1) He creates and gives
life:
Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the
Almighty hath given me life.
2) He appoints and commissions
ministers:
Isa 48:16 ¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not
spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am
I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Ac 13:2 As they
ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas
and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Ac 20:28 Take heed
therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost
hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with
his own blood.
3) He directs ministers where to preach:
Ac 8:29
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this
chariot.
Ac 10:19 ¶ While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto
him, Behold, three men seek thee.
Ac 10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee
down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
4) He
directs ministers where not to preach:
Ac 16:6 ¶ Now when they had gone
throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy
Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
Ac 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they
assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
5) He
instructs ministers what to preach:
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak,
not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
6) He spoke in, and by, the
prophets:
Ac 1:16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have
been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before
concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
1Pe 1:11 Searching
what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify,
when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should
follow.
1Pe 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but
unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them
that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from
heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
2Pe 1:21 For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
7) He strives with
sinners:
Ge 6:3 ¶ And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive
with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and
twenty years.
8) He reproves:
Joh 16:8 And when he is come, he
will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment:
9) He comforts:
Ac 9:31 Then had the churches rest
throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in
the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were
multiplied.
10) He helps our infirmities:
Ro 8:26 ¶ Likewise
the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for
as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings
which cannot be uttered.
11) He teaches:
Joh 14:26 But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you.
1Co 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and
that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy
Ghost.
12) He guides:
Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will
shew you things to come.
13) He sanctifies:
Ro 15:16 That I
should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel
of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being
sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
1Co 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are
washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
14) He testifies of
Christ:
Joh 15:26 ¶ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto
you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the
Father, he shall testify of me:
15) He glorifies Christ:
Joh
16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew
it unto you.
16) He has a power of his own:
Ro 15:13 ¶
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may
abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
17) He searches
all things:
Ro 11:33 ¶ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past
finding out!
Ro 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath
been his counsellor?
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by
his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of
God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of
man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of
God.
18) He works according to his own will:
1Co 12:11 But all
these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally
as he will.
19) He dwells with saints:
Joh 14:17 Even
the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in
you.
20) He can be grieved:
Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy
Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
21)
He can be vexed:
Isa 63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit:
therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against
them.
22) He can be resisted:
Ac 7:51 ¶ Ye stiffnecked and
uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your
fathers did, so do ye.
23) He can be tempted:
Ac
5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt
the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband
are at the door, and shall carry thee out.