Understanding the Holy Spirit Made Easy

By Rose Publishing

Featuring short summaries, charts, overviews, and dozens of Scriptures, this quick guide addresses questions on the Holy Spirit in an easy-to-understand way. The Holy Spirit is mentioned 264 times in the book of Ephesians alone, yet many believers are often confused about the role of the Third Person of the Trinity. See key information about the person and work of the Holy Spirit at a glance with Rose's Understanding the Holy Spirit Made Easy!

From "Who Is the Holy Spirit?" to "6 Ways to Discover Your Spiritual Gifts," this 96-page pocket guide is filled with fascinating facts and practical insights about the Spirit's role in your life.

Understanding the Holy Spirit Made Easy includes 9 chapters:

1. Who Is the Holy Spirit?
2. The Trinity
3. 10 Activities of the Holy Spirit
4. Holy Spirit in the Life of Jesus
5. 8 Symbols of the Holy Spirit
6. 30 Names of the Holy Spirit
7. 18 Gifts of the Spirit
8. 9 Fruit of the Spirit
9. 6 Frequently Asked Questions

5 Key Features of Understanding the Holy Spirit Made Easy Handbook

1. Bible Based.

With dozens of Scriptures at your fingertips, these charts, simple summaries, and overviews are packed with wisdom straight from the Word of God.

Quick Reference.

Designed using clear and organized headers and sections that make information easy to find at the turn of a page.

Over 70 Full-Color Illustrations Charts, and Diagrams.

Easily glean lots of information with Rose's popular chart format, covering: the 4 Lists of Spiritual Gifts, Fruits of the Spirit, Attributes of the Spirit, and more!

Inspirational and Insightful Quotes.

This handy guidebook also highlights quotes from notable and respected Christian scholars, teachers, and figures like Corrie Ten Boom, Charles Spurgeon, Augustine, and more!

Pocket-Sized.

Whether you keep it in your pocket, purse, book bag, or car, you'll be stunned at how much practical information is packed into this travel-size handbook!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Release date: Sep 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781649380043

Book preview

Who Is the Holy Spirit?

Before his death, resurrection, and return to heaven, Jesus promised his disciples that he would send them another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you (John 14:16–17).

Three things are worth noting in Jesus’ promise:

Firstly, another advocate means another of the same kind. In other words, as he discussed his own departure, Jesus promised to send his followers a helper who would be like him.

Secondly, Jesus consistently referred to the Spirit as a he not an it. This means that the Spirit is a person—not a vague power or impersonal force.

Thirdly, Jesus assured his disciples this divine, personal Spirit of truth would never leave them. The Holy Spirit is the Christian’s constant companion and advocate. The Holy Spirit is God living in those who believe in and follow Jesus!

What Happened at Pentecost?

After Jesus ascended into heaven, his disciples were gathered in Jerusalem to pray and celebrate the Jewish festival of Pentecost. The sound of a great rushing wind filled the house they were in. The image of tongues of fire touched each disciple. By the power of the Holy Spirit, the disciples spoke in different languages (or in tongues). The crowd who had gathered in the city for Pentecost witnessed this power and some were utterly amazed, but others mocked the disciples. Nevertheless, 3,000 people believed and were baptized.

This incident was the first of many miraculous events that proved the promises of Jesus to be true: You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you (Acts 1:8) and this Holy Spirit will live with you and be in you (John 14:17).

(Read about the events of Pentecost in Acts 2:1–41.)

The Trinity

To understand who the Holy Spirit is we need to understand who God is. This means we need to learn what God reveals in his Word about his triune nature. From the Bible, we can glean the following truths:

God is spirit.

This means his essential nature is immaterial or non-physical.

John 4:24

God is one.

This means that there aren’t multiple gods, and that God’s nature or essence is perfect unity.

Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 44:6–8; 45:5

The one and only God exists as three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

God is triune in nature. He is one, yet three. This is what people mean when they speak of the Trinity. For our finite minds, this three-in-oneness is an impossible-to-comprehend mystery, but the Bible clearly reveals God as a Trinity of divine Persons existing in perfect unity.

Matthew 3:16–17; 28:18–19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:4–6

Each of the persons of the Trinity is fully God—and not to be confused with the other persons of the Trinity.

The Father is God.

1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:4–6

The Son is God.

John 1:1–5, 14; 10:30–33; 20:28; Hebrews 1:6–8; Philippians 2:9–11

Also see these passages about Jesus’ deity: Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; John 1:1, 18; 8:58, 59; 10:30; Acts 20:28; Romans 9:5; 10:9–13; Colossians 1:15, 16; 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:3, 8; 2 Peter 1:1;