Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit isn't an "it" - He's the third person of the Trinity. Discover the Spirit's role in your life.
16 Bible studies address this question
What the Bible Says
These Bible studies explore Scripture passages that speak to this question. Each study will give you insight and practical application.
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
Jesus comforts His troubled disciples with promises of heaven, the Father's house, and His return. He declares, "I am the way, the truth, and the life—no one comes to the Father except through me." ...
The Day of Pentecost
The Holy Spirit comes upon the believers with wind and fire, enabling them to speak in other languages. Peter preaches to the gathered crowds, proclaiming Jesus as Lord and Christ. Three thousand beli...
The Work of the Spirit and Sorrow Turned to Joy
Jesus prepares His disciples for persecution and promises that the Spirit will convict the world and guide them into all truth. Though sorrow will come, it will turn to joy like a woman's pain becomin...
Feast of Tabernacles and Rivers of Living Water
Jesus goes secretly to the Feast of Tabernacles while controversy swirls about His identity. In the temple, He teaches with divine authority. On the feast's last day, He cries out that anyone who thir...
The Ascension and Waiting for the Spirit
Jesus gives final instructions to His apostles, promising they will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes. He ascends to heaven while they watch. The apostles return to Jerusalem to pray and wait, ...
Wisdom from the Spirit
Paul explains that true wisdom comes only through the Spirit. Human wisdom cannot comprehend God's plan; only the Spirit reveals the deep things of God to those who have spiritual minds.
Spiritual Gifts and One Body
The Spirit gives diverse gifts to the church for the common good. Though many parts, we are one body in Christ. Every member is needed; none is superior. We should desire the greater gifts.
Ministers of the New Covenant
The Corinthians themselves are Paul's letter of recommendation, written by the Spirit. The new covenant surpasses the old in glory. Where the Spirit is, there is freedom and transformation.
Peter and John Before the Council
Peter and John are arrested and brought before the Sanhedrin for healing in Jesus' name. Peter, filled with the Spirit, proclaims that salvation is found in no one else but Jesus. The council is amaze...
More Than Conquerors
Romans 8 is often called the greatest chapter in the Bible. It takes us from no condemnation to no separation, revealing the security and hope we have in Christ.
Testing the Spirits
John urges believers to test spirits by their confession of Jesus Christ in the flesh. God is love, and this love was demonstrated in sending His Son as propitiation. Love for God is inseparable from ...
Guarding the Gospel
Paul writes from prison to encourage Timothy, calling him to fan into flame his spiritual gift, not be ashamed of the gospel or of Paul, and guard the good deposit of faith through the Holy Spirit's p...
Complaints, Quail, and Shared Leadership
Numbers 11 records Israel's complaints about food, Moses' frustration with leadership burdens, God's response of distributing His Spirit among seventy elders, and the dramatic provision of quail that ...
Temptation and the Beginning of Jesus' Ministry
Jesus faces Satan's temptations in the wilderness for forty days and emerges victorious. He returns to Galilee, teaches in the synagogue at Nazareth—declaring the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy—...
The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me
Jesus read this passage at the Nazareth synagogue to announce His mission: good news to the poor, liberty to captives, comfort to mourners. The year of the LORD's favor has come.
Riot in Ephesus
Paul's extended ministry in Ephesus sees extraordinary miracles and spiritual breakthrough. The burning of occult books and the silversmiths' riot show the gospel's disruptive power.
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