The Holy Spirit

Lesson 2

Sealing and Indwelling of Holy Spirit

Needs

HS cookies - with note to explain their purpose.

Whiteboard

Introduction to sealing

A seal if a symbol and indicator of the sealers authority and power

Commonest example we have

Registered mail - only opened by sender and receiver

down payment on a house - shows pledge to pay in full

Read the following verses

Write responses on whiteboard

2 Cor 1:21-22

Eph 1:13-14

Ask What has God done?

Ask With what?

Ask to what end?

Eph 4:30

Ask What is our response?

Ask What does this indicate about God's desire to save us?

Indwelling

Same approach

1 Cor 3:1-4

1 Cor 5:1-6

Ask Describe the audience that Paul is writing to

1 Cor 3:16

Ask What are we

Ask What is in us?

Rom 8:6-11

Ask How is the Holy Spirit associated with our salvation?

Ask does it matter if the H.S. is not with us?

Ask how many Xtians, then, does the H.S. indwell?

1 John 3:23-24

Ask Knowing the the H.S. dwells in us, what else do we learn?

1 Cor 6:18-20

Ask How do we respond to the H.S. indwelling us?

Application & Conclusion

Rom 8:38-39

God will save you

No power can stop Him

You are promised byu His power.

You are registered mail, requiring God's signature

Eph 4:30

H.S. always present.

Don't grieve Him

I think that it is necessary to internalize this - to make it part of your mindset in ordinary life.

The application is easy: Stop sinning. Don't grieve the H.S.

Work on this, and God will change your life.

To indicate the indwelling, I have some cookies for you. Today, after lunch and dinner, when these cookies are indwelling you, take a moment to consider what it means for the H.S. to indwell you. Consider what you might have done differently if you had thought about not grieving the H.S. during the day..