There is One, Part 9: One Spirit

Wendy Powell, Community Outreach Pastor

John 3:1-8
       Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. ² He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
       ³ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.
       ⁴ “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!
         ⁵ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. ⁶ Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. ⁷ You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Luke 11:13
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! 

• The good gift given by our heavenly Father is the
• The Holy Spirit was given to help us to God
• God, through his Spirit, is always the and we

John 14:16-17; 16:13
¹⁶ I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— ¹⁷ the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

¹³ But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

• The Holy Spirit lives in us, helps us hear God, and into all truth
• The Spirit is among us
• The Holy Spirit in each of us and in our midst

Ephesians 2:22
In Jesus you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

• Our spiritual identity is incomplete until we discover in the family of God

1 Peter 4:10 (The Living Bible)
God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others God’s many kinds of blessings.

1 Corinthians 12:13
For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

Small Group Questions

1. What have you been taught about the Holy Spirit?
2. What questions do you have about the Holy Spirit? Anything in the mystery of God you’re still curious about?
3. Where do you see evidence of the Holy Spirit in your life and/or in our church?
4. How do you experience the Holy Spirit? For example, as comforter, guide, teacher, conviction, peace, etc.
5. How can we pray for you right now and throughout the week?