Life in the Holy Spirit

Talk 8
The Early Christians
Life in the Holy Spirit
•They are never afraid of
giving all that they have for
the needy.
•They are never afraid to
share Christ to the people
they meet.
•They are never afraid to
die for the faith.

Thus, they conquered

the entire Roman
Empire.
The Holy Spirit
• Not just a doctrine but
the 3rd person in the
Holy Trinity
• He is responsible for the
burning fire of love in
spreading the Gospel to
the ends of the Earth.
• Importance of the Holy
Spirit is said by Jesus
(John 16:7-11)
The First Pentecost
Receiving the Holy Spirit Today
Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Teaching Gifts
– Gifts that teach about
God and His Kingdom
• Sign Gifts
– They call attention to
God’s reality, and so they
bring people to the
knowledge of God.
• Revelational Gifts
– They reveal God’s power
to people.
Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Teaching Gifts
– Gifts that teach about
God and His Kingdom
• Sign Gifts
– They call attention to
God’s reality, and so they
bring people to the
knowledge of God.
• Revelational Gifts
– They reveal God’s power
to people.
• Wisdom
– concerned with the best
way to live.
• Knowledge
– inspiring someone to
speak an understanding
of a truth of the mystery
of Christ.
 Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Teaching Gifts
– Gifts that teach about God
and His Kingdom
• Sign Gifts
– They call attention to God’s
reality, and so they bring
people to the knowledge of
God.
• Revelational Gifts
– They reveal God’s power to
people.
• Faith
– special spiritual gift of prayer
with a God-given confidence
and it produces extraordinary
results.
• Healing
– Cures that science cannot
explain.
• Miracles
– The spirit works through
them to produce “works of
power” to produce “things for
people to be astonished
at”, to produce miracles.
Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Teaching Gifts • Prophecy
– Gifts that teach about – speaking the mind of the
God and His Kingdom Lord
• Sign Gifts • Discernment
– They call attention to – the ability to distinguish
God’s reality, and so they between Spirits.
bring people to the
knowledge of God.
• Revelational Gifts
– They reveal God’s power
to people.
Charismatic Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Teaching Gifts
– Gifts that teach about
God and His Kingdom
• Sign Gifts
– They call attention to
God’s reality, and so they
bring people to the
knowledge of God.
• Revelational Gifts
– They reveal God’s power
to people.
• Tongues
– Speaking in different
languages which the
deliverer does not
understand.
• Interpretation of
Tongues
– The receiver interprets
the message and
delivers it to the
community.
 Come, Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit, fill the
hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the
fire of Your Love.
Send forth Your Spirit, and
they shall be created.
And You shall renew the
face of the earth.
 Come, Holy Spirit
O, God, who by the light
of the Holy Spirit, did
instruct the hearts of
the faithful, grant that
by the same Holy Spirit
we may be truly wise
and ever enjoy His
consolations. Through
Christ Our Lord.
Amen.