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    The God I Never Knew Study Guide
    The God I Never Knew Study Guide
    The God I Never Knew Study Guide
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    The God I Never Knew Study Guide

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    You have someone living inside you who knows everything.

    The Holy Spirit can be misinterpreted as confusing, controversial, and weird. People often see the Holy Spirit as an "it" and don't
    believe Him to be a person who can be understood and welcomed. The Holy Spirit wants to have a relationship with you. He has
    committed Himself to be your teacher, comforter, and guide.

    This study guide is a companion to the DVD series and is designed for group study or individual reflection. The sessions will help you to:

    Recognize the Holy Spirit as a person
    Develop a connection with Him
    Embrace His power to walk in a new life

    You will find no better person to introduce you to friendship with the Holy Spirit of the living God. — Pastor Jack Hayford
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateSep 20, 2019
    ISBN9781951227104
    The God I Never Knew Study Guide
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    Robert Morris

    ROBERT MORRIS is the founding senior pastor of Gateway Church, a multicampus church in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. He is featured on the weekly television program The Blessed Life and is the bestselling author of twelve books, including The Blessed Life, From Dream to Destiny, The God I Never Knew, and The Blessed Church. Robert and his wife, Debbie, have been married thirty-five years and are blessed with one married daughter, two married sons, and six grandchildren. Follow Robert on Twitter @PsRobertMorris.  

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    The God I Never Knew Study Guide - Robert Morris

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    WHO IS HE?

    The Holy Spirit is the most misunderstood person in the Trinity. Knowing who He is and what His presence offers is vital to developing a powerful and fruitful relationship with God.

    ENGAGE

    Besides God, who is the most important or influential person in your life? Why?

    WATCH

    Watch Who Is He?

    Listen to how the Holy Spirit relates to us in the same way a person would.

    Watch for the benefits we receive through the Holy Spirit.

    (If you are not able to watch this teaching on video, read the following. Otherwise, skip to the Talk section after viewing.)

    Read

    John 14–16 is a crucial passage for understanding the nature of the Holy Spirit and His function in the Trinity. These three chapters contain the last things Jesus said to His disciples before He went to the cross to be crucified.

    Most theologians believe these chapters take place during the last 12 to 15 hours of Jesus’ life. In chapter 14, Jesus speaks to His disciples at the Last Supper and makes it clear He is one with the Father. At the end of the chapter, in verse 31, He says, Arise, let us go from here. Theologians believe Jesus enters the garden at the start of chapter 15, in which He teaches that He is the vine and His followers are the branches.

    The main context of Jesus’ message in His final hours is this: I’m going away. Don’t be troubled, though, because I am going to send someone else. He is introducing the disciples to the Holy Spirit.

    And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you (John 14:16–18).

    Notice how Jesus says, pray the Father, not "pray to the Father. This makes sense when you realize the word translated as pray is most often translated as ask."

    Jesus continually uses the words He and Him when referring to the Holy Spirit. The Bible never, ever, refers to the Holy Spirit as It. Because He is not an It. He is a person. If you don’t see Him as a person, you won’t develop a personal relationship with Him. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity.

    In the Gospel of John, Jesus refers four times to the Holy Spirit as a Helper. In addition to the passage above, the Holy Spirit is described as a Helper in John 14:26, 15:26, and 16:7. In John 16:12–13, Jesus says He has many things to say to the disciples, but they cannot bear them yet. When the Holy Spirit comes, He will guide them into all truth. This answers any question as to whether the Holy Spirit speaks.

    The word Helper comes from the Greek word paracletos. This is a compound word meaning to come alongside. Jesus promises He will send someone to come alongside and help you.

    Paracletos is also translated Consoler, Intercessor, and Advocate. The King James Bible translates it as Comforter. If you have a comforter on your bed, it may be designed just for looks. The Holy Spirit, however, is not for looks; He is for use.

    The Holy Spirit is three things:

    MY HELPER

    The

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