Keep your conduct honorable and respectful, for in this they may see your good deeds and give glory to the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that the Holy

Samaria. 15  When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16  because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17  Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy money 19  and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy the apostles' ability even sounds noble: "so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy

law and prophets to confirm us in the gospel and to regulate our lives with full integrity for the glory In other words, they served as a teaching aide, showing the gap between sinful man and their holy God

God created them good and in his own image, that is, in true righteousness and holiness, so that they their creator, love him with all their heart, and live with him in eternal happiness for his praise and glory

truly, and eternally distinct according to their incommunicable properties— namely, Father, Son, and Holy The Holy Spirit is the eternal power and might, proceeding from the Father and the Son. evident then that the Father is not the Son and that the Son is not the Father, and that likewise the Holy The Father was never without his Son, nor without his Holy Spirit, since all these are equal from eternity The Son, the second person of the Trinity, is co-eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit.

What do you believe concerning “the Holy Spirit”? A. It might seem odd in the midst of a week in which we've been focused on the person and work of the Holy Spirit to read from a passage that doesn't seem to mention the Holy Spirit at all. Earlier this week we noted that the Holy Spirit is often referred to as the 'shy' member of the Trinity The Holy Spirit is the "God of all comfort (v3)."

God set His affection on you and chose you to be holy. sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire. 6  For you are a people holy of old, have been chosen out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be His people - a people holy The word holy is often misunderstood to only mean pure / perfect / without sin. It does mean that, but even more, holy describes something that's been cut away and made distinct.

himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy , Article 5: The Authority of Scripture We receive all these books [of the Bible] and these only as holy in them— not so much because the church receives and approves them as such but above all because the Holy Only once a year could a priest, representing the covenant people, come into the Holy of Holies with And this "holy temple" is "built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself

whole world is liable to the condemnation of God” (Rom. 3:19), “All have sinned and are deprived of the glory Look at how aggressively David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, addresses the LORD: He demands that God David would never consider theology to be dry, dull or boring; rather, David's solid theology deepened

"Where God closes His holy mouth, I will desist from inquiry." heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy And what about this "Holy Spirit" Jesus had just told them about? Yes, Jesus had already explained quite a bit to them about the Holy Spirit the night before He'd been He famously said, "Where God closes His holy mouth, I will desist from inquiry."