The Spirit helps and changes us
Scripture References:
Genesis 1:2 – “The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
Job 33:4 – “The Spirit of God has made me…”
John 6:63 – “It is the Spirit who gives life…”
John 15:26 – “The Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father… he will bear witness about me.”
Romans 8:9 – “The Spirit of God… the Spirit of Christ dwells in you.”
Romans 8:1–17 – The Spirit unites us to Christ, enables sonship, and sanctifies.
1 Corinthians 12:13 – “In one Spirit we were all baptized into one body…”
2 Corinthians 3:18 – We are “being transformed… by the Spirit of the Lord.”
John 14:16–17 – “He will give you another Helper… you know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
Ephesians 2:22 – “A dwelling place for God by the Spirit.”
Acts 1:8 – “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses…”
Creed and Confession references from PCUSA:
Nicene Creed (AD 381)
“We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.”
Westminster Confession of Faith (1647)
Ch. 2.3 – Affirms the Holy Spirit as of one substance and equal in power and glory with the Father and the Son.
Ch. 13 & 14 – On sanctification and faith as gifts worked by the Spirit.
Larger Catechism
Q. 32–36 – Union with Christ and role of the Spirit in applying redemption.
Confession of 1967
§9.20 – “The new life does not release [people] from conflict with unbelief… but the Spirit gives them courage… and hope.”
§9.21 – The Spirit “renews [people] in the image of God and enables them to live in love and reconciliation.”
A Brief Statement of Faith (1983)
“We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life… The Spirit sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor.”
“The Spirit… inspired the prophets and apostles, rules our faith and life in Christ… binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the church.”
Genesis 1:2 – “The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
Job 33:4 – “The Spirit of God has made me…”
John 6:63 – “It is the Spirit who gives life…”
John 15:26 – “The Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father… he will bear witness about me.”
Romans 8:9 – “The Spirit of God… the Spirit of Christ dwells in you.”
Romans 8:1–17 – The Spirit unites us to Christ, enables sonship, and sanctifies.
1 Corinthians 12:13 – “In one Spirit we were all baptized into one body…”
2 Corinthians 3:18 – We are “being transformed… by the Spirit of the Lord.”
John 14:16–17 – “He will give you another Helper… you know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”
Ephesians 2:22 – “A dwelling place for God by the Spirit.”
Acts 1:8 – “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses…”
Creed and Confession references from PCUSA:
Nicene Creed (AD 381)
“We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.”
Westminster Confession of Faith (1647)
Ch. 2.3 – Affirms the Holy Spirit as of one substance and equal in power and glory with the Father and the Son.
Ch. 13 & 14 – On sanctification and faith as gifts worked by the Spirit.
Larger Catechism
Q. 32–36 – Union with Christ and role of the Spirit in applying redemption.
Confession of 1967
§9.20 – “The new life does not release [people] from conflict with unbelief… but the Spirit gives them courage… and hope.”
§9.21 – The Spirit “renews [people] in the image of God and enables them to live in love and reconciliation.”
A Brief Statement of Faith (1983)
“We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life… The Spirit sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor.”
“The Spirit… inspired the prophets and apostles, rules our faith and life in Christ… binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the church.”