Getting to Know God
GETTING TO KNOW GOD
GETTING TO KNOW GOD INTIMATELY STARTS WITH BEING BORN AGAIN
“After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” John 3:2-3 NLT
““What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” John 3:4 NLT
“Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’” John 3:5-7 NLT
“The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 NLT
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” II Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
WHEN SOMEONE IS BORN AGAIN, THEY RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
“Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”” Acts 2:38-39 NIV
Born of the Spirit. John 3:6
Be Filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18
Walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:16
Produce the Fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23
Live in the Power of the Spirit. Acts 1:8
JESUS SAID THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR HELPER
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—”. John 14:16 NKJV
He Helps us to Know God
He Helps us to Grow in God
He Helps us to Go for God
FIRST THE HOLY SPIRIT HELP ME KNOW GOD THROUGH HIS WORD?
““But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.” John 15:26 NKJV
- THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL USE THE WORD TO TEACH AND REMIND US
MEMORY VERSE: But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” John 14:26 NKJV
“And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 NKJV
- HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS AND GUIDES US WITH THE WORD
““I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; …for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.” John 16:12-14 NKJV
“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” John 17:17 NKJV
“…the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power”. Ephesians 1:17-19 NKJV
- HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS US
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.” John 16:7 NKJV
“And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.” John 16:8 NLT
“The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.” John 16:9-11 NLT