Study 8: The Mediator of the Atonement – The Holy Spirit of God

(1) Does the Holy Spirit have an important part in connection with the Reconciliation or At-One-Ment of the Church of God? If so, what is its part? And why could we not without it appreciate the Divine will or understand the “deep things” of God’s promises? Pages 163, 164

(2) Will the Holy Spirit be an instrumentality of blessing to the world also during the Millennium? Quote a Scripture in proof of Page 163; Page 164, par. 1

(3) What reason can be assigned for the blessing of the world being mentioned by the Prophet in advance of the blessing of the Church, when really other Scriptures show us that the order was reversed? Page 164, foot-note

(4) Quote another Scripture in the New Testament which shows that the Holy Spirit will operate during the Millennium for the blessing and assistance of the world –Rev. 22:17. Page 165

(5) What doctrine arose in the Church after the death of the Apostles-after the New Testament had been completed–and beclouded the Truth in general and the operations of the Holy Spirit in particular? Page 165, par. 1

(6) Does the word Trinity or Trinitarian occur in the Bible? If not, by what authority are these terms so generally applied as names of doctrines, churches, etc.? Are the Scriptures consistent and harmonious on the subject of the relationship of the Father to the Son and the Holy Spirit, and how? Page 165, par. 2

(7) Is the expression, “These three, the Father, the Son. and the Holy Spirit, one in substance, equal in power and glory,” a Scriptural quotation? If not, where is it found? Page 165, par. 2

(8) Explain how three persons could be one person, or bow one person could be three And if merely one in kind or substance be meant, and not one in person, where could be the proof of Their equality, since the Father is always mentioned first– mentioned as the God and Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Page 166

(9) Give references to the Holy Spirit under sixteen different terms or titles in the New Page 167. (Mention some terms applied in Scripture to an opposing spirit, as signifying in general the wrong spirit-the spirit, disposition or power which has its chief exemplification in Satan; the spirit manifesting itself in all who are in harmony with sin and Satan). Page 168, par. 1

(10) Is the term Holy Ghost the same in meaning as Holy Spirit? Why the two translations? Which is preferable? Cite standard authorities. Page 168, par. 2

(11) What authority is there for speaking of the Holy Spirit as a separate person from the Father and the. Son–the “third person” of the Trinity? Cite Scriptures showing that it signifies, not a person, but the spirit of a Page 169, par. 1

(12) When the pronouns he, whom, him, and his are used in respect to the Holy Spirit, what is the signification? Does this teach or imply personality? Page 170, par. 1, 2

(13) Do other translations use the same terms? Cite some illustrations where the same Greek word is rendered in the feminine and others in which it is rendered in the neuter Page 170, par. 3; Pages 171, 172

(14) What is the meaning of the term Holy Spirit, as used in the Scriptures? What qualities or powers are represented by the term? Give illustrations of the use of the Hebrew word ruach and the Greek word Pages 173, 174

(15) What sense attaches to the word “spirit,” when we say that God is a Spirit? Page 174, last par.

(16) What is signified by the statement that “the spirit moved on the face of the waters,” in the account of creation? (Gen. 1:2) Was this an intelligent moving? Page 175, par. 1

(17) The Apostle says that “Holy men of old spoke and wrote as they were moved of the Holy ” In what sense did it move them? Page 175, par. 1

(18) Give an illustration of the Spirit of God working in the hearts of cunning craftsmen, and explain the nature of the Page 175, par. 2

(19) When the Lord put His Spirit upon Moses, and subsequently upon the elders of Israel, what did it signify? What was its operation? Is there anything to indicate that it was a person that was distributed amongst them? Page 176, par. 1

(20) Was the Holy Spirit manifested in the same manner before Pentecost as subsequently? Cite some Scriptures in proof of the answer   Page 176, par. 2,  3

(21) In what sense was the Holy Spirit granted at Pentecost different from any previous presentation? To whom and for what purpose was it granted? Page 177, par. 1

(22) In what respect does this manifestation differ from the previous manifestation of the Spirit? Give Scriptural citation in proof of Page 177, par. 2; Page 178, par. 1

(23) Does the Holy Spirit as it now operates in the Church always manifest itself in the same manner? Demonstrate the answer from the Page 178, par. 2

(24) Is there a difference between the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit, and what relationship do they bear to each other? Give Scriptural quotations proving the Page 179, par. 1

(25) Were the gifts of the Spirit such as would vanish away? Does this signify that the Spirit would cease to operate, or that thereafter it would be differently manifested? Page 179, par. 2

(26) Is there a difference between the gifts of the Spirit, which were miraculous, and the personally developed fruits of the Spirit? Explain the difference with Scriptural Page 180, par. 1

(27) What are the fruits of the Spirit, and how do they differ from its gifts? Page 180,  par. 2

(28) Explain the different manifestations of the Spirit and the different objects Page 181, par. 1

(29) Is the term Spirit of God sometimes used in a similar manner as we use the expression, spirit of man, or mind of man? Give some instances. Page 182

(30) Give three senses in which the term Spirit of God may be understood; also some illustrations. Page 183

(31) The Spirit of God is said to be given sometimes in measure and again without What do these statements imply? Could they be applied to a person or only to the spirit of a person? Page 184, par. 2

(32) Can any but consecrated believers receive the Holy Spirit at all? And how may these increase their measure? Page 185, par. 1

(33) Quote a number of the uses of the word spirit and explain, if possible, how these could possibly be used in reference to a person-“spirit of truth,” “spirit of the Father,” etc. Page 185, Page 186, par. 1

(34) If the Spirit of the Father means another God, how should we understand the words “spirit of the world,” “spirit of error,” “spirit of Satan,” etc.? Page 186, par. 2

(35)What is meant by the term spirit of Anti-Christ, and how should we be on guard against it? Page 187, par. 1

(36) Do the holy and unholy influences or spirits at work in the world imply that there is no personal God or no personal Satan? Page 187, par. 2

(37) If it be agreed that the Bible teaches that “God is a Spirit,” and that He is holy, hence a Holy Spirit, what distinctions should we properly observe as between this expression  and the other one-God’s Holy Spirit? Page 188

(38) Who besides the Creator must by His arrangement have the Holy Spirit if they would have His approval? Page 188, par. 1

(39) If Satan is a spirit being, has he also a spirit or disposition? and have his associates, the demons? Page 188, par. 1

(40) What do we know of battling’s between these two classes of spirit beings-the “holy” and the “unclean”? Where Is the battleground and when did the contest begin? Page 189

(41) Which contestant gains the victory and why? What is the twofold mission of the Spirit of holiness? Explain the entire subject. Pages 190, 191

(42) Why the apparent weakness of the right spirit, and those under its sway? Will it always be thus? What say the Scriptures? Page 192

(43) Does the same principle apply to the individual as well as to the Church? How is this matter generally understood? Page 193, par. 1, 2

(44) What is the right spirit which should be renewed in us? What kind of a consecration secures the begetting of the Holy Spirit? Pages 194, 195

(45) What is it to be spiritually minded? And does this condition now lack perfection, and why? Page d195, par. 2, 3

(46) What is the thought behind the word “holy”? Page 196, par. 1

(47) What shall we think of the “spirit of fear” and the “spirit of error”? and how should we get rid of these? Pages 196, par. 2, 3; 197, par. 1

(48) What do we know of the “spirit of faith”? “the spirit of Truth”? “the spirit of holiness”? Pages 197, 198, 199

(49) Are all mankind dual beings, that is to say, can all be spoken of as having an old mind and a new mind or man? If not, why not? Give the proofs of the Page 199, par. 2

(50) What does the Apostle Paul say regarding the conflict between the flesh and the spirit in those who have been Spirit-begotten? Page 200

(51) How are the spirit-begotten children of God taught of God through the Spirit? Give Page 201

(52) How may the Spirit-begotten ones know things which the natural man cannot appreciate, and why? Page 202

(53) Why is the Holy Spirit styled the Comforter? Give illustrations of the operation of the Holy Page 203

(54) Does anything connected with the Scriptural use of the term “Holy Spirit,” either directly or indirectly imply another God or that a number of Gods is necessary to the work being done or to be done? Page 204, par. 1

(55) Does the fact that the personal pronoun he is used in referring to the Holy Spirit imply personality? Explain the Page 204, par. 2

(56) Through what agency does God supply the Holy Spirit, the holy disposition? And why is it called the Spirit of Truth? Page 204, par 3

(57) What thought is connected with the expression, “Be ye filled with the Spirit”? And  is the filling instantaneous or how is it? Page 205, par. 1

(58) If “filled” with the Spirit, is a further filling possible? and why? and how? Page 205, 1

(59 Is knowledge essential to the filling with the Spirit? Does knowledge always result in a filling with the Spirit? What rules operate in this matter? Page 205, par. 2

(60) Is the “Spirit of the Truth” one of the “gifts of the Spirit”? Is it one of the “fruits of the Spirit”? Page 205, par. 3

(61) Show how these matters are illustrated by the Vine. Page 206, par. 1

(62) Explain the difference between the “fruits” and the “gifts” of the Holy Page 206, par. 2

(63) Enumerate some of the “gifts of the Spirit” and some of the “fruits of the Spirit” Show why and how these matters are as they Pages 207, 208