ACTS 1:4-5 NASB
Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
ACTS 1:8 NASB
but you shall receive POWER when the HOLY SPIRIT has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.
JOHN 16:7 NASB
“But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.”
JOHN 14:16-17 NASB
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
POINT #1 - The Holy Spirit is our Helper
JOHN 16:13-15 NASB
But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
POINT #2 - He is our informer / Revealer / Guide
ISAIAH 59:19 NASB
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
1COR 2:10-12 NASB
For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,
1 COR 2:9 TPT
“BUT JUST AS IT IS WRITTEN, THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND WHICH HAS NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.”
1COR 2:12 NASB
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,
POINT #3 - He is our empowered / enabler
ACTS 1:8 NASB
but you shall receive POWER when the HOLY SPIRIT has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.
ROM 8:26-27 NASB
In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness/infirmities; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
1 COR 14:2 NASB
For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.
ACTS 2:39 NASB
For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
JUDE 20 NASB
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
