The Essential Role of the Holy Spirit in Salvation

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The Holy Spirit is the one who brings all that Jesus has accomplished on the cross and applies it personally to our lives. Without the Son of God, no one could be saved; without the Spirit of God, no one would be saved. Without the Holy Spirit, there would be no Christians. [00:03:11]

Without the Holy Spirit, all that Jesus Christ has done would be like a will that was never read, a gift that was never received, an inheritance that was never enjoyed. So it is through the Holy Spirit that all that Jesus accomplished in his death and Resurrection on the cross actually becomes ours. [00:03:38]

The first work of the Holy Spirit is to waken us up to our own need. Think of it this way: the gospel is rather like a lever, and it depends on the sense of sin for its pivot. If a person has no sense of sin, the gospel will have no pull in their life. [00:05:38]

The Holy Spirit disturbs us, shakes us, wakes us up, and gets us out of our complacent denial that all is well with us. He convicts people of sin, righteousness, and judgment. When you are convinced of the reality of sin in your own life, it won't be long before you begin to see the standard of righteousness to which we are called by God. [00:09:10]

The Holy Spirit is not that he disturbs us because in some way he's simply out to get us or because he's opposed to us. He wakens us up precisely because he loves us, and he loves us too much simply to leave us in a stupor that does not recognize the reality of eternal danger. [00:11:05]

The Holy Spirit leads us into the truth. Jesus says, "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 that I have said to you." These words are clearly a promise of Jesus given first to the apostles. [00:12:46]

The Holy Spirit will guide the apostles into all truth, and that promise is fulfilled in the spirit-breathed words of the New Testament scriptures. The gospels, The Acts of the Apostles, the letters are the fulfillment of these very promises of Jesus right here in the scripture. [00:16:36]

The Holy Spirit joins us to Jesus. Jesus says, "I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper to be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth." Jesus is saying when the Holy Spirit comes, he will be to you all that I have been, exactly the same. [00:18:31]

The Holy Spirit is more than a power or a force. The Bible speaks about grieving the Spirit. It speaks in the Acts of the Apostles about lying to the Spirit. Well, you can't lie to a force; you can't grieve a power. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. [00:21:19]

The Holy Spirit indwells you; that means Christ is with you, that means the Father is for you, the Father is with you by the Holy Spirit. And you know when Jesus says here, "We will make our home with him," don't you love that phrase? We will make our home in the life of the person who receives the word of God. [00:24:19]

The Holy Spirit is going to be given to you, and not only to you, the disciples, but to all who believe. And he's going to renew your mind, and he's going to rekindle your affections, and he's going to redirect your will, and he's going to cleanse your imagination, and he's going to heal your memory. [00:33:05]

When he joins you to Jesus, all that Jesus is and all that he has accomplished really is yours. The sins to which you have been awakened are swallowed up in the forgiveness of Christ. The righteousness of Jesus' perfect life that you and I will never come close to is draped around us as if it had been our own. [00:34:26]

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