God's Prophetic Spirit - Volume 4

God's Prophetic Spirit is a series of essays (15 volumes in all) which seeks to examine every mention of the Spirit's work with humanity from Genesis to Revelation. These essays are written with the belief that the answers to our questions about the Holy Spirit are found, not outside the Bible, but within the inspired word of God. This study moves verse-by-verse through the entire Bible and builds a coherent, understandable doctrine about the Holy Spirit from the clear, concise lessons in Genesis to the grand statements of the New Testament which proclaim the Spirit's power in the church.

Volume 4 contains essays #9-10 in the series:

9) What is the Mystery of God?
10) God's Mystery: Established by the Holy Spirit

The read is roughly 17,000 words. This fourth installment in this series begins a critical survey of an often overlooked portion of doctrine revealed in the New Testament. There are more than two dozen references to the mystery of God in the Bible. From Acts to Revelation, this doctrine is discussed as often as baptism is by the apostles and prophets of the New Testament. Yet, it is a topic many people rarely consider. Even among those who have studied the topic, few connect the doctrine of the mystery of God to the work of the Holy Spirit. That oversight causes many to have an incomplete view of the work of the Holy Spirit that is revealed in the Bible. The two essays of this volume along with the essay contained in Volume 5 explain the important connection by the mystery of God and the Holy Spirit. It is study that no serious Bible student can afford to miss.

The Holy Spirit is one of the greatest blessings in the life of a Christian. His work is the strength that many appeal to on a daily basis to empower their faith and fortify their lives. The Spirit's presence is treasured almost universally by Christians as the sweetest gift given to them by their Savior. But would it surprise you to know that God spoke more often about the Holy Spirit to His saints in Israel before the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus than He does to Christians in the New Testament? While most people study the Holy Spirit from a New Testament perspective, the foundation of the Bible's doctrine of His work was laid in the Old Testament

Have you ever considered what impact God's teachings and promises to Israel should have on your understanding of the nature of the Spirit's work with you today. Perhaps one reason that so much confusion exists among Christians about the Holy Spirit's work is that many of us are only listening to half of what God said about His Holy Spirit. While many believe the work of the Spirit is an unknowable mystery, the conviction that the Bible fully reveals the Spirit's relationship with humanity is at the heart of the study in God's Prophetic Spirit. If the sum of God's word is truth (Psalm 119:160), then the sum of His words about the Holy Spirit is sufficient to reveal to us the true nature of the Spirit's work.

Too few people invest the time to listen to all of God's words. God's Prophetic Spirit is written with the intention of helping you to make that profitable choice on this most crucial of Bible doctrines.