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DIRECTORY TO POST IN THIS SERIES
- ntroduction: IS THE TRINITY TRUE? START HERE!
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.1) Read Genesis 1 (All) & Homework
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.2) Gen 1:2, Intro to the Gifts of the Spirit
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.3) Gen 1:1, Intro to Knowing GOD is One
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.4) QUIZ #1
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.5) Asking Good Questions- i.e., Ezekiel
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.6) Asking Good Questions- i.e., Isaiah
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.7) Asking Good Questions- i.e., Psalms…
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.8) Asking Good Questions- i.e., Job…
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.9) QUIZ# 2; What is Alpha & Omega?
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.10) WHO IS THE SON OF MAN?, Intro
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.11) We Asked GOD to Reveal Himself
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.12) Person and Power of the Holy Spirit
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.13) Student Assessment
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (PART 0.14) CO-EQUALITY
Take a look at our starting point – in the 34 scripture passages we have reviewed so far– arranged in chronological order. Note the pattern of progression and the development of the Ministry of the Holy Spirit. See the connectivity between GOD and His Holy Spirit.
We Began with ‘In the Beginning… ‘
— The Spirit Present at Creation
Scriptures
Genesis 1:1–2
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
Observation
Before life is created, before mankind exists, before prophecy, leadership, wisdom, or redemption, the Spirit is already present and active.
The Spirit is participates in God’s creative activity at the beginning of creation.
Finding
The Spirit’s ministry begins not with humanity, but with creation itself.
Pattern
The first biblical appearance of the Spirit establishes:
- Divine presence
- Creative activity
- Participation in creation
- Preparation for life
The Spirit is active before all subsequent manifestations of His ministry.
Chronological Development of the Ministry of the Holy Spirit
Phase 1 — The Spirit as Creator and Sustainer of Life
Earliest Function: Creation and Life
Job 33:4
“The Spirit of God hath made me…”
Job 27:3
“All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils.”
Job 34:14–15
If God withdrew His Spirit, all flesh would perish.
Observation
The earliest emphasis is not prophecy or miracles.
The Spirit first appears as:
- Co-Creator
- Life-Giver = Co-Creator and Life-Giver
- Sustainer = Upholding Power of GOD
- Source of breath = Co-Creator and Life-Giver
Pattern
Life precedes ministry.
Before the Spirit empowers people to do God’s work, the Spirit gives and sustains life itself.
Phase 2 — The Spirit Gives Wisdom for God’s Work
Building the Tabernacle
Exodus 31:1–5
Exodus 35:31
Bezalel is filled with:
- Wisdom
- Understanding
- Knowledge
- Skill
Observation
The first recorded filling of a person by the Spirit is not for preaching.
It is for craftsmanship and sacred service.
Pattern
The Spirit equips people to accomplish God’s purposes.
The Spirit empowers both:
- Spiritual work
- Practical work
Phase 3 — The Spirit Reveals God’s Will
Prophetic Revelation Begins
Numbers 23:16
Numbers 24:2
Observation
The Spirit comes upon Balaam.
The result is prophetic revelation.
Pattern
The Spirit moves from:
Life → Wisdom → Revelation
The Spirit begins revealing God’s words and purposes.
Phase 4 — The Spirit Empowers Leaders and Deliverers
Judges
Judges 14:6
Judges 15:14
Saul
1 Samuel 10:10
1 Samuel 11:6–7
Observation
The Spirit empowers:
- Strength
- Leadership
- Deliverance
- National action
Pattern
The Spirit now moves beyond revelation to empowerment.
The Spirit equips individuals to accomplish God’s purposes among His people.
Phase 5 — The Spirit Produces Prophecy in Leaders
Saul
1 Samuel 19:20
1 Samuel 19:23
Observation
The Spirit’s activity increasingly centers on prophetic ministry.
Pattern
The Spirit not only empowers action but also communicates divine truth.
Phase 6 — The Spirit as God’s Presence Among His People
David
Psalm 51:11
Isaiah
Isaiah 63:11
Observation
The Spirit becomes associated with God’s presence among His covenant people.
Pattern
The Spirit is no longer merely viewed as power from God.
The Spirit is recognized as God’s active presence.
Phase 7 — The Spirit Can Be Resisted
Isaiah 63:10
Observation
Israel rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit.
Pattern
A new dimension appears.
The Spirit is portrayed relationally.
People can respond positively or negatively to the Spirit.
Phase 8 — The Spirit Empowers the Messiah
Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of:
- Wisdom
- Understanding
- Counsel
- Might
- Knowledge
Isaiah 42:1
God’s chosen servant receives the Spirit.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit anoints the servant for ministry.
Observation
The Spirit’s ministry reaches its highest Old Testament expression in the Messiah.
Pattern
The Spirit prepares God’s chosen Redeemer.
Phase 9 — The Spirit Enables Hearing and Obedience
Ezekiel 2:2
The Spirit enables hearing God’s voice.
Ezekiel 36:27
The Spirit produces obedience.
Observation
The Spirit works internally.
Pattern
The Spirit moves from external empowerment to inward transformation.
Phase 10 — The Spirit Guides and Directs God’s Servants
Ezekiel 37:1
The Spirit transports and directs the prophet.
Observation
The Spirit becomes the active guide of God’s servants.
Pattern
The Spirit not only speaks.
The Spirit leads.
Phase 11 — The Spirit Restores Life and Restores Israel
Ezekiel 37:14
Ezekiel 39:29
Observation
The Spirit restores:
- Individuals
- The Nation of Israel
Pattern
The Spirit becomes associated with renewal and restoration.
Phase 12 — The Spirit Will Be Poured Out Broadly
Joel 2:28
Observation
The Spirit is no longer limited to:
- Kings
- Prophets
- Judges
The Spirit is promised to:
- Sons
- Daughters
- Young
- Old
Pattern
Are you seeing this????
The ministry of the Spirit expands dramatically.
This is a shift we easily miss, when we are looking at the trees only and missing the global perspective of the forest. We know that the spirit has rested upon the Prophets, Priests and Kings, and we know this passage in Joel well. What we can easily
Phase 13 — The Spirit Gives Extraordinary Wisdom
Daniel 5:11
Daniel 5:14
Observation
Daniel possesses extraordinary wisdom and understanding through the Spirit.
Pattern
The Spirit reveals hidden things and grants divine insight.
Phase 14 — The Spirit and the Incarnation
Matthew 1:18
Luke 1:35
Observation
The Spirit is directly involved in the conception of Messiah.
Pattern
The Spirit’s ministry reaches a unique role in redemptive history.
Giver of life from the Torah.
Phase 15 — The Spirit Gives New Life
John 6:63
Observation
The Spirit gives life.
Pattern
The New Testament reaffirms the earliest theme found in Job.
The Spirit remains the giver of life, echoing Hebrew Scriotures,
Phase 16 — The Spirit Reveals Truth
John 16:13
Observation
The Spirit guides believers into truth.
Pattern
The Spirit’s revelatory ministry expands.
Phase 17 — The Spirit Is Personally Identified with God
Acts 5:3–4
Observation
Lying to the Holy Spirit is equated with lying to God.
Pattern
The Spirit is presented as exercising divine authority.
Phase 18 — The Spirit Reveals the Mind of God
1 Corinthians 2:10–12
Observation
The Spirit searches the deep things of God.
Pattern
The Spirit becomes the means by which believers understand spiritual realities.
The Spirit becomes the means by which believers understand spiritual realities. (intentional emphasis)
Phase 19 — The Spirit Distributes Gifts
1 Corinthians 12:7–8
Observation
The Spirit distributes:
- Wisdom
- Knowledge
- Gifts
Pattern
The Spirit equips the entire body of believers.
Phase 20 — The Spirit Regenerates and Renews
2 Corinthians 3:6
Titus 3:5
Ephesians 1:17–18
Observation
The Spirit:
- Gives life
- Renews
- Regenerates
- Gives wisdom and revelation
Earliest Hebrew Scripture Foundations for the Spirit Equipping God’s People
| New Testament Function | Earliest Hebrew Scripture Foundation | Observation |
|---|---|---|
| Wisdom | Exodus 31:1–5 | Bezalel filled with the Spirit for wisdom |
| Understanding | Exodus 31:3 | Spirit gives understanding |
| Knowledge | Exodus 31:3 | Spirit gives knowledge |
| Skill / Workmanship | Exodus 31:3–5 | Spirit empowers practical service |
| Prophecy | Numbers 11:25 | Spirit causes elders to prophesy |
| Corporate Distribution | Numbers 11:25–29 | Spirit shared among seventy elders |
| Leadership | Numbers 11:17 | Spirit distributed for governing Israel |
| Counsel | Isaiah 11:2 | Spirit of counsel upon Messiah |
| Might / Power | Judges 14:6 | Spirit empowers Samson |
| Discernment | Daniel 5:11–14 | Spirit grants extraordinary insight |
| Teaching Divine Truth | Nehemiah 9:20 | Spirit instructs Israel |
| Guidance | Psalm 143:10 | Spirit leads into God’s will |
| Obedience | Ezekiel 36:27 | Spirit causes people to walk in God’s statutes |
Final Pattern
The ministry of the Spirit develops in a remarkable progression:
From the beginning of life in the earth to New Jerusalem.
Life → Wisdom → Revelation → Empowerment → Prophecy → Presence → Relationship → Messiah → Guidance → Obedience → Restoration → Universal Outpouring → Incarnation → Truth → Divine Knowledge → Spiritual Gifts → Regeneration
Summary Observation
Across the entire biblical narrative, the Spirit’s ministry expands from sustaining life in creation to transforming, guiding, empowering, revealing, and renewing God’s people. The progression is cumulative rather than replacement; each later ministry builds upon earlier functions while retaining them.
The LORD wants to give us the meat. Amen.
God Bless You,
1 Corinthians 3:1-3 King James Version
3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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DIRECTORY TO POST IN THIS SERIES
- ntroduction: IS THE TRINITY TRUE? START HERE!
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.1) Read Genesis 1 (All) & Homework
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.2) Gen 1:2, Intro to the Gifts of the Spirit
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.3) Gen 1:1, Intro to Knowing GOD is One
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.4) QUIZ #1
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.5) Asking Good Questions- i.e., Ezekiel
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.6) Asking Good Questions- i.e., Isaiah
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.7) Asking Good Questions- i.e., Psalms...
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.8) Asking Good Questions- i.e., Job...
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.9) QUIZ# 2; What is Alpha & Omega?
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.10) WHO IS THE SON OF MAN?, Intro
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.11) We Asked GOD to Reveal Himself
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.12) Person and Power of the Holy Spirit
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (Part 0.13) Student Assessment
- IS THE TRINITY TRUE? (PART 0.14) CO-EQUALITY
















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