The Apostles’ Creed Session
4
“I
believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints…”
Some relevant Bible verses
“I believe in the Holy Spirit”
John 14:15-31 and 16:5-16
Matt 28:18-20 - Then Jesus came to them and said,
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching
them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always,
to the very end of the age.”
Rom 8:9 - You, however, are controlled not by the sinful
nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does
not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
1
Pet 1:10-11 - Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace
that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, 11
trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in
them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories
that would follow.
Matt 1:20 - an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home
as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”
Luke 4:1 - Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from
the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert…. V14: Jesus returned to
Galilee in the power of the Spirit…. V18: "The Spirit of the Lord is on
me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me
to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to
release the oppressed
Heb 9:14 - Christ, … through the eternal Spirit offered
himself unblemished to God
Eph 5:18 - Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to
debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
The Spirit is the Spirit of Truth (Jn 14:17);
God’s Word is truth (Jn 17:17)
2 Tim 3:16 - All Scripture is God-breathed [/spirited] and is
useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness
Gen 1:1-3 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the
surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
Ezekiel
37 – Valley of Dry Bones – Word / prophecy & Spirit / breath / wind
Eph
6:17 - the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
2
Cor 1:22 - [God] set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our
hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
2 Cor 5:5 - God… has given us the Spirit as a deposit,
guaranteeing what is to come.
Eph
1:13-14 - Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised
Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until
the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.
Rom 8:16 - The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit
that we are God's children.
Christ gives gifts of the Spirit to the church
(1 Cor 12:1-11; Eph 4:11-16)
1 Cor 12:7 - Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for the common good.
The
gift of tongues / languages - Acts 2:4-12
1 Cor 14, quoting Is 28:11
1 Cor 13:1 - If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 Cor 12:12 - The things that mark an apostle--signs, wonders
and miracles--were done among you with great perseverance.
2 Thess 2:9 - The coming of the lawless one will be in
accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit
miracles, signs and wonders,
Gal
5:22-23 - the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.
“the holy catholic Church, the
communion of saints”
1 Cor 12:12-31; Eph 1:23 – the church as the
body of Christ
Eph 1:4 - For he chose us in him before the
creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
Eph 2:22 - And in him you too are being built together to
become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
2 Cor 13:14 - May the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you
all.
the church in Galatia – Gal 1:2 – or Corinth –
1 Cor 1:2
Eph
4:4-6 - There
is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to one hope when you were
called-- 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God
and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen people, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may
declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful
light.
Col 1:18 - And he is the head of the body,
the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that
in everything he might have the supremacy.
Acts 2:44-45 - All the believers were together
and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and
goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.
Rom 12:13 - Share with God's people who are
in need. Practise hospitality.
Eph 4:28 - He who has been stealing must
steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that
he may have something to share with those in need.
1 Tim 6:18 - Command them to do good, to be rich
in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.
Heb 13:16 - And do not forget to do good and
to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Rom 1:4 - To all in Rome who are loved by
God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Cor
1:1 - Paul,
an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the
church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
Eph 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus
by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
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