The Holy Spirit plays a key role in the Christian life from beginning to end, working in salvation to bring repentance and regeneration, working in sanctification to make believers holy, and working in service to empower believers for ministry through prayer, prophecy, preaching and miracles. The document outlines the Spirit's work in these three areas of salvation, sanctification, and service according to scripture.

2. The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit 2
- The Work of the Holy Spirit

3. Introduction
The Spirit as an experienced and empowering reality was
the key role player in all of Christian life, from beginning to
end. If the church is to be effective in our postmodern
world, we need to stop paying mere lip service to the Spirit
and to recapture Paul’s perspective: the Spirit as the
experienced, empowering return of God’s own personal
presence in and among us.
Gordon Fee

4. Introduction
Jesus said that when he left his disciples to
return to his Father, he would send them
the Holy Spirit to replace him. The Holy
Spirit would be with them as their new
Helper, doing for them everything that
Jesus did while he was with them.

5. Lesson Outline
The work of the Holy Spirit covers three main areas:
1. His work in salvation
2. His work in sanctification
3. His work in service

6. 1. The Spirit’s Work in Salvation

7. Salvation
The Holy Spirit working WITH you.
The Holy Spirit draws sinners to Christ,
convicting them of their sin and changing
them on the inside when they respond to
the gospel.

8. Salvation
1) Repentance is the
work of the Spirit.

9. Salvation
The Spirit works with us to bring
1) Repentance is the
us to repentance. Without the
work of the Spirit. work of the Spirit nobody can
come to Christ as Lord and
Saviour. His role is pivotal to all
soul-winning because he is the
one who convinces unbelievers
of the truth of the gospel and
their need to receive Christ as
Lord and Saviour through
repentance and faith.

10. John 16:7-11
But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am
going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not
come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When
he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to
sin and righteousness and judgement: in regard to sin,
because men do not believe in me; in regard to
righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where
you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment,
because the prince of this world now stands
condemned.

11. Salvation
Blasphemy against the Holy
1) Repentance is the
Spirit is the unforgivable sin
work of the Spirit. because when someone
blasphemes the Spirit, the Spirit
departs from them. When the
Holy Spirit leaves, their only
source of conviction is gone.
Without the convicting work of
the Spirit, the person will never
seek God’s forgiveness.

12. Salvation
The Holy Spirit works in us to
1) Repentance is the
bring us new life. The moment
work of the Spirit we come to Christ, he indwells
us and works in us to renew
2) Regeneration is the our spirits and transform our
natures. The theological term
work of the Spirit for this is ‘regeneration’.

13. Salvation
1) Repentance is the Titus 3:5-6
work of the Spirit He saved us through the
washing of rebirth and
2) Regeneration is the renewal by the Holy Spirit,
work of the Spirit whom he poured out on us
generously through Jesus
Christ our Saviour.

14. Salvation
1) Repentance is the John 3:3, 5
work of the Spirit In reply Jesus declared, “I tell
you the truth, no one can see
2) Regeneration is the the kingdom of God unless he
is born again.”
work of the Spirit
Jesus answered, “I tell you the
truth, no one can enter the
kingdom of God unless he is
born of water and the Spirit.”

15. 2. The Spirit’s Work in Sanctification

16. Sanctification
The Holy Spirit working IN you.
The Holy Spirit works in us to make us holy, to
form within us the nature of Jesus Christ. This is
lifelong process of gradually triumphing over sin
and growing in righteousness until we have the
character of Christ.

17. Sanctification
Romans 15:16b Galatians 5:22-23
… so that the Gentiles But the fruit of the Spirit is
might become an offering love, joy, peace, patience,
acceptable to God, kindness, goodness,
sanctified by the Holy faithfulness, gentleness
Spirit. and self-control. Against
such things there is no
law.

18. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the
kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the
sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male
prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor
the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers
will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some
of you were. But you were washed, you were
sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

19. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who
with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory,
are being transformed into his likeness with
ever-increasing glory, which comes from the
Lord, who is the Spirit.

20. 3. The Spirit’s Work in Service

21. Service
The Holy Spirit working THROUGH you.
If sanctification relates to Christian character, then
service relates to Christian ministry. As you grow in
Christ, he increasingly begins to work through you as
well. The Spirit comes upon you to anoint you and
empower you to serve the Lord.

22. Service
But you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Acts 1:8

23. Service
The Holy Spirit may Ephesians 6:18a, “And
pray in the Spirit on all
1) pray through you
occasions with all kinds of
prayers and requests.”
Jude 20, “But you, dear
friends, build yourselves
up in your most holy faith
and pray in the Holy
Spirit.”

24. Service
The Holy Spirit may Acts 19:6
1) pray through you When Paul placed his
2) prophesy through you hands on them, the Holy
Spirit came on them, and
they spoke in tongues and
prophesied.

25. Service
The Holy Spirit may Acts 4:31
1) pray through you After they prayed, the
2) prophesy through you place where they were
meeting was shaken. And
3) preach through you they were all filled with
the Holy Spirit and spoke
the word of God boldly.

26. Service
The Holy Spirit may Acts 10:38
1) pray through you … how God anointed Jesus
2) prophesy through you of Nazareth with the Holy
Spirit and power, and how
3) preach through you he went around doing
4) perform miracles good and healing all who
through you were under the power of
the devil, because God
was with him.

27. Service
The Holy Spirit may Word of Caution
1) pray through you The Holy Spirit does not take
possession of you and override
2) prophesy through you your mind and will when he
works through you. Rather, he
3) preach through you quickens and prompts you,
4) perform miracles and enables you to speak or
act under his leading.
through you

28. Conclusion

29. Conclusion
1. Salvation: The Spirit works with us to bring us
to repentance and regeneration.
2. Sanctification: The Holy Spirit works in us to
make us like the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Service: The Holy Spirit works through us in
prayer, prophecy, preaching, and performing
miracles.