The Power and the Purpose of the Holy Spirit, pt. 1

April 22, 2007

Opening Text: Romans 5:1-11

The Power and the Purpose of the Holy Spirit, pt. 1

John 16:5-11

Proposition: The Spirit both convicts the sinner and conforms the believer.

Introduction: What a week

  I.  Counselor - Convicts

A.  If Chapter 14 saw the Spirit as the Advocate for the Christian, now He is the prosecutor for God.

1.  Use the pop bottle to show the effect on sin in our lives

2.  Illustration - Sharon’s car with unleaded

 II.  Righteousness

A.  His presence/Holiness is a convicter of our sins

B.  The transformation of the lives of others continues this

1.  Sanctification

2.  Unification

1.  With Jesus Jn 15

2.  With Each Other

Ephesians 4, I Corinthians 12 “one another”

III.  Judgment

A.  Decisions to remain separate will be judged

B.  Mt. 12::30-37