(See statement on the fullness of the Spirit at letter “I” below). The Holy Spirit gives detailed restrictions for the use of only one gift - speaking in tongues (1 Co. Men of God thus gifted by the Spirit (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers are named) become God's gift to His Church (Ep. 12:31 14:1, 12), and among the gifts He places priority on the gifts of prophecy and teaching (1 Co. The Holy Spirit places priority on grace and the fruit of the Holy Spirit above the gifts of the Spirit (1 Co. Sample lists of some of the gifts are listed in Ro. Individual members of the Church receive a gift of the Holy Spirit for the purpose of ministry and the up-building of the Church (Ep. No one gift of the Spirit is distributed to all believers (1 Co. The Holy Spirit sovereignly bestows and distributes His gifts within His Church (1 Co. 3:7-8), and sanctifies and empowers the believers for godly living and service (Ro. 16:7-8), regenerates those who repent and believe (Jn. 16:14), and He is ever present and active in the Church of Christ (Jn. It is His ministry to glorify Jesus Christ (Jn. 15:26) and is co-equal with Them in eternity, grace, and power. He of is one substance with the Father and the Son, from Whom He has proceeded (Jn. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Triune Godhead. This blessed hope of the Christian inspires us to holy living, to missionary witness, and to sacrificial service (Tit. He will reign in righteousness and will consummate His redemptive mission (Re. He will return from heaven in a second personal advent prior to His millennial kingdom (Ac. He ascended into heaven to the right hand of the Father, the Majesty on high (Ac. ![]() He and He alone was qualified to be our substitute, our Savior (1 Ti. He is the God-man, truly and fully God and fully man. He is the eternal Word made flesh, the only begotten Son of the Father, and the Son of Man (Jn. Thus, two whole and perfect natures were forever united in one perfect personality in Jesus Christ. 1:1 10:30) and by the conception of the Holy Spirit was born of the virgin Mary (Lu. He was eternally one with the Father (Jn. Jesus Christ is the eternally begotten Son, the second person of the Triune Godhead. In love, He both seeks and receives penitent sinners (Rom. By intention He related to man as Father, thereby forever declaring His good will toward man (Matt. ![]() With the Son and the Holy Spirit, He made man in His image (Gen. The Father is the Source of all that exists, whether of matter or spirit. In the divine unity of His Godhead there eternally exist three Persons of one essence, perfection, and power the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Mt. He is the Creator, Sovereign Ruler, and Preserver of all things whether visible or invisible (1 Pet. He is infinite and unchangeable in power, wisdom, holiness, and love (Is. Whatever is not revealed in or established by the Scriptures cannot be made an article of faith essential to salvation (2 Ti. Through it the Holy Spirit, Who inspired its writing, continues to illumine (Ps. ![]() The Bible is our sufficient and final authority for faith and practice (Is. ![]() 4:4) and the words of Scripture are for us the Word of God (He. It constitutes for us today the revealed will of God in written form Ps. By God's supernatural providence the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament canon were preserved with such integrity that for all intents and purposes our translations today are based upon an adequate equivalent to the autographs of Scripture. The divine initiative, activity, and superintendence in the process of inspiration imparts inerrancy to the original documents (Mt. It is in its entirety the Word of God, given by men inspired by God. The Bible is fully and uniquely the inspired written Word of God (2 Tim.
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