Stephens Class, Issue 1

January 2021
THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND MAN
Nature and Manifestation of The Spirit
Course Objective
The objective of this course is to
succinctly illustrate the Holy
Spirit by nature, presence, in-
dwelling and manifestation. This
will help the believer understand
His purpose, the reality of being
indwelt by Him, the recognition
of His expressions and discern-
ment of His identity.
Course Outline
 Understanding the term ‘spirit’
 Introduction to the Holy Spirit
 The Indwelling and the seal of the
Spirit
 Understanding the term ‘baptism of
the Holy Spirit’
 The Spirit upon OR The Spirit within
 Differentiating Indwelling of the Spirit
from filling of the Spirit
 The manifestation of the Spirit
 Fruits of the Spirit

‘rauch’. This word does not always

UNDERSTANDING THE refer to a spiritual or invisible being.
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TERM ‘SPIRIT’ Sometimes it can mean;

 Wind: Exodus 10:13; the same
BOL BIBLE ACADEMY

The word 'spirit' in its widest sense Hebrew word – ‘ruach’ was
is often used to mean a spiritual translated as ‘wind’.
and living being that is although  It can mean breath; inhalation
invisible but is yet capable of active or exhalation of a person or
expression. God: Exodus 15:8.
In the scriptures, we have many  The emotional condition of a
such beings that are called ‘spirits’. person: Exodus 6:9, Joshua
2:11, Proverbs 17:22,
 Angels are spirits: Hebrews
 It is used to imply the mind of a
1:7, 14.
person or the inner-man (soul):
 Demonic creatures are called
Psalm 31:5, Psalm 32:2, Daniel
unclean spirits: Mark 3:11.
2:3.
 There is the spirit of antichrist:
1 John 4:6. Hence, the word ‘spirit’ does not
 The spirit of error: 1 John 4:6. always mean a spiritual being.
 Then there’s the Spirit of truth: However, in a general sense, it de-
1 John 5:6.
 God, Himself is a Spirit: John
4:24
However, the word ‘spirit’ is trans-
lated from the Greek word –
‘pneuma’, and the Hebrew word –
notes that whatever is being described is an un-
seen force and that whatever activity was per-
formed was carried out by an unseen force.
Whether that force is God Himself, or demonic
spirits, or Satan or emotional feelings of man, or
even the wind, the word ‘spirit’ or ‘pneuma’ or
‘rauch’ is used to report such events.
Hence, the student of the scriptures must be able
to discern which spirit is being spoken of when
mentioned in any Bible text.
INTRODUCTION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
Now, who exactly is the Holy Spirit?
Recall: Jesus described God as a Spirit:
John 4:34
“God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must
worship Him in spirit and in truth”
God, Himself is a Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is the
Spirit of God, just as Jesus is the Son of God (and
God in the flesh). He is The Creator Spirit, present
before the creation of the universe and through His
power everything was made in Jesus Christ, by
God the Father. For the majority of Christian de-
nominations, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of
the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
References: Genesis 1:2, Luke 1:35
Trinity, in Christian doctrine, is the unity of Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one God-
head. The doctrine of the Trinity is considered to be
one of the central Christian affirmations about God.
It is rooted in the fact that God came to meet Chris-
tians in a threefold figure:
1. As Creator, Lord of the history of salvation, Fa-
ther, and Judge, as revealed in the Old Testa-
ment;
2. As the Lord who, in the incarnated figure
of Jesus Christ, lived among human beings and
was present in their midst as the “Resurrected
One”; and,
3. As the Holy Spirit, whom they experienced as
the helper or intercessor in the power of the
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new life.
The word “Trinity” nor the explicit doctrine appears
in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his follow-
ers intend to contradict the Shema in the Hebrew
Scriptures: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one
Lord” (Deuteronomy 6:4). The earliest Christians,
however, had to cope with the implications of the
coming of Jesus Christ and of the presumed pres-
ence and power of God among them, that is,
the Holy Spirit, whose coming was connected with
the celebration of Pentecost. The Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit were associated in such New Testa-
ment passages as the Great Commission: “Go
therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptiz-
ing them in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19); and in the
apostolic benediction: “The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the
Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:13-
14). Thus, the New Testament established the basis
for the doctrine of the Trinity, and the scripture tes-
tifies of the connection of the Spirit with Jesus –
1John 5:6-8.
THE INDWELLING AND THE SEAL OF
THE SPIRIT
The Promise and The Purpose
The Holy Spirit was a promise God made to His
children according to Luke 24:49 and Acts 1:4-5,
and this has been mentioned in the Old Testament.
Recall David’s prayer in Psalms 51:7, 10-12.
Now, observe God’s promise in Ezekiel 36:25-27
“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you
shall be clean from all your filthiness, and from all
your idols, and I will cleanse you.
A new heart also will I give you, a new spirit will I
put within you: and I will take away the stony heart
out of your flesh and I will give you a heart of flesh,
And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to
walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judge-
ments, and do them.”
Notice God uses the word ‘I will’ 7 times in this text
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to indicate that this was a promise that He Himself
will fulfil.
The word ‘cleanse’ means to purge or purify; to
make something blameless, unadulterated, and un-
contaminated. That means God Himself will purify
the recipients of this promise by the sprinkling of
clean water upon them.
Also observe that He says He will take out the
stony heart of the recipient and put within the re-
cipient, a new spirit. In other words, there will be a
renewal or regeneration of the spirit-man. This
new Spirit will be God’s own Spirit and this Spirit
will cause the recipient to walk in God’s statutes
and keep His commandments or desires.
Recall that God is His Spirit; so God is saying He
will dwell in the recipient of this promise.
Now, consider the New Testament texts below:
1. Ephesians 5:26-27
“That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word, That he might
present it to Himself a glorious church, not hav-
ing spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing but that
it should be holy and without blemish.”
2. 1 Corinthians 3:16
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God
and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
References: 1 Corinthians 6:19, Titus 3:5-6, Ga-
latians 4:6, Romans 8:15.
The Holy Spirit is the promise of the Father who
came to help us attain and live up to God’s desire
for man (John 14:16,26, 15:26, 16:7).
That help includes;
 Purging, cleansing and sanctification by the
word of God.
 Empowering and gracing to live above natural
phenomenon.
 Connection to God, through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
Discuss:
 Can we say that this promise has been fulfilled
today?
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The Fulfilment
Now, when and how did God fulfil this promise?
John 14:16-17: “…another comforter…for He
dwells with you and shall be in you.”
The word ‘comforter’ is the word ‘parakletos’. It
means a strengthener, teacher, and intercessor.
Observe: Jesus admits that the Comforter, who is
the Spirit of truth already dwells with them (as a
companion); the main agenda of Jesus’s prayer is to
ensure that the Comforter will dwell IN them.
Already in the Old Testament, there have always
been evident activities of God's Spirit with man on
earth, (e.g. Exodus 31:2-3). So God’s promise to be
fulfilled has to be more than having His Spirit dwell
with man since that was achievable already. He
promised to have His Spirit dwell INSIDE man.
Galatians 3:13-14
“Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the
law, being made a curse for us: for it is written,
cursed is every one that hangs on a tree: That the
blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
through Jesus Christ: that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith.”
Thus, for us to receive the promise of the indwelling
of the Spirit, Christ had to redeem us from the
curse of the law. That means sin had to be paid for
so that we can receive the Spirit.
Now that man is free from sin through faith in what
Christ has done, man can now receive the promise
of the Spirit; this occurs immediately at salvation
(Acts 2:38, Galatians 3:2-3).
The Proof
Ephesians 1:13-14
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom
also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with
that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of
our inheritance until the redemption of the pur-
chased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”
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Hence, it is apparent why the Spirit is called the
Spirit of promise. It is predicated upon the fact that
His indwelling in man had been promised to man
right from the Old Testament and is fulfilled today
and forever in Christ Jesus. Recall that man already
had experience with the Spirit ever since the Old
Testament. Therefore, it was not just the Spirit
Himself that was promised; it was the PERMA-
NENT INDWELLING of the Spirit in man that was
centre of the promised.
Notice also in the text that there is NO OTHER
PREREQUISITE to obtaining the promise of God
besides 'faith in the gospel'. The text says “after ye
believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of
promise”.
Therefore, there should not be any special classes
to attend, nor water baptisms to perform, nor ag-
gressive prayers to make nor fasts to undergo upon
any mountain.
The only prerequisite to having the INDWELLING
of the Spirit is to believe in the Gospel of Salvation.
This has been explained in 102A and will be more
detailed in 105A. What is taught at a class for Holy
Ghost baptism is give understanding and show
how the Spirit is communicated to believers (with
evidence of speaking in tongues, Acts 2:4, 10:44-
46, 19:60).
Furthermore, observe that Paul uses the phrase
'sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise'.
The word 'seal' is from the Greek- ‘sphragizō’. It
means a stamp used to seal documents to ensure
that its contents are not tampered with until it
reaches its recipient.
This word is always written in the past tense when
referring to a believer to indicate that it already
happened at salvation. This word implies two
things:
1. A stamp of authorized ownership.
2. A bond of permanence.
Therefore, first;
The believer is sealed to indicate that he is owned
by God, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
Second;
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The believer is sealed to ensure that the Holy Spirit
dwells permanently in Him: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22,
Ephesians 4:30.
The Inheritance
Now, back to Ephesians 1:14;
“Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
redemption of the purchased possession, unto the
praise of his glory.”
Paul says that the Holy Spirit is the earnest of our
inheritance.
The word 'earnest' is the Greek word – arrhabōn
means a pledged part payment made in advance as
security for the rest.
In other words, after Jesus's life was used to pay for
and redeem us, Jesus then gave us the Holy Spirit
as part payment of our secured inheritance in Him.
Thus, we are the purchased possession of Jesus.
He purchased us with His own life. That purchase
is called redemption (explained in 102A). He then
gives us an inheritance in Him. Out of that inher-
itance we have in Him, He gave us the Holy Spirit
as part payment of the secured inheritance we
have in Him. That means out of all God has to give
to us, He gives us first His own Spirit (His own
Self). When He comes to claim us, He then will give
us immortality with Him, 1 Corinthians 15:52-55,
Matthew 24:30-31, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
UNDERSTANDING THE TERM
‘BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Matthew 3:11
“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance:
but he that cometh after me is mightier than I,
whose shoes I am unworthy to bear; he shall bap-
tize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.”
In the New Testament, John's ministry was espe-
cially distinguished because he baptized with wa-
ter. In the above-referenced text, John made a clear
distinction between water baptism and the Holy
Spirit baptism. He said, "I indeed baptize with wa-
ter; someone else (Jesus) will baptize with the Holy
Spirit and fire”. Hence, John’s baptism is the water
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baptism; Jesus’s baptism is the Holy Spirit baptism.
Recall that John’s ministry primarily anchored upon
being a forerunner for Jesus’s ministry. His ministry
was to prepare the minds of the people towards
accepting Jesus (Luke 3:3-5).
So, John’s ministry was not the salvation of God
yet; his ministry was to point them to the salvation
of God. God’s salvation would eventually be re-
vealed in Jesus’s ministry (John 1:29). This is why
John preached about Jesus to his disciples so much
so that two of his disciples left him and followed
Jesus (John 3:30-36).
This means the focus of John’s entire ministry was
Jesus. Likewise, means that John’s water baptism
was done to prepare the minds of people towards
Jesus’s Holy Ghost baptism.
John said, "I indeed baptize you with water, but one
mightier than I comes whose latchet I am unworthy
to unloose: He shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost and fire.” Luke 3:16.
This baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire never
occurred until after Jesus's resurrection.
Jesus specifically instructed the disciples to wait for
the promise of the Father. That promise was the
baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-5).
Thus, the baptism of the Holy Ghost never occurred
until the Acts 1 experience.
But we know that in Acts 1, two different things
happened to the apostles.
1. The indwelling of the Spirit
2. The filling of the Spirit
Hence, if the baptism of the Holy Ghost occurred
first in Acts 1, then the baptism of the Holy Ghost
must either be the indwelling of the Spirit or the
filling of the Spirit.
We must succinctly identify which exactly is the
baptism of the Holy Spirit between the two.
We do know that the indwelling of the Spirit hap-
pens instantly at salvation and that the filling of the
Spirit (as an event that can occur many times in a
believer) does not always occur instantly at salva-
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tion. Then, if baptism is the filling of the Spirit; that
would that each believer can keep getting baptized
of the Spirit repeatedly as often as he is filled with
the Spirit (Acts 4:8, 31, 13:9,52). This will make
baptism a repeated occurrence which is not plausi-
ble, however, the Scripture tells us that there is only
one baptism, Ephesians 4:4-5.
Hence, since there cannot be repeated baptisms of
the Holy Spirit it is clear that the baptism of the
Spirit occurs right at the indwelling of the Spirit.
Recall that the word ‘baptize’ means to immerse
something into something else. John’s water bap-
tism, therefore, means to immerse a person with
water (Acts 1:5). The baptism of the Holy Spirit will
therefore imply to immerse a person with the Spirit.
The question will then be;
If the baptisms imply to be immersed with some-
thing; into what are they immersed?
The water baptism is simple; a person immersed
with water is immersed in water.
Is a person immersed with the Spirit also immersed
into the Spirit?
1 Corinthians 12:13
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one
body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles…”
Hence, the baptism of the Holy Spirit makes a per-
fect definition of salvation itself.
 The immersion by the Spirit into the body of
Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13)
 The regeneration of a person by the Spirit of
Christ (Titus 3:5)
 The birth of a person by the Spirit (John 3:3-5)
 The habitation of the Spirit in man (1 Corinthi-
ans 6:19)
 The indwelling of the Spirit in man forever
(Ezekiel 36:25-27)
Thus, when John baptized people unto repentance,
he placed their focus upon Jesus whose baptism
will eventually bring salvation. He told them that
Jesus will baptize with the Spirit and that whosoev-
er believes in Him will be saved. This means that
water baptism itself (although being important) is
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not salvation. Rather, the baptism of the Spirit is
salvation.
We have seen that the indwelling of the Spirit was
predicated upon by the promise of God to dwell in
man through faith in the gospel. We have also
seen that the indwelling of the Spirit in man is in-
stant at salvation and permanent without condi-
tions. We will further examine another promise of
God which seems almost the same but is slightly
different.
An examination of this promise will explain the
power at work in the life of a believer in whom the
Spirit dwells.
THE SPIRIT UPON OR THE SPIRIT
WITHIN
Joel 2:28-32 notes that unlike the previous promis-
es we have seen, God promises here to 'pour out
His Spirit UPON flesh', not within, and the activities
that surround this promise are:
 The Spirit will be upon the flesh
 Men and women will prophesy
 Young and old will receive spiritual insights
 This event will amaze those who see it
 Whosoever seeks deliverance from God will
receive it.
This is unlike the previous promise where the focus
of the indwelling of the Spirit was to cleanse man
from sin, live in him and bring him into the inher-
itance of God which is eternity.
Significance of the Holy Spirit
Hence, let's see where this was fulfilled in the New
Testament.
Observe from Acts 2:1-6, 12, 41:
V. 3 says, the cloven tongues sat upon them.
V. 4 says, they were filled with the Spirit and spoke
with other tongues and prophesied.
V. 12 says, that those who witnessed it were
amazed.
V. 41 says, 3000 souls were saved. These are they
which sought for deliverance. (The word deliver-
ance and salvation is the same in Greek).
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We can be certain that this was a fulfilment of Jo-
el’s prophecy because Peter acknowledged this in
Acts 2:16-21.
Hence, In Acts 2, the Spirit did not only indwell man
as promised by God in Ezekiel 36 but the Spirit also
'came upon man' as promised by God in Joel 2.
This raises a dilemma we should examine;
If God already promised to send His Spirit to in-
dwell man, why then is there a promise to pour out
His Spirit upon man? One would expect that the
indwelling of the Spirit should be all we need; what
would be the need to pour His Spirit upon man
since His Spirit was already promised to be in a
man?
Therefore, we should study the term ‘Spirit upon’
as different from the term ‘Spirit within’.
If Spirit within is the indwelling of the Spirit, what
then is ‘Spirit upon’?
1. Numbers 11:25-26.
When the Spirit of God came upon the 70 el-
ders, they all prophesied (ministry of prophecy,
leadership and supernatural experience).
2. Judges 3:10.
When the Spirit of God came upon the recipi-
ent, He judged Israel and won battles (ministry
leadership).
3. Judges 11:29, 32, Judges 14:19
When the Spirit of God came upon Jephthah, he
won a battle that normally should have been
lost.
Samson won an impossible battle after the
Spirit of God came upon him.
4. 1 Samuel 10:6, 10, Ezekiel 11:4-5
Supernatural experience and ministry of proph-
ecy.
5. Matthew 12: 18
Supernatural experience and ministry)
Observe that in every occurrence where the Spirit
of God is said to come upon man, it is always
marked by a supernatural experience in the recipi-
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ent. He would either win impossible battles, proph-
esy or stand in a position of ministerial leadership.
Most evidently, whenever the Spirit is said to come
upon a person, it was always obvious to sight. That
means it was always be accompanied with visible
actions that the recipient would perform afterwards
which in all cases would be supernatural; that can
be in speech or action.
Thus, the Spirit coming upon was not exactly to
denote that the Spirit fell from a height and stood
upon the recipient. It was primarily to denote that
the Spirit became manifest in the recipient. That
means that the Spirit became visible in the activities
of that person at that moment, time or period.
This explains why God said He will “pour His Spirit
upon” Jesus in Matthew 12:18. Jesus would be con-
ceived of the Spirit already. It would seem unrealis-
tic for God to literally then pour His Spirit upon His
Son who was born of His Spirit already. Hence, to
pour out His Spirit upon Jesus would mean to make
His Spirit visible in His Son.
This would explain what John the Baptist saw
when Jesus was baptized- The visibility of the Spir-
it; which is the essence of the ‘Spirit upon’.
So the ‘Spirit upon’ is characterized not by the rela-
tional description of the Spirit’s position in refer-
ence to the recipient; rather, it is characterized by
the expression of the Spirit in a man which is made
evident in the supernatural activities the recipient
performed or was seen around the recipient. That
means that the term ‘Spirit upon’ is not necessarily
to mean that the Spirit came upon the recipient but
primarily to mean that the Spirit became apparent
in the man.
Hence, when the Spirit is said to come upon a be-
liever (who already has the indwelling of the Spirit),
one should not expect this to mean that the Spirit
came out of the believer to stand on top of Him.
That would definitely be of no good to the believer.
If a believer had to choose where he would prefer
the Spirit to be, he surely will choose that the Spirit
should remain in him and not on top of him. God
would prefer the same too. Hence, the proper un-
derstanding of the Spirit upon the believer is that
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the Spirit became apparent or visible in the believer.
This explains why everywhere the scripture says
that the Spirit came upon a man, there is always
the occurrence of supernatural activity. This is ex-
actly what happened in Acts 2 just as Joel prophe-
sied.
In the New Testament, this experience is known as
‘the filling of the Spirit’. This has been explained
earlier in this study.
Discuss:
Study Acts 19:1-6
Apollos, (among other believers) was said to have
believed the gospel in verse 2, yet he claimed to not
have received the Holy Spirit.
V. 6 then says “And when Paul had laid his hands
upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them and they
spake with tongues and prophesied”
 What did Apollos receive? The indwelling or the
filling of the Spirit or both?
 When did Apollos receive the indwelling of the
Spirit?
 When did Apollos receive the filling of the Spir-
it?
 Differentiate between the filling of the Spirit
and the Indwelling of the Spirit
DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN THE IN-
DWELLING AND THE FILLING OF THE
SPIRIT
We have examined two promises God made
through his prophets in the Old Testament which
predicated His Spirit within us and His Spirit upon
us. Although it is clear that the Apostles in Acts 2
experienced the both, we have identified that the
'Spirit within' implies the indwelling of the Spirit
and that the 'Spirit upon' implies the filling of the
Spirit.
In this study, we will examine 3 peculiarities of be-
ing filled with the Spirit as found in the scriptures
through which we can discern its difference from
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the indwelling of the Spirit.
1. The filling of the Spirit is an instruction to be-
lievers.
Ephesians 5:18-19
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is ex-
cess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to
yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody in your heart
to the Lord”
If Paul instructs the Ephesian Christians to be
filled with the Spirit, that implies that being
filled with the Spirit is a voluntary action and
that the believer can choose when and when
not to be filled with the Spirit.
The indwelling of the Spirit however is the sal-
vation of the believer himself which cannot be
an instruction to believers because they already
have the indwelling of the Spirit.
 Filling of the Spirit is repetitive and short-
termed.
 In Acts 2:4, Peter was among the believers
filled with the Spirit;
 In Acts 4:8, Peter was filled again;
 In Acts 4:31, after Peter returned from the
arrest and was with the disciples as they
prayed, he became filled with the Spirit
again.
Also;
 In Acts 9:17, Ananias prayed for Paul and
he was filled with the Spirit
 In Acts 13:9, Paul was filled with the Spirit
again.
 In Acts 13:52, he was again filled with the
Spirit.
That tells us that filling of the Spirit is some-
thing that can happen to a believer repeatedly,
as often as the believer desires.
The indwelling of the Spirit is neither repetitive
nor short-termed. The Indwelling of the Spirit is
the constant and permanent condition of the
believer
 The filling of the Spirit is often associated with
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visible supernatural experiences.
 In Acts 2, the believers who were filled with
the Spirit spoke in tongues.
 In Acts 19, Apollos and the other believers
who were filled prophesied and spoke with
tongues.
 In Luke 1: 67, Zacharias was filled with the
Spirit and he prophesied
 In Luke 1:41, Elizabeth and her baby in the
womb were filled with the Spirit, her baby
leapt in the womb and she instantly recog-
nized when she saw Mary that she was
pregnant and that the baby in Mary's womb
was the Messiah.
 In Revelation 1:10, Apostle John had a su-
pernatural experience in a vision when the
Spirit came upon him on the Island of Pat-
mos.
It is obvious that the filling of the Spirit is the
same as the Spirit upon.
The indwelling of the Spirit is not associated with
visible supernatural experiences. That means that
the Holy Spirit can indwell a man and there will be
nothing spectacular at all to see. Both the recipient
and the preacher will have no visible evidence that
the Spirit has indwelt the believer unless the Be-
liever becomes filled with the Spirit. Only at the fill-
ing of the Spirit can we have what is called "an evi-
dence of tongue-speaking", or prophecies etc.
Study the table below;
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 The indwelling of the Spirit Filling of the Spirit
Denotes that the Spirit dwells inside of a Denotes an expression or activity of the Spirit
Definition
man in man

Frequency of operation Is permanent and constant Is short-termed and repetitive

Is completely a function of what God did Is an action of God but requires man's role to
Identity of the operator
and cannot be assisted by a man play

The activity of the Spirit Is the same as the Spirit within Is same as the Spirit upon

It may imply salvation but not always. The

Relationship with Salva-
tion
Evidence of occurrence
Time of the first occur-
rence
It instantly implies salvation since the
Holy Spirit will only indwell a person
who is saved.
Is a silent occurrence and is physically
not perceivable
Never happened till Christ’s death and
resurrection in the New Testament
Holy Spirit can work in a person who is yet
unsaved but only cannot indwell the person
(Cyrus, Hazel etc.).
Is often accompanied by events that prove its
occurrence
Happened several times over in the Old Tes-
tament and the New Testament.

MANIFESTATION OF THE HOLY THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

SPIRIT The Fruit of the Holy Spirit is a biblical term that
sums up nine attributes of a person or community
Manifestation means the mode of expression of the living in accord with the Holy Spirit, according
Spirit. It points to the multiple ways of expression to Galatians 5:22-23:
of the Spirit of God in man. The Spirit is not static Love Long-suffering Faith
but moves. Joy Kindness Meekness
God expresses Himself in man via the Spirit to
Peace Goodness Temperance
show His personality, capacity and diversity – Ro-
mans 8:19.
The Bible calls Spirit-led behaviour the "fruit of the
The sons of God cannot manifest on their own, they
Spirit." The fruit of the Spirit has visible results.
can only express the dynamic operations of the Ho-
These qualities begin to show themselves in a per-
ly Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:7).
son's life who is filled with the Spirit. This produces
 The Holy Spirit is dynamic in His working/ man-
a Christlike character in the individual. These attrib-
ifestations, He is not a one-way manifestation.
utes can be explained as follows.
The sons of God are only a vessel for the mani-
festation of the Lord – 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
Love
 God intends and purposes the manifestation,
Love consists of showing tenderness and kindness
but man expects and expresses it – Luke 3:15,
to others. In fact, we are told to look out for the
Isaiah 44:3, John 7:37-39 (thirst/hunger here
needs of others. Paul wrote to the Philippians
stands for great expectation). Our yielding
(Philippians 2:4 NKJV).
therefore is dependent on our expression and
We demonstrate our life by showing kindness to-
expectation – Acts 10:40-44.
ward others. Love, however, can also be stern. Je-
 The manifestation of the Spirit is purposeful
sus Himself drove the moneychangers out from the
and every calling into ministry revolves around
temple because they were corrupting God's law. He
the multiple gifts and manifestations of the Holy did this as an act of love.
Ghost (1 Corinthians 12:1-11).

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Joy
Joy can be experienced in tough times as well as
good times. Simon Peter wrote about the joy that
believers can experience even in the midst of suf-
fering (1 Peter 1:6 NRSV).
We can be joyful even in the midst of trials. This is
how the fruit of the Spirit evidences itself in our
lives.
Peace
The Bible says the peace that God provides passes
human understanding. Paul explained this to the
Philippians when he wrote Philippians 4:7 NRSV.
Peace is not the absence of conflict. Rather it is the
experience of rest and assurance through difficult
times. This is something that only can come from
God Himself. We cannot produce this type of inner
peace on our own.
Longsuffering
Longsuffering is another word for patience. The
more Christlike we become the more we will be pa-
tient with others. The Bible says God is patient with
us so that we will turn to Him. Peter explained it in
this manner (2 Peter 3:9 NKJV).
Patience is learned through times of testing. Again,
this is a work which the Lord does in our lives as
we learn to be controlled with the Holy Spirit.
Kindness
Kindness and goodness speak of helpful
deeds done toward others. We are instructed
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to show kindness to all. Paul wrote (Ephesians 4:32
NASB).
The Bible says that we should show kindness to all.
Notice he also said that we are to forgive others in
the same way as Christ has forgiven us. This means
we are to show them complete forgiveness. Again,
this is something which we must allow the Holy
Spirit to do. Indeed, we do not have the capacity to
do this in our own strength.
Faithfulness
Faithfulness means dependability. The Bible makes
it clear that the God of Scripture is always depend-
able. Jeremiah wrote (Lamentations 3:22, 23 NIV).
Although everyone else may fail, He never fails.
Taken from blueletterbible.org, Don Stewart:
What is the fruit of the Spirit?
Since a tree is known by its fruit, the believer is
equally known by the fruit of the Holy Spirit he
bears, Matthew 12:13. The Lord Jesus Christ, our
perfect example demonstrated all the nine gifts,
therefore, we too can do the same if we completely
surrender to Him.
Assignment:
Conduct Holy Ghost baptism at the end of the
course.
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