves and to all mthe flock, in which nthe Holy Spirit has made you ooverseers, pto care for qthe church of God,* which he robtained swith his own blood.*

Acts 21:4 And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. And uthrough the Spirit they were telling Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 

Acts 21:11 And coming to us, he ctook Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, d“Thus says the Holy Spirit, e‘This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and fdeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” 

Acts 28:25 And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: t“The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: 

Rom. 1:4 and hwas declared to be the Son of God iin power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 

Rom. 2:29 But a Jew is one uinwardly, and vcircumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. wHis praise is not from man but from God. 

Rom. 5:5 and hhope does not put us to shame, because God’s love ihas been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. 

Rom. 7:6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the mnew way of nthe Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.*

Rom. 8:2 For the law of hthe Spirit of life ihas set you* free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 

Rom. 8:4 in order that pthe righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, qwho walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 

Rom. 8:5 For rthose who live according to the flesh set their minds on sthe things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on tthe things of the Spirit. 

Rom. 8:6 For to set uthe mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 

Rom. 8:9 ¶ You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact xthe Spirit of God dwells in you. yAnyone who does not have zthe Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 

Rom. 8:10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 

Rom. 8:11 If the Spirit of ahim who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies bthrough his Spirit who dwells in you. 

Rom. 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you dput to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 

Rom. 8:14 For all who are eled by the Spirit of God are fsons* of God. 

Rom. 8:15 For gyou did not receive hthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of iadoption as sons, by whom we cry, j“Abba! Father!” 

Rom. 8:16 kThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 

Rom. 8:23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have uthe firstfruits of the Spirit, vgroan inwardly as wwe wait eagerly for adoption as sons, xthe redemption of our bodies. 

Rom. 8:26 ¶ Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For bwe do not know what to pray for as we ought, but cthe Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 

Rom. 8:27 And dhe who searches hearts knows what is ethe mind of the Spirit, because* the Spirit fintercedes for the saints gaccording to the will of God. 

Rom. 9:1 ¶ aI am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 

Rom. 14:17 hFor the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but iof righteousness and jpeace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 

Rom. 15:13 ¶ May the God of hope fill you with all ljoy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. 

Rom. 15:16 to be pa minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles qin the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that rthe offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 

Rom. 15:19 wby the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that xfrom Jerusalem and all the way around yto Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 

Rom. 15:30 ¶ I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by jthe love of the Spirit, kto strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, 

1Cor. 2:4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of cthe Spirit and of power, 

1Cor. 2:10 ¶ these things oGod has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even pthe depths of God. 

1Cor. 2:11 For who knows a person’s thoughts qexcept the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 

1Cor. 2:12 Now rwe have received not sthe spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 

1Cor. 2:13 And we impart this tin words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, uinterpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.*

1Cor. 2:14 ¶ The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are vfolly to him, and whe is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 

1Cor. 3:16 ¶ cDo you not know that you* are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 

1Cor. 6:11 And ysuch were some of you. But zyou were washed, ayou were sanctified, byou were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 

1Cor. 6:19 Or pdo you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? qYou are not your own, 

1Cor. 7:40 Yet kin my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think lthat I too have the Spirit of God. 

1Cor. 12:3 Therefore I want you to understand that qno one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is raccursed!” and sno one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. 

1Cor. 12:4 ¶ Now tthere are varieties of gifts, but uthe same Spirit; 

1Cor. 12:7 wTo each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 

1Cor. 12:8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of xwisdom, and to another the utterance of yknowledge according to the same Spirit, 

1Cor. 12:9 to another zfaith by the same Spirit, to another agifts of healing by the one Spirit, 

1Cor. 12:11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, gwho apportions to each one individually has he wills. 

1Cor. 12:13 For kin one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—lJews or Greeks, slaves* or free—and mall were made to drink of one Spirit. 

1Cor. 14:2 For wone who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 

1Cor. 14:12 So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church. 

1Cor. 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. 

1Cor. 14:15 What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; dI will sing praise with my spirit, but I will esing with my mind also. 

1Cor. 14:16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider* say f“Amen” to gyour thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? 

1Cor. 15:45 Thus it is written, h“The first man Adam became a living being”;* ithe last Adam became a jlife-giving spirit. 

2Cor. 1:22 and who has also oput his seal on us and pgiven us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.*

2Cor. 3:3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of uthe living God, not on vtablets of stone but on wtablets of xhuman hearts.*

2Cor. 3:6 who has made us competent* to be bministers of ca new covenant, not of dthe letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but ethe Spirit gives life. 

2Cor. 3:8 will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 

2Cor. 3:17 Now the Lord* is the Spirit, and where rthe Spirit of the Lord is, there is sfreedom. 

2Cor. 3:18 And we all, with unveiled face, tbeholding uthe glory of the Lord,* vare being transformed into the same image wfrom one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. 

2Cor. 5:5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, qwho has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 

2Cor. 6:6 gby purity, hknowledge, patience, kindness, ithe Holy Spirit, jgenuine love; 

2Cor. 13:14 ¶ iThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and jthe love of God and kthe fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 

Gal. 3:2 Let me ask you only this: bDid you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by chearing with faith? 

Gal. 3:3 Are you so foolish? dHaving begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by* the flesh? 

Gal. 3:5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and fworks miracles among you do so gby works of the law, or by hearing with faith— 

Gal. 3:14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might vcome to the Gentiles, so that wwe might receive xthe promised Spirit* through faith. 

Gal. 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent jthe Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 

Gal. 4:29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh opersecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, pso also it is now. 

Gal. 5:5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly dwait for the hope of righteousness. 

Gal. 5:16 ¶ But I say, vwalk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify wthe desires of the flesh. 

Gal. 5:17 For xthe desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, yto keep you from doing the things you want to do. 

Gal. 5:18 But if you are zled by the Spirit, ayou are not under the law. 

Gal. 5:22 But ethe fruit of the Spirit is flove, joy, peace, patience, gkindness, goodness, faithfulness, 

Gal. 5:25 ¶ If we live by the Spirit, mlet us also walk by the Spirit. 

Gal. 6:1 ¶ Brothers,* oif anyone is caught in any transgression, pyou who are spiritual should restore him in qa spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 

Gal. 6:8 For bthe one who sows to his own flesh cwill from the flesh reap corruption, but dthe one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 

Eph. 1:13 In him you also, when you heard ethe word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, fwere sealed with the gpromised Holy Spirit, 

Eph. 1:17 that pthe God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, qmay give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 

Eph. 2:18 For athrough him we both have baccess in cone Spirit to the Father. 

Eph. 2:22 In him myou also are being built together ninto a dwelling place for God by* the Spirit. 

Eph. 3:5 which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 

Eph. 3:16 that according to xthe riches of his glory yhe may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit zin your inner being, 

Eph. 4:3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in tthe bond of peace. 

Eph. 4:4 There is uone body and vone Spirit—just as you were called to the one whope that belongs to your call— 

Eph. 4:30 And ddo not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, eby whom you were sealed for the day of fredemption. 

Eph. 5:18 And sdo not get drunk with wine, for that is tdebauchery, but ube filled with the Spirit, 

Eph. 6:17 and take sthe helmet of salvation, and xthe sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 

Eph. 6:18 praying yat all times zin the Spirit, awith all prayer and supplication. To that end bkeep alert with all perseverance, making csupplication for all the saints, 

Phil. 1:19 for I know that fthrough your prayers and gthe help of hthe Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 

Phil. 2:1 ¶ So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from flove, any gparticipation in the Spirit, any haffection and sympathy, 

Phil. 3:3 For owe are the circumcision, pwho worship qby the Spirit of God* and rglory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— 

Col. 1:8 and has made known to us your qlove in the Spirit. 

1Th. 1:5 because lour gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and min the Holy Spirit and with full nconviction. You know owhat kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 

1Th. 1:6 And pyou became imitators of us qand of the Lord, for ryou received the word in much affliction, swith the tjoy of the Holy Spirit, 

1Th. 4:8 Therefore twhoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, uwho gives his Holy Spirit to you. 

1Th. 5:19 yDo not quench the Spirit. 

2Th. 2:13 ¶ But xwe ought always to give thanks to God for you, ybrothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you zas the firstfruits* ato be saved, bthrough sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 

1Tim. 3:16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

sHe* was manifested in the flesh,

vindicated* by the Spirit,* 

      tseen by angels,

uproclaimed among the nations,

vbelieved on in the world,        

wtaken up in glory. 

1Tim. 4:1 ¶ Now xthe Spirit expressly says that yin later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to zdeceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 

2Tim. 1:7 for God gave us oa spirit not of fear but pof power and love and self-control. 

2Tim. 1:14 By the Holy Spirit owho dwells within us, guard ithe good deposit entrusted to you. 

Titus 3:5 he saved us, enot because of works done by us in righteousness, but faccording to his own mercy, by gthe washing of regeneration and hrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 

Heb. 2:4 gwhile God also bore witness iby signs and wonders and various miracles and by jgifts of the Holy Spirit kdistributed according to his will. 

Heb. 3:7 ¶ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

b“Today, if you hear his voice, 

Heb. 6:4 For it is impossible, in the case of those qwho have once been enlightened, who have tasted rthe heavenly gift, and shave shared in the Holy Spirit, 

Heb. 9:8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that cthe way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing

Heb. 9:14 how much more will qthe blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit roffered himself without blemish to God, spurify our* conscience tfrom dead works uto serve the living God. 

Heb. 10:15 ¶ And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, 

Heb. 10:29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one kwho has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned lthe blood of the covenant mby which he was sanctified, and has noutraged the Spirit of grace? 

1Pet. 1:2 (you're elect) according to bthe foreknowledge of God the Father, cin the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and dfor sprinkling with his blood: ¶ May egrace and fpeace be multiplied to you. 

1Pet. 1:11 inquiring ywhat person or time zthe Spirit of Christ in them was indicating awhen he predicted bthe sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 

1Pet. 1:12 cIt was revealed to them that dthey were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you eby the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, fthings into which angels long to look. 

1Pet. 3:18 ¶ For Christ also msuffered* nonce for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, othat he might bring us to God, being put to death pin the flesh but made alive qin the spirit, (the realm governed by the Spirit)

1Pet. 4:6 For this is why mthe gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does. 

1Pet. 4:14 cIf you are insulted dfor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory* and of God rests upon you. 

2Pet. 1:21 For kno prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God las they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 

1John 3:24 rWhoever keeps his commandments abides in God,* and God* in him. And sby this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. 

1John 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: yevery spirit that confesses that zJesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 

1John 4:3 and every spirit athat does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and bnow is in the world already. 

1John 4:6 We are from God. gWhoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know hthe Spirit of truth and ithe spirit of error. 

1John 4:13 ¶ sBy this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 1John 4:14 And twe have seen and testify that uthe Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of vthe world. 

1John 5:6 ¶ This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 

1John 5:7 For there are three that testify: 

1John 5:8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 

1John 5:9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 

1John 5:10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 

1John 5:11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Jude 19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, vdevoid of the Spirit. 

Jude 20 But you, beloved, wbuilding yourselves up in your most holy faith and xpraying in the Holy Spirit, 

Rev. 1:10 eI was in the Spirit fon the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice glike a trumpet

Rev. 2:7 pHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. qTo the one who conquers I will grant to eat of rthe tree of life, which is in sthe paradise of God.’

Rev. 2:11 cHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. cThe one who conquers will not be hurt by dthe second death.’

Rev. 2:17 cHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. cTo the one who conquers I will give some of othe hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with pa new name written on the stone qthat no one knows except the one who receives it.’

Rev. 2:29 pHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Rev. 3:6 pHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Rev. 3:13 pHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Rev. 3:22 pHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Rev. 4:2 At once iI was in the Spirit, and behold, ja throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 

Rev. 14:13 ¶ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: dBlessed are the dead ewho die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, f“that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!” 

Rev. 17:3 And che carried me away in the Spirit dinto a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on ea scarlet beast that was full of fblasphemous names, and git had seven heads and ten horns. 

Rev. 19:10 Then gI fell down at his feet to worship him, hbut he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant* with you and your brothers who hold to ithe testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 

Rev. 21:10 And ahe carried me away in the Spirit to ba great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 

Rev. 22:17 ¶ The Spirit and mthe Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And nlet the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the owater of life without price.