The Gospel for Life

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 16: “ The most Excellent Way of Love ” Opening verses: 1 Corinthians 13-14 THE HOLY SPIRIT’S GIFT OF LOVE Pg. 177-180 “Love is the supreme grace given to every believer. If the church is the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, it is also the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God. It is the community in which our delight is to keep the greatest comman...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 15 Cont.: “ The Gifts of the Holy Spirit ” Opening verses: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE DISTRIBUTED AS THE SPIRIT DETERMINES The spiritual gifts are given for the common good of the congregation You cannot name a spiritual gift and claim it for yourself. Not about our expectations or about granting our whims THE SPIRIT BAPTIZES EVERY CHRISTIAN I...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 15: “ The gifts of the Holy Spirit ” Opening verses – 1 Corinthians 12:1-3, 7 “Judging by the amount of space Paul devoted to the use of spiritual gifts, it seems to have been a critical issue in the church at Corinth.” pg. 165 What has been your experience with the topic of spiritual gifts in the local church? Is this still a critical issue?  What are some...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 14: “The Spirit Buries Our Misdeeds and Intercedes for Us” Opening verses: Romans 8 “Romans 8 is probably the greatest chapter in this epistle. Along with Ephesians 1, these two chapters are some of the most majestic pieces in the New Testament. Romans 8 is particularly important for us because of its observations on the person and work of the Holy Spirit. L...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 13: “Did you receive the Holy Spirit?” Opening verses: Acts 19:1-7 A LIMITED BAPTISM (pg. 141-144) “How could these people become Christians without receiving the Holy Spirit? We are told plainly that these people were disciples. Whenever that word is used in the book of Acts, it always refers to Christians. These people believed John the Baptist, who said t...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 12: “The Preaching of Pentecost Opening verses: Acts 2:12-16 “To understand Pentecost we must turn to Peter, the authorized, inspired interpreter and witness of what happened.” - Pg. 131 THE CHURCH UNDER ATTACK Immediately after the Spirit of God came upon the church, the believers were attacked. Crowds in the temple heard the disciples speaking in languages...

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+++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com . Every weekday at 3:30 am and 7:30 am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on KSPD 94.5 FM and 790 AM Boise's Solid Talk in the Treasure Valley,  Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them.   If you enjoy The Gospel for Life , please...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 9: “The Spirit Convicts the World of Its Guilt” Opening verses: John 16:7-11 1. The Need for Conviction of Sin a. What is sin? [pages 98-99] i. Sin is missing the mark ii. Sin is trespassing the boundary iii. Sin is defiant unrighteousness iv. Sin is rebellious lawlessness b. Conviction by the Spirit 2. The Holy Spirit Convicts of Righteousness ▪ We are wron...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 8: “The Father Sends the Counselor” Opening verses: John 14:16-17 & John 16:7 1. The Triune God will dwell within us 1. Promised ▪ Ezekiel 37:27 ▪ Zechariah 2:10 2. Fulfilled ▪ John 1:14 ▪ 2 Corinthians 6:16 ▪ Ephesians 3:16-17 ▪ Upper Room discourse 3. Specifically with the Spirit ▪ He would send another counselor ▪ He would send a counselor ▪ He would...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 7: “ Spirit Birthing Spirit ” Opening verses: John 3:1-8 What we know about Nicodemus (page 70) 1. Nicodemus was born into the right family 2. He was a Pharisee 3. He had the best education 4. He was a member of the Sanhedrin 5. He was a teacher of Israel Why is this list important? How does knowing this help with understanding the interaction and truths of...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 6: “ Asking for the Holy Spirit ” [final talk of the conference] Opening verses: Luke 11:9-13 1. The promise in these verses is only for God’s children 2. The promise is not a call to repentance (not an evangelistic call) 3. It is a call to ask God to fulfil His promises ▪ Not about our expectations or about granting our whims 4. We ask for the Spirit which...

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 5: “Blaspheming the Holy Spirit” Opening verses – Matthew 12:22-32 (parallel passages: Mark 3:28-30 & Luke 12:10) & Hebrews 6:4-6 Sometimes this topic is hard to understand and to reconcile with our understanding of who God is (a God of mercy, grace, love, forgiveness) ▪ Exodus 34:6-7 ▪ Psalm 130 What the Unforgivable Sin is Not (pages 50-52) 1. The...

Chapter 4 The Anointing Spirit of God 1 Samuel 16:12–13 (ESV) — 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah...

The Inspiration of the Old Testament Prophets 2 Peter 1:20–21 (ESV) — 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. WHO WROTE SCRIPTURE Pg. 25 “Peter stresses that prophetic portions of Scripture, or, indeed, the entir...

The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament “One great challenge for any congregation is to insist that the Spirit in its midst is truly the Old Testament Spirit of the God of Israel, not the spirit of happy times and crowd dynamics.” Pg. 13 Prompt: Why do think this is a challenge? THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS PRESENT AT CREATION Pg. 14 He was involved in two ways: in the ecology and theology of creation. 1. E...

 Chapter 1 The Holy Spirit: The Infinite, Personal God Still, what errors and heresies have crept into the church in the last two thousand years in relation to the Holy Spirit! How diligent we must thus be in studying and knowing about the person and work of the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit. Pg. 2 “The Holy Spirit is a Person” Pg. 3 The Spirit may be heat and influence and power an...

The Holy Spirit by Geoff Thomas  Chapter 1 The Holy Spirit: The Infinite, Personal God “Many people today are ignorant about the person and work of the Holy Spirit, both theologically and experientially” Pg. 2 Prompt: Respond to Thomas’ assertion here. Do you sense this is accurate of the church today? Why have a conference dedicated to the Holy Spirit? “We know that the Son of God became incarnat...

Ian K. Smith is the principal of Christ College, Sydney, where he also teaches Greek and New Testament. He has also served in parish ministry and as a missionary in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. He speaks regularly at churches, conferences, and other venues. Jesus’s proclamation about the kingdom of God is concerned with this world. When Jesus claimed “my kingdom is not of this world” ( Jo...

+++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com . Every weekday at 3:30 am and 7:30 am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on KSPD 94.5 FM and 790 AM Boise's Solid Talk in the Treasure Valley,  Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them.   If you enjoy The Gospel for Life , please...

+++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com . Every weekday at 3:30 am and 7:30 am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on KSPD 94.5 FM and 790 AM Boise's Solid Talk in the Treasure Valley,  Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them.   If you enjoy The Gospel for Life , please...

+++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com . Every weekday at 3:30 am and 7:30 am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on KSPD 94.5 FM and 790 AM Boise's Solid Talk in the Treasure Valley,  Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them.   If you enjoy The Gospel for Life , please...

+++ For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com . Every weekday at 3:30 am and 7:30 am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on KSPD 94.5 FM and 790 AM Boise's Solid Talk in the Treasure Valley,  Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them.   If you enjoy The Gospel for Life , please...

We didn’t invent the final judgment to frighten people. It is clearly taught in the Scriptures and represents the teaching of the church throughout history. The day in which we live tends to minimize the consequences of our actions, and we are prone to emphasize God’s love over his holiness. But God is holy love, and this is the testimony of the Bible and of the church throughout the ages. The fin...

 The final judgment isn’t only addressed to unbelievers. The Lord also warns believers about the judgment to come ( 2 Thess. 1:5–10 ; 1 Pet. 4:1–6 ; Rev. 14:9–12 ). The prospect of final judgment motivates believers to persevere when we are persecuted and face troubles because we are Christians. The intention isn’t to paralyze believers with fear so that we are filled with terror. Instead, sufferi...