WHO IS GOD ? 
There is one God who is infinitely
perfect, the Creator, the Preserver,
the Governor of all things and 
who is the only God for us to
worship.
There is only one God. This is
declared by God's Word from Genesis
to Revelation.
In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1)
is the very start of the Bible, 
while The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you. Amen 
(Revelation 22:21) concludes it.
In the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God (John 1:1)
witnesses to one God.
Jesus tells us that there is only 
one God. Abraham recognized that
there is only one God. Moses, David, 
Solomon, Isaiah ,Paul and others
all tell us that there is only
one God. 
God is infinitely perfect. God is
perfect in His Divine attributes of
or characteristics. God is
self-existent, eternal, unchangeable, 
present everywhere, knows all things, 
is all powerful, has perfect wisdom, 
is perfectly just, has perfect holiness,
is perfect truth and faithful, shows 
infinite mercy, is perfect love.
God is the Creator of all things. 
God is the Creator of the heaven and earth.
In the beginning God created the heaven and
the earth (Genesis 1:1).
God is the Creator of animal life and
every living creature.
 God is the Creator of man in 
His own image(Genesis 1:27).
God is the Preserver and Governor of
all things. God rules over what He has
created.

For by him were all things created, 
that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible ,
whether they be thrones, or dominions,
or principalities, or power ; all
things were created by Him, and for 
Him (Colossians1:16)
We must worship only the Lord our 
God.
Jesus tells us that we must worship 
only the Lord our God and serve only 
Him.
There is only one God. Our God is
eternal, unchanging, present everywhere,
all wise and all powerful. God is
perfect in holiness, in faithfulness
in mercy, and in love.
God created the world, the stars, 
and the heavens. God also created
man in His image. God rules and
governs in nature and in the hearts
of men. We worship God because
God loves us first and we love
God. We should not worship anyone
else, or anything else.
THE TRINITY
We have one God but three Persons.
There are three persons in the
Godhead -the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit - undivided in
essence and co-equal in power and
glory. Thus we have one God , but three 
Persons.
In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1).
The Lord He is God. There is none
beside Him (Deuteronomy 4:35)
And God said ,
Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness (Genesis 1:26).
God is a Person. Jesus is a Person.
The Holy spirit is a Person.
In Matthew 17:5, God the Father
said of Jesus,
 This is My beloved Son, with
whom I am well pleased ; listen 
to Him .
Jesus calls the Holy Spirit , "He ",
indicating that the Holy Spirit is a
Person also. Jesus tells us about
the Holy Spirit, saying,
 He shall teach you all things, and
bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you
(John 14:26). 
"He" indicates that the Holy Spirit 
is a Person also.
Jesus calls God the Father,
"He". This shows that the Father is
a Person (John 8:14).

WE NOW HAVE ONE GOD BUT THREE PERSON
(1) God the Father, God the Son,
God the Holy Spirit have the same
mind. They have the same thoughts. 

(2)God the Father, God the Son, 
God the Holy Spirit have the same
love for man. God is love. They
share the same concerns.

(3) God the Father, God the Son, 
God the Holy Spirit have exactly 
the same purpose. They agree with 
each other. There is no disagreement 
between them.

(4) God the Son and God the Holy Spirit 
perfectly fulfill the will of God
the Father.
We have one God , but three Persons.
The Father is not the Father. And 
the Father is not the Holy Spirit. 
The Son is not the Father. And the
Son is not the Holy Spirit.
Each Person in the  Trinity is
really and truly God and is
treated as God.
There is one God , but three Persons.
Each  Person is God - in essence and
nature.
The essence which binds Them together
in One is their common nature of Deity,
of being God.
The Father is God.
The Son is God.
The Holy Spirit is God.
For there are three that bear 
record in heaven, the Father , the
Word, and the Holy Spirit; and 
these are One (1 John 5:7)
And the Son the Lord Jesus
Christ is the Word.
There common nature of being God 
unites Them together. God is
infinitely perfect, the Creator ,
the Preserver, and the Governor of
all things. 
God is perfect in His Divine 
characteristics, or nature. God
is self-existent, eternal, unchangeable,
present everywhere, knows all things,
is powerful, has perfect wisdom, is
faithful, shows infinite mercy, is 
perfect love.
All these characteristics are found 
in the Father, the Son, and the
 Holy Spirit.
God is the Creator of all things.
 Before the heaven and earth were 
created, the Father, the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the Holy Spirit already 
were in existence.
God's Word tells us about the Father
 in the beginning.
In the beginning God created the 
heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1)
God's Word tells us about the 
Holy Spirit in the beginning.
And the earth was without form, 
and void; and darkness was upon 
the face of the deep. And the Spirit
of God moved upon the face of the 
waters (Genesis 1:2).
The Lord Jesus Christ was present 
in the beginning.
 In the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God, and 
the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with 
God.
All things were made by Him;
and without Him was not any thing
made that was made.
In Him was life; and the life was
the light of man (John 1:1-40 )
Before the world was created, 
the Word already was in existence.
The Word is everlasting.
The Word is everlasting. The Word
is the Lord Jesus Christ.
And the Word was made flesh, 
and dwelt among us,( and we
beheld His glory, the glory as
the only begotten of the Father)
full of grace and truth (John 1;14).
 
The Word becomes a human being, who
is our Lord Jesus Christ.

THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS PROMISED.

Jesus said,
 If you love me, keep my commandments.
And I will pray the Father, and He
shall give you another Comforter, that He
may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth ; whom the 
world cannot receive , because it sees 
Him not, neither knows Him ;
but you s Him ; for He dwells with you, 
and shall be in you (John 14:15:17)
Jesus commanded His chosen apostles 
that they should not depart from 
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise 
of the Father, concerning the Holy Spirit.
They were to be baptized with the
Holy Spirit in a few days.

THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

And when the day of Pentecost was 
fully come, they were all with one
accord in one place. And suddenly 
there came a sound from heaven as of
 a rushing mighty wind, and it 
filled all the house where 
they were sitting. And there appeared 
unto them cloven tongues like fire, 
and it sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the
Holy spirit, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance (Acts  2:1-4).
But this is that which was spoken
by Joel;
And it shall come to pass in the
last days, God says,
I will pour out My Spirit upon all
flesh;
and your sons and daughters shall
prophesy, and your young men shall
see visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams. And on my
servants and my handmaidens 
I will pour out in those days my
Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
And I will show wonders in heaven 
above, and signs in the earth
 beneath ; blood, and fire and
vapour of smoke. The sun shall
turned into darkness, and the
 moon into blood, before the great
and notable day of the Lord come.
And it shall come to pass, that 
whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved
(Acts 2:16-21).

THE NEW BIRTH



The faith of the crowd was resting 
mainly in the miracles, though the
meaning of the miracles of Jesus
was not sinking into their minds.
 Now when he was in Jerusalem 
at the Passover , in the feast
day, many believed in His name,
when they saw the miracles which
He did.
But Jesus did not commit Himself
unto them, because He knew all
men, but needed not that any 
should testify of man; for He
knew what was in man (John 2:23-25).
There was a man of the Pharisees, 
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the
Jews (John 3:1).
This man came to Jesus by night
and said to Him,
 Rabbi, we know that you are 
a teacher come from God; for no
one can do these signs that you
do, unless God is with him
( John 3:2).
Jesus saw through Nicodemus,
in spite of the man's lofty
religious position. Jesus knows
what is in man. a man's high 
religious position can not save
him.
Why did Nicodemus come by night ?
Was it because of fear of criticism;
or a desire for uninterrupted 
conversation ;
or simply a private investigation
before committing himself publicly
for or against Jesus ?
Many people ,like Nicodemus, recognize
Jesus as a teacher fro God. Yet they
still will not commit themselves to
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Nicodemus was a morally upright man. 
He was one of the religious leaders 
of his days. To this man Jesus told
that he must be born again. all the 
man's cleverness and high religious
position could not save him from the
bondage of sin.
 For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God 
(Romans 3:23).

If we say That we have no sin, we 
deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us (1 John 1:8)
For the wages of sin is death; 
but the gift of God is eternal life
(Romans 6:23).
For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son that
whosoever believes in Him should 
not perish but have everlasting
life.
Jesus said ,
Truly, Truly , I say to you,
Except a man is born again,
he can not see the kingdom
of God (John 3:3 )
When you accept Jesus as the
Lord of your life, Jesus
baptizes you with the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit makes the unbelieving
sinner aware of the guilt and
his need for salvation. The
Holy Spirit  makes the unbelieving 
sinner  see his need for Christ
to save him.
The Holy Spirit helps the sinner to
be born again. The new birth is
produced by the Holy Spirit.
First there must be a new spiritual
birth. Then you can experience 
God's love. Then you can experience
and understand and see the 
kingdom of God.
Nicodemus wanted to know how can
a man be born again when he is
old.
Nicodemus asked,
How can a man be born when
he is old ? Can he enter the
second time into his mother's
womb, and be born ?
(John 3:4)
Jesus said,
Truly, truly , I say to you,
unless one is born of water
and Spirit, he can not enter
into the kingdom of God. That
which is born of the flesh is
flesh,
and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
Do not marvel that I said to you.
You must be born again.
The wind blows where it wills,
and you do not know whence it
comes or whither it goes; 
so it is with everyone who is
born of the Spirit
(John 3:5-8)
Nicodemus said unto Jesus,
How can these things be ?
(John 3:9)

 Jesus answered him,
Are you a teacher of Israel, 
and yet you do not understand
this? Truly ,truly, I say to you,
we speak of what we know, and
bear witness to what  we have
seen; but you receive our
testimony.
If I told you earthly things and
you do not believe, how can you 
believe if I tell you heavenly
things ? And no man has ascended
up to heaven, but he that came
down from heaven, even the Son
of man which is in heaven. And
as Moses lifted the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the son of
man be lifted up:
That whosoever believes in Him 
should not perish, but have eternal
life (John 3:10-15).
The laws that govern the flesh 
and the laws that spirit are
not the same.
Those who lead people to worship
idols are thieves and robber.
they are the false prophets. 
They come to steal and to kill.
Jesus said to them,
 Well did Isaiah prophesy of you 
hypocrites, as it is written,
This people honors me with 
their lips, but their hearts 
is far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
teaching for doctrines the
of men.
For laying aside the commandment 
of God, you hold the traditions
of men, as washing of pots and
 cups; and many other such like
things you do (Mark 7:6-8)
Jesus is the Door to God. There 
is no other way you can come to
God. Only Jesus can save you.

God told Moses to lift up the
serpent in the wilderness for the
rebellious people to see. 
They had to make a decision. They
could choose to obey God. Or they 
could choose to rebel against God.
 Those who continued in their evil
ways perished in the wilderness.
As the result of their sins they
brought about their own death. Fiery
serpents attacked them and they 
suffered deadly bites. They
were killed by lust. They were
killed by pride. They were killed
by anger. They were killed by jealousy.
They were killed by their selfishness.
They died in the wilderness because
they worshipped idols.
They did not worshipping God in spirit 
and truth. They worshipped man's
teachings and man's traditions. They
worshipped idols. And they died in
their sins. They boasted about their
doctrines and about themselves. Their
boasting showed how little they know 
about God.
Jesus said,
 My doctrine is not mine, but He 
who sent me. If any man will do His  
will, he shall know of the doctrine,
whether it be of God, or whether 
I speak of myself (John7:16-17)
Things that can not be possible 
in the physical world of the
flesh may be possible in the
spiritual world.
A person moves into a higher level 
of life and personality when he
is born again. Just as you can 
hear the wind but can't tell 
where it comes from or  where
it will go, so is everyone who is
born of the Spirit. You can see 
the fruit of the Holy Spirit in
the person who is born of the
Spirit.
 Having purified your souls by 
your obedience to the truth for 
sincere love of the brethren, 
love one another earnestly from 
the heart. You are born again , 
not of corruptible seed, but of 
incorruptible, by the word of 
God, which lives and abides 
forever (1 Pere 1:22-23).
And be drunk with wine, wherein
is excess; 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;
Giving thanks always for all things
unto God and the Father in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Submitting yourselves one another 
in fear of God (Ephesians 5:18-21)
The believer who is filled with the
Holy Spirit is completely under the
power and direction of the Holy 
Spirit. To be filled with the Holy
Spirit means to live a life in the
power of the Holy Spirit and to
live under the guidance of the
Holy Spirit.
 If we live in the Spirit, 
let us  also walk in the Spirit.
Let us not be desirous of 
vainglory, provoking one another.
envying one another
(Galatians 5:25-26)
How do we walk in the Spirit ?
We do this through reading and
studying the Word of God, and by
prayers and by choosing to obey 
the commandments of God. As we 
give ourselves totally to god in
this way , the Holy Spirit takes
control of us. and we will enjoy 
the fullness of the Holy spirit.
How do you know when you are 
filled with the Holy Spirit ?
You will be filled with a new 
love for God, a new love for 
your neighbours, a deep joy, a 
thankfulness toward the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and a willingness
to seek the welfare of others
rather than your own.
 The fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, 
gentleness, goodness, faith, 
meekness, temperance ; against such
there is no law (Galatians 6:22-23)
 The Holy Spirit gives those of us
who place our faith in the lord 
Jesus Christ the absolute assurance 
that we are the children of God.
The Holy Spirit gives you the
comforting certainty that you are
a child of God.
The Holy Spirit produces within us
the assurance that the Lord Jesus
Christ has saved us.
Jesus calls the Holy Spirit  ;
Comforter.
The Holy Spirit gives you the
comforting peace that Jesus loves
you and has given Himself for you ;
and that all your sins are forgiven
and you are sharing His righteousness.
Absolute assurance of salvation is
not experienced through accumulating
intellectual proofs or collecting
religious experience.
We are saved through the witness of
the Holy Spirit in conjunction with
the written Word of the living God.
As we are faithful to our lord Jesus
Christ, we receive that witness of
the Holy Spirit that gives us a peace
that passes all understanding .
The Holy Spirit assures us as believers
that we are saved and that the Lord 
Jesus Christ has paid the price of 
our sins and broke the power of death.
If you trust the Lord Jesus Christ 
for salvation, the Holy Spirit lives
within you.
Jesus said,
 If you love me, you will keep
my commandments, and I will pray the
father, and He shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with 
you for ever;
even the Spirit of truth; whom
the world can not receive, because
it sees Him not, neither knows Him;
but you know him;
for He dwells with you, and shall be 
in you (John 14:15-17)
Jesus said,
A new commandment I give you;
That you love one another;
as I have loved you, that you also
love one another. By this shall
all men know that you are 
my disciples, if you have love
one to another (John 13:34-35)

JESUS THE WAY TO GOD


Jesus said,
Let not your heart be troubled;
you believe in God, believe also
in me.
In my Father's house are many
mansions. if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if 
I go and prepare a place for you ,
I will come again, and receive
you unto myself ; that where 
I am , there you may be also.
And you know the way where I am
going.
Thomas said unto him,
 Lord , we do not know where
you are going ; so how can we
know he way ?
Jesus said to him,
I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one comes unto
the Father , but by me.
If you had known me, you 
would have known my Father also ; 
and from henceforth you know
Him, and have seen Him.
Jesus tells us that our future
centers in a Person and a place.
 I will prepare a place...
I will... receive you unto 
Myself.
The expectation of the believer 
is everlasting companionship
with Christ. faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ is the believer's 
key to security, no matter how 
great might be the believer's
fear.
Jesus did not say He know the
way, the truth, and the life or
that He taught the way, the 
truth, and the life. 
Rather Jesus said,
 I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes
unto the Father , but by me.
(John14:6)
(1) I am the way
Jesus is the only way to our
heavenly father. In Christ 
we have access to God the 
Father.
Jesus said,
 I and my Father are one
(John 10:30).
We do not need to travel some
distance on the road before
we reach God. Once we reach
Jesus , the Way, we reach God.
In Christ we have access to God.
(Ephesians 2:18; Hebrews 9:8;10:20)

(2) I am the Truth.
Jesus is the Truth, concerning all
things. In Christ we have personified
the righteous standard of the way. 
Jesus is the pattern for true
living.
For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ (John 1:17).

(3)I am the Life.
Jesus is the Life. Life is  that
which sustains man on the way.
In him was life ; and life
was the light of man
John 1:4)

Jesus said,
 If you knew the gift of God, 
and who it is that is saying to
you, Give me a drink, 
you would have asked  him, and 
he would have given you living 
water
(John 4:10)

Jesus said,
 I a come that they might
 have life, and that they might 
have it more abundantly
(John10:10).
God works only through Christ for 
He is the only way to the Father
(John 1:28;John 6:46;John8:19;
John 17:25; Acts 4:12; Matt 11:27;
Luke 10:22).
No person can come to the Father 
except by perceiving the Truth
and participating in the Life
which is revealed to man in 
His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Knowledge of Christ is knowledge
of God.
Philip said to Jesus,
 Lord, show us the Father, 
and we shall be satisfied.
Jesus said to him,
 Have I been so long time
with you, and yet have you 
not known me, Philip ? 
He who has seen me has seen
the father;
How an you say, 
Show us the Father ?
Believe you not that I am in
the father , and the Father 
in me ? The words I speak to
you I speak not of myself ; 
but the Father who dwells in 
me.
He does the works.
Jesus said,  
Believe that I am in the
Father , and that the Father
in me ; or else believe me for
the very  work's sake .
Truly, truly , I say unto you,
He who believes in me, the 
works that I do shall he do
also; and greater works than 
these shall he do ; because
I go unto my Father.
and  whatsoever you shall ask
in my name, that will I do,
that the Father may be glorified
in the son.
If you ask any thing in my
name, I will do it.
Christ enables people with 
the eyes of faith to see the
invisible God, and to know God.
Jesus said ,
He who sees me, Sees Him who
sent me (John 12:45).
Christ is  the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn of 
every creature ;
For by him were all things created, 
that are in heaven, and that are in 
the earth, visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones, or dominions, 
or principalities, or powers ;
all things were created by him,
 and  for him (Colossians 1:15-16)
How can our works be greater than 
those of Jesus ?
The work could not be greater in
quality than His , but greater in
extent. Because Jesus went to 
his Father, we are able to do
these works.
Christ would now answer our prayers 
and would send the Holy Spirit 
as the unfailing source of wisdom 
and strength of God. The Holy
Spirit is a Person who lives in
us to help and guide us.
We will do greater works in 
scope - the world as against 
Palestine. We will do greater
work in time. We will do work 
throughout the centuries. There
will be greater response to our
works for the Lord. At the
Pentecost only 3000 believers
were added.
But now millions and millions have
accepted the Lord Jesus Christ.
There will be greater appeal
for our works in Christ.
Jesus said,
 And I, if I be lifted up
from the earth, will draw all
men unto me (John 12:52). 

SORROW TURNS INTO JOY
(JOHN 16:16-24)
Jesus said,
 A little while , and you 
shall not see me ;
and  again, a little while,
and you shall see me, because
I go to the Father.
Then some of His disciples said 
among themselves,
 What is that he said,
A little while  ?
We can not tell what he said.
Now Jesus knew that they were
desirous to ask him, and said 
to them,
Do you inquire among yourselves 
of that I said, A little while, 
and you shall not see me ;
and again, a little while, 
and you shall see me ?
Truly, truly , I say to you,
That you shall weep and lament,
but the world shall rejoice;
and you shall be sorrowful, but
your sorrow shall be turned into
joy.
A woman when she is about to 
give birth has sorrow, because
her hour of suffering is come;
but as soon as she is delivered
of the child , she remembers no
more the anguish, for joy that
a baby is born into the world.
And now you therefore have 
sorrow ;
but I will see again, and your
heart shall rejoice , and your
joy no man takes from you.
And in that day you shall ask me
nothing. Truly , truly, I say 
to you , Whatsoever you shall ask
the Father in my name, He will
give it to you. Until now 
you have not asked for anything 
in my name ; ask and you will
receive, so that your joy may 
be full.
the sorrow of the believers
would soon turn into joy.
The Holy spirit will be their 
Comforter. And no one and
nothing will deprive them 
of their joy.
The believer is a heir to joy
and happiness which no one can
take away.
And we know that all things work 
together for good to them who 
love God, to them who are called
according to His purpose.

OUR LORD  AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
              (John 14-16)
The Holy Spirit is the Comforter.
The Holy Spirit is a Person who
stands by you to help and comfort
you. The Holy Spirit is the
Strengthener. The Holy Spirit is
the Comforter.
Jesus said,
 If you love me, keep my
commandments. And  ;
I will pray the
Father, and He shall give you 
another Comforter, that He may 
abide with you for ever.
Even the Spirit of truth ; 
whom the world can not receive,
because it sees Him not, neither
knows Him; but you know Him ;
 for He dwells with you, and shall
be in you.
I will not leave you comfortless. 
I will come to you. Yet a little
while , and the world sees me
no more ; but you see me ; 
because I live , you shall live 
also. At that day you shall know
that I am in my Father, and you 
in me' and I in you.
He who has my commandments and
keeps them, he it is who loves
me; and he who loves me will be
loved by my Father, and I will
love him and manifest myself 
to him (John 14:15-21)

THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES FROM GOD

The Holy Spirit comes from our
heavenly Father. The Holy Spirit
is a gift from God and is not
an achievement.
Jesus said,
I will pray the Father, 
and He shall give you  another
Comforter, that He may abide 
with you for ever
(John14:16)
Jesus said,
But the Comforter , who is the Holy
Spirit , whom the Father will sent
in my name, He shall teach you
all things and bring all things
to your remembrance, whatsoever
I have said unto you (John 14:26).
In John 15:26 and John 16:7 , it is
Christ  who sends the Holy Spirit.
There is no contradiction here 
once we realize that the Persons of
the Trinity are one in their
will and love . They always agree in
everything They do.
For we are three that bear record
in heaven, the Father , the Word,
and the Holy Spirit, and these
three are one ( 1 John 5:7)

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CALLED THE
SPIRIT OF TRUTH

The Holy Spirit reveals the truth. 
Jesus is the truth.
Jesus said,
I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No man can come unto 
the Father but by me (John 14:6)
The Holy Spirit  is called the 
Spirit of truth. The Holy Spirit
reveals the truth. Jesus is the
truth.
Jesus said,
 I am the way, the truth, and 
the life. No man can come unto
the Father but by me (John14:6).
The Holy Spirit reveals the truth
about Christ. The Holy Spirit 
reveals Christ who is the truth.
 But when the Comforter is come,
whom I will send unto you from
the Father , even the Spirit of
truth, who proceeds from the
Father, He shall testify of me
(John 15:26).
But when the Spirit of truth
comes, He will guide you into
all truth ; for He will not 
speak from Himself, but 
whatsoever He shall hear , that
 shall He speak ; and he will 
show you things to come.
He shall glorify me : for He
shall receive of mine, and 
shall show it unto you.
All things that the Father has 
are mine. Therefore said I , 
that He shall take of mine, 
and shall show it unto you
(John 16:13-15).
The chief function of the Holy
Spirit is to bear witness to
Christ.
You can only confess Jesus 
is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
(1 Corinthians 12:3).
You can only confess that Jesus 
is Lord when you are guided 
by the Holy Spirit.

THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN THE
BELIEVER.
The presence of the Holy Spirit
is essential to the believer.
But you are not in the flesh,
but in the Spirit, if so be
that the Spirit of God dwells
in you. Now if any man have not
the Spirit, he is none of His
(Romans 8:9).
for he dwells with you and 
shall be in you (John 14:17).
The fullness of the Holy Spirit 
may vary in the individual life
but presence of the Holy Spirit
is in the believer.
 And be not drunk with wine,
is excess; 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 ;
Giving thanks always for all things
unto God and the Father in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Submitting yourselves one to
another in the fear of God
(Ephesians 5:18-21).

The coming of the Holy Spirit was
not simply to supply the absence 
of Jesus, but to complete His
presence.
The Holy Spirit guides the believer
to Christ. The Holy Spirit speaks only
of Christ, the Truth. Everything is
fulfilled in Christ.
The Holy Spirit is unknown to the 
world. The natural man receives not
the things of the Spirit of God ;
for they are foolishness unto the
natural man. Neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually
discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14).

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the
world an not receive, because it
sees Him not, neither knows him ;
but you know him ; for he dwells
with you, and shall be in you
(John 14:17)

THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES YOU ALL THINGS

Jesus said,
 But the Comforter, who is 
the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
will send in my name, He shall
teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you
(John 14:26) 
Jesus said,
Peace I leave with you, my peace
I give you ;
not as the world gives, give I 
unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be
afraid (John 14:27).
Jesus said,
You have heard how I said unto
you, I go away, and come again
unto you. If you loved me,
you would rejoice, because 
I said, I go unto my Father ;
for my Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you before 
it come to pass, that, when 
it come to pass, you might
believe (John 14:28-29)
Our heavenly Father is the true
Judge of righteousness. His 
readiness to receive the son
back into glory shows that
he found Jesus to be righteous.
For this reason we must rejoice
because Jesus is the truth.
Jesus said,
 For my Father is greater than I
(John 14:28)
What is Jesus saying ?
There are three Persons in the
Godhead, the Father, the Son ,
and the Holy Spirit, undivided in
essence and co-equal in power and
glory. in the Person of Jesus
Christ the Divine and human
natures are united  so that He is
truly and properly God  and truly
and properly man.
When Jesus said that His Father
is greater than he, Jesus is
not talking about himself as
God, but is talking about his
person in the present state as
a man.
Jesus came to this world as a
man . Christ is God but He
became man to show us the way,
the truth, and the life. 
When Jesus was received back
to glory by the Father, the
Holy Spirit joins Christ to
show us the way, the truth, and
the life.
The truth about all things 
can be found in Christ. Christ
is the authority of everything.
Everything is fulfilled in
Christ. The holy Spirit reveals
Christ to the believer. The
Holy Spirit reveals the truth
to the believer. Christ is
the truth.
Christ is the Finisher of that
of which He is the Author.
All things were made by Him;
and without Him was not any
thing made that was made
(John 1:3)
The chief function of the 
Holy Spirit is to bear witness to
Christ.
Anything focus attention and
interest not the person of
Christ is not of God.
Truth does not change but our 
grasp of it does.
We should not be afraid of
new light of truth because
the truth never changes.
Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, and today and
forever (Hebrews 13:8).

Gods revelation is complete
in Christ. The Holy Spirit
teaches only what is present
in Christ.



 THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

This is the work of the Holy Spirit.
(1) The Holy Spirit convicts
    (John16:8)
(2) The Holy Spirit guides us to
    Christ (John16:13).
(3) The Holy Spirit glorifies Christ
     (John16:14)

The Holy Spirit convicts sin, 
righteousness, and judgment.
Jesus said,
 And when he( the Holy Spirit) is
come, he will reprove the world of
sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment:
Of sin, because they believe not 
on me;
Of righteousness, because I go to
my Father, and you see me no more;
Of judgment, because the prince of
this world is judged
(John 16:8-11).
The word reprove means to convince 
or to convict.
The Holy Spirit leads the sinner to
see and admit his error.
The Holy spirit will prove to the
world that they are wrong about 
sin and about   what is right and
about God's judgment. Most people
believe that we must pay for the
wrongs we have done, but to 
convince a man that his righteousness
and his good works are as filthy
rags , is the work of the Holy
Spirit.
Sin is unbelief in Christ. They 
are wrong because they do not
believe in Christ. Christ is the
truth. Christ is the truth about
all things. Everything finds
its fulfillment in Christ.
In order to define sin, there
must be some kind of standard ,
and that standard is Christ.
This is the reason we need the
Word of God and not just
conscience.
The Word was God (John1:1)   
    
Truth does not change.
 Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, and today, and  forever
(Hebrews 13:8)
Jesus is the truth.
Jesus said,
I am the way, the truth, and the
life. No man comes unto the
Father , but by me
(John 14:6).

The truth is the same yesterday , today, 
and forever.
The righteousness of Christ is here
in question.
What proof that Christ is righteous
before  our heavenly Father ?
Righteousness is not established
in a pattern of conduct or code of
ethics. Righteousness is established 
only in Christ. The return of 
Christ to our heavenly Father in
gory was the ultimate proof that
Jesus is the perfect pattern for
righteousness accepted by our
heavenly Father.
By the free gift of God's grace 
we are put right with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ who sets us
free.
God offered Christ , so that by 
his death Christ should become
the way by which people's sins are
forgiven through their faith in
Him. God did this in order to
demonstrate that Christ Jesus
is righteous (Romans 1:4;
Romans 4:25; Timothy 3:16)
Whenever sin and righteousness meet,
there must be judgment.
The Holy Spirit convinces people
that they can not do as they like
and get away with it. God will
judge them.
In convincing wen of their sin
and righteousness and judgment,
the Holy spirit is simply 
continuing the work of Christ.
Sin (John 15:22);
Righteousness(John 7:24)
Judgment (John8:16)
(a) The Holy Spirit convinces man 
of his sin.
(b)The Holy Spirit convinces man
 that the Lord Jesus Christ is
perfect in righteousness and
truth.
What we see of God is not complete.
Then we shall see face to face
who God truly is. What I know 
now of God is only partial ,
then I will know God completely 
- as perfect as God's knowledge 
of me.
We can understand and see only
 a little about God now. But
someday we are going to see 
God in His completeness, face 
to face. Now all I see and 
know is hazy and blurred; but 
someday I will see everything 
clearly as God sees into my
heart right now. And now 
these three lives in us :
faith, hope , and love. And
the greatest of these is love.
The Holy Spirit teaches only 
what is present in Christ.
The Holy Spirit guides us to 
Christ.
The Holy Spirit glorifies Christ.
Jesus said,
But when the spirit of truth
comes, He will guide you into
all truth; for He will not
speak from Himself, but 
whatever he hears, He will
speak; but whatsoever He shall
hear, that shall He speak ;
and he will show you things
to come.
he shall glorify me; for He
shall receive of mine, and
shall show it unto you.
All things that the father has
are mine. Therefore said I,
that he shall take it of 
mine,
and shall show it unto you
(John 16:13-15)
The Holy Spirit guides us to
Christ.
Any religious organizations ,
any movements or programs which
do not focus on the Person of 
the Lord Jesus Christ is not 
of God
We can only believe in Christ 
as our Lord with the help of 
the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the Comforter
because He is called to help.
The Holy Spirit comes from our
heavenly Father.
The Holy Spirit is called the
Spirit of Truth (John 14:17).
The Holy Spirit lives in the
believer as Christ is with the
believer (John 14:26).
The Holy Spirit will teach us 
all things and bring all things
to our remembrance(John 14:26).
The Holy Spirit will convict the
world (John 16:8).
The Holy Spirit will convince
man that the Lord Jesus Christ
is perfect in righteousness and
truth.
The Holy Spirit will convince man
that in the end, man must meet
God for man's judgment.
The Holy Spirit will guide the
believer to Christ (John16:13).
The Holy Spirit glorifies Christ.

 CHRIST, THE WISDOM OF GOD
       (1 Corinthians 1:18-31)

It sounds foolish to those who
are perishing when they hear
that Jesus died to save them.
The message about Christ's
death on the cross is nonsense
and foolishness to those who
are being lost. But unto us
which are being saved, Christ 
is the power of God.
Christ is the power and wisdom 
of God.
God will destroy all human plans
of salvation no matter how clever
they may seem to be.
Where are the scholars ?
Where are the brilliant debaters
of this world's great affairs ? 
Where are the scribes ? Where are 
the disputers of this world ?
God has made them all look
foolish. God has shown their
cleverness and human wisdom to be
useless nonsense. God has shown
that this world's wisdom is
foolishness.
God in His wisdom made it
impossible for people to know
and find Him by means of their
human brilliance and human
cleverness.
It pleases God to save those who
put their trust in Jesus as 
their Saviour.  God sent Jesus 
into the world , not to condemn
the world, but that the world
might be saved through Him.
For God so loved the world that
He gave His only Begotten Son,
that whosoever believes in
Him should not perish but
have everlasting life .
All those who trust the Lord
Jesus Christ to save them 
shall have eternal life.
Those who don't believe in
him shall not see life, but
the wrath of god remains upon
them.
The Pharisees want to see a 
miracle as a proof that Jesus
is Christ. And the Gentiles
look for the wisdom of the 
world that will only bring 
them to their destruction and
death.
Anyone who believes in our
Lord Jesus Christ is not condemned.
But anyone who believes not is
condemned already because he
has not believed in the Son
of God.
The message about Christ's death 
on the cross is offensive to
the self-righteous religious 
people of this world and nonsense
to the Gentiles. But unto those
who are called by God, Christ is
the power of God , and the wisdom
of God.
Because the foolish of God is
wiser than men ; and the weakness
of God is stronger than men.
Now remember what you were when
God called you. Not many wise
people after the flesh, not
many mighty people , and not 
many people of high social
standing are called by God.
God has chosen the foolish things
of the world to confound the 
wise. God has chosen the weak
things of the world to bring down
the things which are mighty.
God has purposely chosen what 
the world looks down on and
despises and thinks as nothing,
in order to destroy what the
world thinks is important. 
God purposely chosen what the
world considers nonsense in order
to shame the worldly clever
people. God has chosen what the
world considers weak in order
to shame the worldly powerful 
people.
This means no one can boast in
God's presence. God has brought
you into union with Christ Jesus.
It is from God that you have 
your life through Christ Jesus.
Our Lord Jesus Christ shows us
God's plan to save us. Jesus
has made us acceptable to GOD.
In Christ Jesus, we are put
right with God. We become 
God's holy people and are set
free from the slavery of sin.
Jesus gave Himself to purchase
our freedom and salvation.
so then , as the scripture,
says,
 If any one is going to 
boast, let him boast only of
what the Lord has done.
Only the lord Jesus Christ is
worthy to be glorified and
honored.
THE WISDOM OF GOD
(1 Corinthians 2:1-16)
When Paul first came to
the Corinthians, he didn't
use lofty words and brilliant
ideas to tell them about the
Good news of Jesus Christ. Paul
came not with excellency of
speech. He did not use big
words and great learning.
For Paul has determined to
speak only of Jesus Christ
the Son of God and His death
on the cross.
Paul's speech and preaching
is not delivered with enticing
words of human cleverness,
but in demonstration of the
Holy Spirit.

Paul's speech and preaching is
not delivered with skillful 
words of natural man's cleverness.
His speech and message is
delivered with the convincing
proof of the power of the
Holy Spirit.
Your faith in Christ should 
stand firmly only upon the
lord Jesus Christ.
Your faith should not stand in 
the great ideas of the natural
men. No human being can save
you. When they die , they return
to the dust. And their great
ideas die with them.
As for man, his days are as grass.
As a flower of the field, so
he flourishes. For the wind
passes over and it is gone.
And the place thereof shall know 
it no more.
But the things of the Lord 
is from everlasting to everlasting 
upon them who love Him.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the
wisdom of God.
When we are among mature believers
of Christ, we do speak with great
wisdom, but not the wisdom of 
this world, nor of the kind that 
appeals to  the great men of 
this world. The great natural 
men are doomed to fall.
But we speak the wisdom of God in
a mystery, that God has ordained 
before the existence of the
world for our glory. The wisdom
we are speaking is God's secret
wisdom , that is hidden from
mankind, but which He has already
chosen for our glory even before
the world was created. None of
the rulers of this world knew
this wisdom.
If they had not it, they would
not have crucified the Lord
of glory.
But as it is written,
 eyes has not seen, nor ear
hears, neither have entered
into the heart of man, the
things which God has prepared 
for them that love Him.
No one has ever seen, heard,
or even imagined what wonderful
things God has prepared for
those who love God.
We know about these things
because God has sent His Holy
Spirit to tell us the wonderful 
things of God.
The Holy spirit searches all things.
The Holy spirit shows us the
deepest secret s of God.
God the Holy Spirit searches all
things, even the deep things of
God's purpose.
No one can really know what
anyone else is thinking or
what he is really like , except
that person himself. For what
man knows the things of a man
except the spirit of man which 
is in him. It is only a person's
spirit within him that knows
all about him. In the same way
only God's Holy Spirit knows
all about God.
 Now we received, not the spirit
of the world, but the Holy
Spirit to tell us about the
wonderful free gifts of love
and blessing that god has given
us. So then, we do not speak
in words taught by human wisdom,
but in words taught by the 
Holy Spirit, as we explain 
spiritual truths to you.
We speak not in words which
man's teaches ,but which the
Holy Spirit teaches, comparing
spiritual things with spiritual.
But the natural man receives
not the things of God because
they are foolishness to the
natural man.
Whoever does not have the Holy
Spirit can not receive the gifts
that come from God the Holy
Spirit. The unspiritual person
really does not understand these
gifts. They are foolishness to
him because their values can only
be judged on spiritual basis.
But he that is spiritual judges 
all things, but is himself to
be judged by no one.
For who has known the mind of
the Lord so as to instruct Him ?
But we the mind of Christ.

SPIRITUAL GIFTS
(1 Corinthians 12:1-31)

Now concerning spiritual gifts,
brethren, I do not want you to
be misinformed. You know that
 when you were heathen , you
were led astray to dumb idols,
however you may have been
moved. Therefore I want you to
understand that no one speaking
by the Spirit of God ever says,
Jesus is cursed. And
no one can say,  Jesus is
Lord, and really mean it,
unless the Holy Spirit is
helping him.
There are different kinds of 
spiritual gifts, but the same 
Holy  Spirit give them. There
are
different ways of serving, 
but the same Lord is served. 
There are different abilities
to all their particular service. 
The Holy Spirit's presence is
shown in some way in each person 
for the good of all.
The Holy Spirit  gives one 
person a message full of wisdom,
while to another person the
same Holy Spirit  gives a 
message full of knowledge.
One and the same Holy Spirit
gives faith to one person,
while to another person the 
power to heal is given the
Holy Spirit. 
The Holy Spirit gives one person
the power to work miracles;
to another person the gift of
speaking God's message ; and
to yet another person, the
ability to tell the difference
between gifts that come from
the Holy Spirit and those 
that do not.
To one person the Holy Spirit
gives the ability to speak in
strange tongue , and to 
another person the Holy Spirit
gives the ability to explain 
what is said. But it is the
same Holy Spirit who does this.
As the Holy Spirit wishes, 
He gives a different gift 
to each person.
For as the body is one, and 
has many members and all the 
members of that one body, 
being many , are one body ;
so also is Christ .
Christ is like a single body,
which has many parts; it is 
still one body , even though
it is made up of different 
parts. 
In the same way , all of us,
whether slaves or free, have
been baptized into the one
body by the same Holy Spirit,
and we have been given the
one Spirit to drink. 
As many as received Jesus,
to them God gave the power 
to become children of God, 
even to them that believe on
His name.
Behold what manner of love 
God has bestowed upon us,
that we should be the children 
of God. How great is the 
love that God has lavished upon
us that we should be called the
children of God.
As children of God , enjoy 
family relationship with a vast
number of brothers and sisters 
in Christ Jesus. We are all
part of the family of God.
And we know God as our heavenly
Father. In addition ,e are all
made to be members of one body.
We are members of the body of
Christ with Jesus as our head.
When you accept Jesus as the 
Lord of your life, Jesus baptizes
you with the Holy Spirit.
The body consists not only one
member, but consists of many
members.
A head is not a foot. But that
does not make it any  less a 
part of the body.
The ear is not an eye. But
that does not make it any 
less a part of the body.
And the eye can say to the
hand , I have no need of you.
And the hand can say to 
the feet, I have no need of
you.
If the whole body is only
an ear, where shall be 
the smelling ?
We need all the members of
the body.
God has set the members every
one of them in the body, as
it has pleased Him.
Now there are many members 
but one body. And these 
members of the body which we 
think to be less honorable ,
upon these we give more
abundant honor.
The part of the body that 
seems to be weaker are
treated with greater care.
And the body's members that
don't look very pretty are 
treated with special modesty 
that the more beautiful members
do not need.
God has put together the body
of Christ in such a way as to
give greater honor to those 
members who need it.
And so there is no division in
the body. And all the members 
have the same care for one
another. And they love their
neighbor as themselves.
And when one member suffers ,
all the members suffer with
the suffering member. Or when
one member is honored , all
the members are honored.
And the members rejoiced with
the honored member.
Now you are the body of Christ,
and members in particular. all
of you together are the body 
of Christ, and each one is a
member and part of the body 
of  Christ.
God has set the members in
the body of Christ as it
pleased Him. In the body of
Christ , there are apostles,
prophets, teachers, those
who do miracles, those who 
have the gifts of healing,
those who can help others,
those who can get people to
work together, and those 
who can speak tongues.
God gives to some people the
gift of working miracles.
Some people are blessed with 
the gift of healing. Some
people have the gift of
speaking in tongues. Some
people are blessed with the
gift of interpretation of 
tongues.
set your heart, however, on 
the more important gifts. 
Best of all is LOVE. It is
love that you must strive 
for when you serve the 
Lord Jesus Christ.
Without love your abilities
and gifts are useless.  
When you use your spiritual
gifts, you must remember to
use them in the Spirit of 
love, because God is love.
Christ's commandment  demands
only one solution. We are 
to love one another.
While we strive to love one
another, God does amazing
things. God begins to gently
fit all the members of
His family together.
The members are not the same,
but it is their difference 
that allow them to fit
together in love.
The members of the body of 
Christ, who is blessed with 
our Lord's compassion have
joined together with those
who demonstrate our Lord's
spiritual healing power.
And the members who are blessed
with the gift of teaching the
Good News of Jesus Christ have
merged with those members who
are blessed with the gift of 
prophecy.
The graceful unions of all 
of God's people unites the 
whole body of Christ in our
Lord's love.
But we are all part of the
same body. We are all members
of the body of Christ. And
since God has decided to
unite us together, we must
learn how to love each
other.
Jesus is the way, the truth,
and the life. And our Lord's
way is a way of love.

 LOVE 
(1 Corinthian 13:1-13)

Jesus is the way, the truth,
and the life. Jesus is the
way to love.
For God so loved the world 
that He gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever believes
in Him should not perish but
have everlasting life.
God has shown His love for
us, in that while we were
sinners,Christ died for us. 
It is love lavished upon us 
without a thought whether we
are worthy  to receive it or
not. Love is a gift from God. 
We are saved by the grace 
of God through our faith in
our Lord Jesus Christ.
You are saved by God's loving
kindness through your faith
in Christ. It is not the 
result of your own efforts.
It is a gift from God, so
that no one can boast about
their own efforts.
Faith works by love
(Galatians 5:6).
If you have faith in Jesus,
you will love Him.
Jesus loves you. God wants
you to know and benefit from
His love now and in the 
eternity. Only in Christ
can you find and experience 
God's love.
Only in Jesus can you find 
the purpose for your life.
Only in Christ can you find
God's wisdom that will give
you the ability to love.
Jesus is the way to love.
Everything Jesus said and
did , we can use as a pattern
for our lives. And we must 
try to live as near as our
Lord's way of life as humanly
possible with the help of
the Holy Spirit.
This is what Jesus said.
The Lord your God is 
one Lord. Love the Lord your
God with all your heart, 
with all your soul, with all
your mind, with all your
strength. This is the most
important commandment.
The second most important
commandment is this.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment
more important than these.
Most people know very little
about love. But they have
not responded to the crucified
and risen Jesus Christ.
Do you  have the love of the 
Lord ? Do you have a relationship 
with the Lord Jesus Christ 
that gives you an inner peace
that surpasses all understanding ?
In order to love Jesus, you
must accept Jesus as the Lord
of your life. You must let
the Lord Jesus Christ take
complete control of your life.
Only then will you experience
the Lord's love.
Jesus will guide you. Jesus is
the way , the truth, and the
life. Jesus is gentle and
meek. Jesus is humble. Jesus
is very patient  and kind. 
Jesus is not jealous. Jesus
is envious. Jesus is pure 
in heart. Jesus is never
proud. Jesus is never boastful.
Jesus is unselfish. Jesus is 
not touchy. Jesus is not
irritable. Jesus is very
merciful. Jesus is very 
compassionate.  Jesus seeks
after peace. Jesus hungers
and thirst after the righteousness
of God.
Jesus is not puffed up with 
pride. Jesus thinks no evil. 
Jesus rejoices not in evilness,
but in righteousness and truth
rejoices Jesus.
Jesus said,
 A new command I give you. 
Love one another. As I have 
loved you, so must you love
one another. All men will know 
that you are my disciples if
you love one another
(John 13:34-35)
Love is not fornication.
Love is not lust. Love is
not perverted sex. Flee
fornication. He who commit
fornication sins against his
own body.
 What ? Know you  not that
your body is the temple of the
Holy Spirit which is in you,
which you have of God, and
you are not your own. For
you are bought with a price.
Therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit, which
are God's 
(1 Corinthians 6:19-20) 

Lust destroys. Lust burns and
consumes with corruption and
destructions. Lust is selfishness.
Lust is a thief that comes 
to take away life.
Love is not lust. Lust comes
from the devil. Lust brings
death and destruction with
fornication, selfishness, pride,
greed, and wickedness.
Love is not lust. God is
love.
A person will reap exactly
what he has sown. Whatever a
person sows, that he also reap.
If a person plants evil seeds,
he will receive evil seeds.
If he plants seeds of evil 
desires from it will he 
receive a harvest of evil.
And he will reap a harvest 
of spiritual decay and spiritual
cancer  and death.
Now the work of the flesh are
these: unfaithfulness, stealing,
adultery, fornication, unclean
thoughts, witchcraft , drunkenness,
anger, fear , pride , idol-worship,
murders, jealousy, lust, hatred,
envy, lying and unforgiveness.
They which do these things 
shall not inherit the Kingdom
of God.
God has given you freedom, not
freedom to do evil, but freedom
to love one another.
If a person plants seeds of 
love he will receive love
during harvest time.
The Lord wants you to live 
in the Spirit of love and peace.
Therefore let be your greatest
aim when you serve the Lord 
Jesus Christ.
Love is very patient . Love is
kind. Love is not selfish.
Love is not irritable. Love
is unselfish. Love is not
happy with evil. Love is happy
with the truth of God.
Love never gives up .And its
faith, hope, and patience never
fails.
Love does not hold grudges and 
hardly even notice when others
do it wrong. Love hungers and
thirsts after the righteousness 
of God. Love is pure in heart.
Love is not glad about injustice.
Love vaults  not itself. Love
envies not .Love is charity.
Love is not easily provoked.
Love thinks no evil. Love is
humble. Love rejoices not in
evil. Love is meek and gentle.
Love is extremely kind. Love
believes all things. love 
hopes all things. Love endures
all things. love bears all
thing. love never fails.
Love comes from the Lord.
Love is everlasting.
God is love.
Though I speak with the tongues
of men and of angels, and
have no love, I am become as
sounding brass, or tinkling cymbal.
If I have not love, my speech 
will be no more than useless 
noise.
And though I have the gift
of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge ;
and though I have faith, so
that I could remove mountains, 
and have not love, I am nothing.
And if I give all my goods to
feed the poor and have not
love , it profits me nothing.
And if I give my body to be
burned and have not love, 
it will be vain and useless.
Without God's love, you are
nothing. Without God, you have
no purpose in your life.
God is love. love never fails.
But whether there be prophecies,
they shall fail. Whether there 
be abilities to speak in tongues,
they shall cease. Whether there
be knowledge, it shall vanish
away.
For we know in part, and we
prophesy in part. But when that
which is perfect is come, then
the that which is incomplete 
shall be done away.
For our gifts of knowledge and
inspired messages are partial.
But when the perfect comes, the
partial will disappear. When
I was a child, my speech,
feelings,and thinking were childish.
Now I am a man, I have no more
use for the childish ways.
What  we see now is like a
dim image in a mirror. Then
we shall see face to face.
What I know now is only partial,
then it will be complete - as
perfect as God's knowledge
of me.
We can see and understand 
only a little about God now,
as if we were peering at 
His reflection in a poor mirror ;
Someday we are going see God
in His completeness , face
to face.
Now I know is hasty and 
blurred, but someday I will
see everything clearly , just
as clearly as God sees into
my heart right now. And we
shall see God in our pure
heart.
And now these three lives
in us ; faith, hope, and
love.
And the greatest of these is
love.

SPIRITUAL GIFTS
(1 Corinthians 14:1-39)
It is love , that you
should strive for.
Let love be your greatest 
aim when you serve the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Set your hearts on spiritual
gifts, especially the gift of
proclaiming God's message.
The person who speak in 
strange tongues does not 
speak to others but to God,
because no one understands
him. He utters mysteries with
his spirit. 
But everyone who prophesies 
speaks to the people, for their
strengthening, encouragement, and
comfort. The person who proclaims
God's message speaks to people
and gives them help, encouragement,
and comfort.
He that speaks in an unknown
tongue edified himself; but he
that prophesies speaks unto the
people and edifies the body of
Christ.
The one who speaks in strange
tongues help only himself, but
the one who proclaims God's
messages helps the whole body
of Christ.
I would like all of you to
speak with tongues ; but 
I would rather that you had
the gift of proclaiming God's
message. For the person who
proclaim God's message is of
greater value than the one who
 speaks in strange tongues -
unless there is someone present
who can explain what he is 
saying in the strange tongues,
so that the whole church may
be helped.
 Now ,friends, if I come unto
you speaking with tongues, what
shall I profit you, except 
I shall speak to you either
by revelation, or by knowledge,
or by prophesying, or by
doctrine ?
So when I come unto you , 
what use will I be to you
if I speak in strange tongues ?
Not a bit, unless I bring 
you some revelation from God
or some knowledge or some 
inspired message or some
teaching from God.
And even things without life
giving sound, whether pipe or
harp , except they give a
distinction in sounds , how
shall it be known what is
piped or harped ?
For if the trumpet give an
uncertain sound, who shall prepare
himself to the battle ?
take the lifeless musical I
instruments such as the flute or
the harp - how will anyone know 
the tune that is being played
unless the notes are sounded
distinctly ? 
There is a need to speak in
plain , every day language so
that everyone can understand what
is being said.
So likewise you must speak 
words easy to be understood.
How shall anyone understand what 
you are talking about if your
message given in strange tongue
is not clear ? For you  will speak
uselessly in the air.
There are, it may be, so many 
kind of voices in the world, and
none of them is without meaning.
Therefore if I know not the meaning 
of the voice , I shall be to him
that speaks a barbarian , and he
that speaks shall be a barbarian 
to me.
Since you are eager to have gifts
of the Holy Spirit, you must
try above everything else to make
greater use of those gifts which
help to build up other believers.
You must use your spiritual 
gifts to love your neighbour as
yourself. You must use your
spiritual gifts to love God
with all your heart, with all 
your soul, with all your mind, and
with all your strength.
the Holy Spirit manifests God's 
love through each of us for
the common good. The presence
of the Holy Spirit is shown
in some way in each person for
the common good of everyone.
Wherefore let him that speak in
an unknown tongue pray that he
may interpret. For if I pray
in an unknown tongue, my spirit
prays, but my understanding is
unfruitful. What should I do
then ? I will pray with my
spirit, but I will pray also
with my mind ; 
I will sing with my spirit , 
but I will sing also with my 
mind.
But when you give thanks to
God in spirit o, how only,
how can an ordinary person
taking part in the meeting say,
AMEN, to your prayer of
thanksgiving ?
He has no way of knowing what
you are saying. Even if your 
prayer of thanks to God is
quite good, the other person
will not be helped at all.
When you shall bless with the
spirit , how shall he that
occupies the room of the 
unlearned say , AMEN, at  your
giving thanks, seeing he 
understands  not what you say ?
For you truly give thanks well,
but the other person is not 
helped.
People who are unlearned in 
spiritual matters will not be
helped if we pray in tongues
only, because they will not 
understand us.
It is better to pray with our 
understanding so that they will
understand what we are saying.
But when we pray in strange 
tongues , we should interpret,
so that they shall know what
we have said.
It is better for you to speak
a few easy words in order to
help other people than to speak
ten thousand words in an
unknown tongue.
We must not be childish in our
understanding of spiritual things.
We have to be mature in our
understanding of spiritual things.
speaking in tongues are for a 
sign, not to them that believe,
but to them that believe not.
But prophecy and the preaching of
the truth of God serves not them
that believe not, but for the
folks that believe.
If the whole church come together
into one place, and all speak with
tongues, and there comes in that 
is unlearned, will he not say
that you are mad ?
But if everyone proclaim God's 
message when an unbeliever comes
in to the meeting, he will be
convinced of his sin by what he
hears. he is the judge of what
has been said.
And thus are the secret of his
heart made manifest;
and so falling down on his face
to worship God, and report that 
God is in you of a truth.
His secret  thoughts will be
brought to the open, and he
will humble himself and worship
God, confessing,
 Truly. God is here among you
Jesus said,
 But the hour comes, and now is,
when the true worshippers shall 
worship the Father in spirit and in
truth ; for the Father seeks such to
worship him. God is a Spirit ;
and they that worship Him must 
worship Him in spirit and in truth
( John 4:23-24)

You must worship God with the 
help of the Holy Spirit. We 
must reach out to others in
a spirit of love. We must love
God with the help of the holy
Spirit.
By the power of the Holy 
Spirit, people will worship 
God as he really is, offering
Him the true worship that
He wants. 
God is a Spirit. And only
by the power of the Holy
Spirit can people worship 
God as He really is.
No one can confess,
Jesus is Lord, and really
mean it, unless the Holy Spirit
is helping him.
The Holy Spirit  shows God's
love in each of us for the
good of everyone.
When you come together in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
one of you may have a 
revelation to share with the
rest of the members of the
body of Christ. Another person 
may have an interpretation f
tongue. Another person may
have a song to share with 
the other people.
But it is the same Holy Spirit
Who does all this for you.
As the Holy Spirit wishes, the 
the Holy Spirit gives gifts
to each person so that
each person shall share his
gift of love with other people.
Everything must be of some help
to all the members. Everything
must be useful to all and
build them up in the Lord.
If anyone is going to speak in
unknown tongue, let it be done
by two or at most three. And
someone else must explain what
is being said.
But if no one is there to
explain what is to be said,
then let the one who speak 
in unknown tongue keep quiet
and to  himself and God.
Two or three may prophesy,
one at a time, so that everyone
will learn and all may be
comforted. 
The gift of proclaiming God's
message should be under the
speaker's control, because God
doe not want us to be in 
disorder.
God wants us to be in peace
and harmony with one another.
God wants us to love our 
neighbour as ourselves. Let 
all things to be done  decently
and in order.
All spiritual gifts must be 
used in a spirit of love. Your
abilities would be of no use,
if you don't use them in a
spirit of love.
God is love (1 John 4:8).
We can only  worship God
if we love God with all our
heart, with all our soul, 
with all our mind, and with 
all our strength.
When we proclaim God's Good
News , we must do it in a 
spirit of love.
When we tell people about Christ,
we must do it in a spirit of
love.
When we help others , we must 
do it in a spirit of love.
When we reach out to our
suffering neighbours, we 
must reach out in a spirit
of love.
In all things that we do
we must do it in a spirit
of love. we must let God's 
love shine out from our
hearts with the help of
the Holy Spirit.
We must let God's love
shine out from our heart
to brighten the darkness
 of the world. 
Let the Holy Spirit help your
love shine brightly in the
darkness of your suffering
neighbour's soul.
Who is our neighbour ?
All human beings are our
neighbour. God is the
Creator of the human race.
God loves man. And God
wants us to love one
another.

LIFE IN GOD'S SERVICE
(Romans 12:21-22)

Offer your bodies as living
sacrifices, holy ,and pleasing
to God - which is your spiritual
worship. Do not conform yourselves
to the standards of the world,
but let God transform you
inwardly by a complete change
of your mind. Then you will
be able to know the will of
God. Then you will know what
is good and pleasing to God.
Do not think of yourself more
highly than you should.
Instead be modest in your
thinking, and judge yourself 
according to the amount of
faith that God has given you.
For as we have many members in
one body , and all members have 
not the same office. Just as 
there are many parts to our 
body, so it is with Christ's
body. We are all part of it ,
and it takes very one of us
to make it complete , because 
we each have different work to
do. We need each other.
We have different gifts, according
to the grace given us.

If a man's spiritual gift is 
prophesying, let him use it in
proportion to his faith. If it 
is serving, let him serve.
If it is encouraging, let him
encourage.
If his spiritual gift is
contributing to the needs of
others, let him give generously.
If his spiritual gift is 
leadership , let him govern diligently.
If his spiritual gift is showing
mercy. let him do it cheerfully.
Love must be sincere. Don't 
pretend that you love others.
Really love them. Hate what is
evil. Cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another in
brotherly love. Honor one another
above yourselves. Don't be lazy.
Be fervent in spirit of love.
Serve the Lord enthusiastically.
Rejoice in hope ; Be patient.
Be prayerful always . Help those
who are in need. Bless them
who persecute you. Bless , and
curse n
Rejoice with that do rejoice.
 And weep with them that weep.
work happily together. Don't
try to act big. Don't try to
get into the good graces of 
important people. But enjoy
the company of ordinary folks.
Be not wise in your own conceits.
be honest in the sight of
everyone. never pay back evil 
for evil. be peaceful with
everyone. be not overcome of
evil. Defeat evil with love.

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
The fruit of the Spirit is 
God's expectation in our lives. 
In Matthew 13, Jesus told the
parable of the seed  and the
sower . A man went to sow seed.
As he scattered the seed in the
field , some of it fell along
the path, and the birds came
and ate it up. 
Some of seed fell on rocky
ground , where there was
little soil . The seeds soon
sprout but the soil wasn't deep . 
When the sun  came up , it
burned the young plants ;
and because the roots had 
not grown deep , the plants
soon dried up. Some of the
seed fell among thorn bushes,
which grew up and choked the
plants.
Some of the seeds fell on good
soil, and the plants bore fruit,
abundantly. So we are to bear 
fruit, as the Word of God
begins to work in our lives
in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Only the Holy Spirit can
produce the fruit of the Spirit
in our lives.
The Holy Spirit  develops within
us a character like Christ.
God's purpose is that we would
become mature people, reaching
to the very height of perfection
found in Christ.
 Blessed are those people
who find joy in  obeying the
law of the Lord. And they 
study it day and night.
They are like trees that 
grew beside a stream , that
bear fruit at the right time,
and whose leaves do not dry
up. They succeed in everything
they do (Psalm 1:2-3).
Jesus said,
 Abide in me, and I in you,
as a branch cannot bear fruit
of itself, except it abide in
the vine . You are the branches.
He who abides in me, and I in
him, he bears much fruit ;
for apart from me you can do
nothing (John 15:4-5).

But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith ,
self-control against such there
is no law.
And those who belong to Christ 
Jesus have put to death their 
human nature of flesh with
its lust and evil desires. 
If we live in the Spirit ,
let us also walk in the 
Spirit. We must  not be proud.
We must not be puffed up in 
pride. We must not irritate
one another. We must not be
jealous of one another
(Galatians 5:22-26).

 SELF  CONTROL 
The fruit of the Spirit is
self-control . Self-control
is temperance. When a person 
has self-control , his thoughts
and actions are under the
control of the Holy Spirit.
Self-control  in our use of
food is moderation.
Self-control in matters of
dress is modesty.
Self-control in relation to
sinful pleasure is abstinence.
He who is so in anger is 
better than the mighty , and 
he who rules his spirit, than 
he who captures a city
(Proverb 16:32).
Those who live according to
their sinful nature have their
minds set on what nature desires;
but those who lives in accordance
to the Holy Spirit have their
minds set on what the Holy
Spirit desires (Romans 8:5).
Self-control is very important.
Every athlete is training 
submits to strict discipline,
in order to win a prize that
will not last. But we , believers,
do it  for a prize that will
last forever. Run in such a 
way as to win the prize.
That is why I run straight
for the finish line. I harden
my body with exercise and 
bring it under complete 
control, to keep myself from
being disqualified after having
call others to the contest.
I therefore run , not as uncertainty;
so I fight , not as one that 
beats the air. But I keep under
my body, and bring it into 
subjection ; lest by any means,
when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway
(1 Corinthians 9:26-27)
 God's divine power has given
us everything we need to live
a life that is pleasing to God,
through our knowledge of Christ
who called us to share His own
glory and virtue. In this way
God has given us the very 
great and precious gifts He
promised, so that by these we 
might be partakers of God's
divine nature, having escaped
the corruption that is in the
world.
And besides this, giving all
diligence, add to your faith
virtue. And to virtue, add
knowledge. And to knowledge add
self-control.
And to self-control add patience.
And to patience add godliness.
And to godliness add brotherly
kindness.
And to brotherly kindness add
love.
For if these things be in you,
and abound, they make you that 
you shall neither be barren nor
unfruitful in the knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
These are the qualities you need.
And if you have them in abundance,
they will make you fruitful in
your knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
 
MEEKNESS
Meekness is the fruit of the
Spirit. 
But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness ,
terperance;
against such thee is no law.
 Blessed are the meek, 
for they shall inherit the earth
(Matthew 5:5)<
 But the meek shall inherit
the earth; and shall delight
themselves in the abundance
of peace (Psalm 37:11)
Jesus is the source of our
meekness. Jesus said,
 Come unto me, all you that
labour and heavy laden , and
I will give you rest ; for
I am meek and lowly in heart;
and you shall find rest unto
your souls. For my yoke is
easy , and my burden is
light (Matt 11:28-30) 
The meek are happy, because
they  have peace.
Until he was tamed by the
Holy Spirit, Peter was a wild 
man. Peter was rough. But 
the Holy Spirit  tamed Peter, 
and he became meek. 
Moses was also a wild man 
who needed forty years in
the wilderness before he
was brought under God's 
control. A wild man is
of no use to God.. But
God can use  a meek person.
Meekness is heart, soul,
mind, and strength under
God's control.
Our Lord Jesus was a meek
person. Christ is the way
for us to go. Jesus is
the perfect example and 
pattern for us to follow.
 He was oppressed, 
and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his
mouth. He is brought
as a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before
her shearers is dumb, so
he opens not his mouth
(Isaiah 53:7)
 Meekness is love under 
discipline. Meekness comes from
Christ. Meekness grows in the
heavy atmosphere of hostility.
This inward quiet strength is
a growing work of the Holy Spirit.
A meek person does not take
revenge when his feelings are
stirred up, as did Peter when he 
slashed the ear of the soldier
at the arrest of Jesus in the
garden.
Jesus rebuked Peter for his ungodly 
behavior (Matthew 5:44).
Jesus is meek and humble in
heart.
We must not crave to power over
others. We are to serve others.
We must desire that in all things
Jesus Christ must be Lord.
Do not think of yourself of more
highly than you ought, but
rather think of yourself with
sober judgment . Be devoted
to one another in brotherly 
love. Honor one another
above yourselves.
Lifting the Lord Jesus Christ
makes it possible for meekness
to become one of virtues.

JOY
The fruit of the Spirit is JOY.
Joy comes from God.
The joy of the Holy Spirit
(1 Thessalonians 1:6)
The joy of the Lord is your
strength (Nehemiah 8:10)
Jesus said,
These things have I spoken
unto you , that my joy might
remain in you, and that your
joy might be full (John 15:11)
God the Holy Spirit, filled us 
with joy regardless of circumstances.
All the tragedies and troubles of
the world can not stop the joy
which the Holy Spirit brings
into the human heart.

PATIENCE
The fruit of the Spirit is patience.
Patience is long-suffering. Patience
speaks of a person enduring 
ill-treatment without anger or 
thought of retaliation or revenge.
Love is patient, and kind.
Patience is compassion, gracious ,
and perseverance . Patience is
the ability to endure weariness ,
ill-treatment, and persecution
when doing the work of the Lord.
You can be  strengthened with 
all might , according to His glorious
power , unto all patience and
long-suffering with joyfulness
(Colossians 1:11)
 Consider it all joy, my brethren,
when encounter various trials,
knowing that the testing of your
faith produces endurance
(James 1:2-3)
The trials forces us to call 
upon the Holy Spirit to help
us. We learn to draw more upon
the source of God's strength
that produce more patience 
which is the fruit of the
Spirit.
The regular exercise of patience 
and long-suffering in the small
daily frustrations prepare us 
to endure when the great trials 
and persecutions come.
We are to be  patient in
tribulation , continuing instant
in prayer (Romans 12:12)
God the Holy Spirit is always
there, ready to help you win
victory in your spiritual battles.
Jesus tells us,
 By your perseverance you will 
win souls (Luke 21:19)
Joseph had been sold into slavery
by his brothers who hated him.
Joseph had been wrongly accused by
Potiphar who put him in prison.
But through his trials , Joseph 
developed patience.
The wisdom of God is pure first 
of all. It is also peaceful, 
gentle , and friendly. It is
full of compassion and produces 
a harvest of good deeds. It is
free from prejudice and hypocrisy.
A goodness is the harvest that is
produced fro the seeds of the
peacemakers.

GOODNESS
Goodness is the fruit of the Holy
Spirit in your life.
God is good. God is perfect 
in goodness. 
Now you are the light in 
the Lord.
Walk as children of the light.
Jesus is the Light of the world.
For the fruit of the Spirit 
is in all goodness and righteousness
 and truth ;
proving what is acceptable unto the
Lord(Ephesians 5:9-10)
Holy Spirit produces the goodness 
that comes from God .
Goodness is love in action.
Goodness is righteousness demonstrated
in every day living in the Holy
Spirit. To be good is to be
like Christ Jesus. True goodness is
a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Man's effort to achieve it own 
his own effort and work can
never succeed. Man's work and
effort are but filthy rags .
Not only our bad habits and 
deeds are offensive to God.
Even what we would consider
our best human deeds and thoughts
offend God as well. They are 
but filthy rags because by
comparison with God's holy 
Character they fall so far short.
Only the Holy Spirit can produce
the goodness that is pleasing to
God. Patience, kindness and 
goodness express our love toward
our neighbor. It is love in
action. It is loving our
neighbor as ourselves.

KINDNESS
Kindness is the fruit of the 
Holy Spirit in your life.
Kindness is gentleness.
Gentleness washes away all that
is harsh.
Gentleness is love enduring.
Jesus is a gentle person. 
As followers of Christ , we 
must learn to be gentle and
kind like our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bible gives us good examples 
of gentleness of the three Persons
of the Trinity.
David said of God,
 You give me your shield of
your salvation. And your right
hand has held me up, and your
gentleness has made me great
(Psalm 18:35)
In 2 Corinthians 10:1 ,
the Scriptures tell us of
the meekness and gentleness
of Christ.
In Galatians 5:22, it is written
about  the gentleness of
the Holy Spirit.
Jesus was kind and gentle to
everyone. Even the small 
children knew His gentleness and
come to His eagerly and without
fear.
The servant of the Lord must 
not strive , but be gentle unto
all men (2Timothy 2:24).
The wisdom that is from above is
first pure, the peaceable, gentle,
and easy to be intreated ,full
of mercy and good fruits, without
partiality, and without hypocrisy
(James 3:17).
The wisdom from above is pure 
fruit  first of all .
It is also gentle , peaceful,
and peaceful;. and friendly.
It is free
from prejudice and hypocrisy.
And goodness is the harvest. 

PEACE
Peace is the fruit of the 
Holy Spirit in your life.
Peace is rest in Christ who 
gives the believer unity,
rest , completeness ,and security.
The God of our Lord Jesus
Christ...raised him from the
dead, and ,made him to sit at
His right hand in heavenly 
places, far above all rule,
and authority , and power, and
dominion, and every name that
is named , not only in this world,
but also in that which is to
come (Ephesians 1:17-21).
 God raised up with Christ, 
and made us to sit with Christ
in heavenly places, in Christ 
Jesus:
That in the ages to come 
He might show the exceeding riches
of His grace , in His kindness 
toward us, through Christ Jesus.
For by His grace are you saved
through faith ; and that not
of yourselves. It is the gift
of God - not of works , lest any
man should boast
(Ephesians 2:6-9).
What God's basis for the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit ?
It is the exaltation of the Lord
Jesus Christ (Acts 2:23).
Our sins are forgiven  because
Christ died for us on the cross.
Because Christ is raised up to
the throne, we are powered by
the Holy Spirit.
We didn't merit forgiveness. And
we did merit the gift of the
holy Spirit. We received everything
not by our own efforts and works ,
but sitting down, not by doing
but by resting in the Lord Jesus
Christ.
All spiritual experience begins 
from rest in Christ . The Lord 
Jesus Christ has done everything 
for us. And we now need only to
rest confidently in the Lord Jesus
Christ.
The Lord Jesus Christ is seated 
in throne, so we are carried 
through to victory in His 
strength.
Sitting describes our position with
Christ in heaven. Walking is what
we do here in the world. Are you
walking according to God's will
for your life in Christ ?
Are you walking in the Spirit ?
What a wonderful glorious hope 
we have because Christ is our
hope .
Come to Jesus, all you who are
tired from carrying heavy loads
and burdens . And Jesus will
give you rest. Come to Jesus,
all you who labour and are heavy 
laden. And Jesus will give rest
Jesus said,
I  am come that they might
have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly
(John 10:10).
In our sufferings and sorrows,
Christ has come to share our
burdens because He loves us.
In the midst of the problems 
and wars of the world, you came
have peace in the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Jesus said,
 Peace I leave you, my peace
I give you (John 14:27).
For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son
that whosoever believes in 
Him should not perish but have
everlasting life. he who has
the Son have life. He who has
not the Son has not life.
Now will you accept Jesus
into your life as the Lord and
Saviour of your life ?
If you accept Jesus as the Lord
and Saviour of your life, the
peace of God, which passes all
understanding , shall keep
your heart and mind through the
Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lord Jesus  is standing at 
the door of our hearts and
knocks, saying,
 Behold , I stand at the
door , and knock. If any man
hears my voice, and opens
the door , I will come in
to him, and will sup with
him and he with me
(Revelation 3:20)


FAITH
Faith is faithfulness  produced by
the holy Spirit in a believer's
life.
Faith brings positive results. 
To walk in faith brings glory to
God. The person of faith is
standing on the most solid 
foundation ,the Lord Jesus Christ.
Without faith, it is impossible 
to please God. Whatsoever is not
faith is sin.
God is faithful, who will not 
suffer you to be tempted above
that you are able; but will with
the temptation also make a way
to escape, that you may be 
able to bear it
( Corinthians 10;13).
Trials and difficulties may pile
up mountain high, but they only
drive us closer to god.
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though  
earth be removed, though the
mountains be carried into the
midst of the sea ; though the
waters thereof roar and be troubled,
though the mountain shake with
the swelling thereof
(Psalm 46:1-3).
Faith always acts according to the
mind of Christ. And we know that 
all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them
who are  called according to
His purpose (Romans 8:28)
Jesus said,
 With man it is impossible, but
not with God. For with God all
things are possible(Mark 10:27)
 And whatever we ask, we receive
of Him, because we keep His 
commandments, and do these things
that are pleasing in His sight
(1 John 3:22)
Beloved , think not strange concerning 
the fiery trial which is to try you,
 as though some strange thing happen
to you (1 Peter 4:12)
But rejoice, in as much as you
are sharing Christ's sufferings,
so that you may be full of joy 
when His glory is revealed.
Our faith is greatly strengthened
when we come to see that only
God can help us and that only
God is the answer to all 
problems and needs. 
But my God shall supply all 
your need according to His
riches in glory by Christ Jesus
(Philippians 4:19)
Faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen
(Hebrews 11:1)
To have faith is to be sure 
of the things we hope for. 
To have faith is to be certain 
of that what we hope for is
waiting for us, even though
we can not see it up ahead.
It is by faith in God that 
people ancient times won
God's approval.
Through faith we understand that
the worlds were created by the
Word of God so that what can
be seen was made out of what
can not be seen.Through faith 
we understand that the worlds 
were framed by the Word of 
God, so that things which are
seen were not made of things 
which do appear.(Hebrews 11:3)
By faith Abel offered unto God a 
more excellent sacrifice than
Cain. Through his faith Abel
won God's approval as a righteous
man , because God approved of
his gifts. And by faith  he
being dead yet speaks.
Enoch trusted God. he was taken
up to God, because he pleased
God. But without faith it is
impossible to please God; for
he who comes to God must 
believe that He is, and that
God is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek Him.
BY faith Noah, being warned of
God of things not seen as yet,
moved with fear, prepared an ark 
to the saving of his family ;
by faith Noah became heir to
the righteousness. Because his
faith in God , Noah became one 
of those whom God has accepted.
It is Abraham's faith in God.
Abraham obeyed God when God
called him to go out to a
country which God had promised 
to give him. Abraham trusted 
in God. Abraham left his own
country without knowing where
he was going. By faith Abraham
lived as a foreigner in a new
land. He lived in tents as
did Isaac and Jacob, who received
the same promise from God.
Abraham did this because he 
was confidently  waiting for
God to bring him to that
heavenly city which God has
designed and built, the city
with everlasting foundation.
Heb 11:9 By faith he sojourned
 in the land  of promise,
 as in a strange country,
 dwelling  in tabernacles with
 Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with

         him of the same promise:

By faith Abraham lived in the
 land of promise. By faith

he was a wandered in the land
 of agreement , as an alien.

He lived in tents like a mere
 visitor. Jacob and Isaac

were to share the same promise
 with him. God gave

 Isaac and Jacob the same promise.



Heb 11:10 For he looked for a city
 which hath  foundations, whose 
builder and maker is God.

Abraham looked for a city which 
has sure foundations. He

was looking for the heavenly
 city with foundations that

was built by God.


Heb 11:11 Through faith also Sara
 herself received

 strength to conceive seed,

and was delivered of a child when
 she was past age,

 because she judged him faithful 
who had promised.

Through faith Sarah got strength
 and power to become

 a mother . Faith enabled Sarah ,
 barren till then to

conceive offspring. Even she
 was past the normal age for

child bearing, she trusted God
 to be faithful in His

promise.


Heb 11:12 Therefore sprang there
 even of one,

 and him as good as dead,
 so many as the stars

 of the sky in multitude,
 and as the sand which is by
 the sea shore innumerable.

Abraham was very old and considered
 as good as dead.

From this very old man sprang
 so many offsprings as the

stars of the sky in multitude.
 There sprang from this

man such a multitude of people
 as the countless grains

of sand by the sea shore.



Heb 11:13 These all died in
 faith, not having

 received the promises,
 but having seen them afar off,

 and were persuaded of them,
 and embraced them, and

 confessed that they were 
strangers and pilgrims on the

          earth. 

These folks all died in faith,
 without receiving the 

tangible fulfilment of the promise.
 But they saw the fulfilment of the
 promise from far away. They believed

in God's promise. they were 
persuaded that God is faithful

in His promise.They embraced the
 promise and they hailed it

with delight. These folks admitted
 freely that they were

strangers and pilgrims on earth.
 They confessed that they

have no permanent home on earth.



Heb 11:14 For they that say
 such things declare

 plainly that they seek a country. 

For these folks who say such 
things make it clear that

they are seeking a homeland.


Heb 11:15 And truly, if they
 had been mindful

 of that country from whence
 they came out,

 they might have had opportunity
 to have returned.

If their hearts had been of the
 old country that

 they had gone out of,they had 
the opportunity to return.

They had the chance to return 
to their old ways.
 


Heb 11:16 But now they desire
 a better country,

 that is, an heavenly:

wherefore God is not ashamed
 to be called their God:

 for he hath prepared for
 them a city. 

But now they desire a better
 country, that is, an heavenly

country. Therefore God is not
 ashamed to be called their

God. Indeed God had prepared 
to receive them in a heavenly

city.



Heb 11:17 By faith Abraham,
 when he was tried,

 offered up Isaac: and he that
 had received the promises 
offered up his only begotten son, 

Abraham was put to test. 
Abraham showed his faith in God

by offering his only begotten
 son Isaac as a sacrifice.

He who had received God's promises
, was offering up his only

begotten son as a sacrifice.



Heb 11:18 Of whom it was said,
 That in Isaac shall thy seed 
be called:

It was the son concerning whom
 it had been promised.

Through Isaac , the descendants
 of Abraham will be

traced.



Heb 11:19 Accounting that
 God was able to 

raise him up, even from the dead;

from whence also he received 
him in a figure.


For Abraham believed that God
 had the power even to

raise the dead. Hence , Abraham did
 received him back.

Abraham did get him back as if
 from death.

Heb 11:20 By faith Isaac
 blessed Jacob and

 Esau concerning things to come.

          By faith Isaac gave
 Jacob and Essau his blessing

concerning things to come.


Heb 11:21 By faith Jacob, when
 he was a dying,

 blessed both the sons of Joseph; 
and worshipped,

 leaning upon the top of his staff.

Jacob had faith in the Lord.
 even when he was dying, Jacob

worshipped the Lord, leaning 
upon the top of his staff
 Jacob blessed both the sons 
of Joseph. They inherited

the promise from Jacob.
 

Heb 11:22 By faith Joseph, 
when he died, made

 mention of the departing of
 the children of Israel;

 and gave commandment concerning
 his bones.

By faith Joseph spoke confidently
 of God bringing the

people of Israel out of Egypt .
 He gave instructions

 to bring his bones to the 
promised land.


Heb 11:23 By faith Moses,
 when he was born,

 was hid three months of his
 parents, because  they saw he
 was a proper child;

 and they were not afraid of 
the king's  commandment.

The king ordered that all
 new-born Hebrew babies should

be killed. But the parents 
of Moses were not afraid of

the king's commandment because
 they had faith in God.

By faith , they hid Moses for
 three months.



Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, 
when he was come

 to years, refused to be called
 the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

By faith Moses , when he grew up ,
 refused to be known as

a son of the daughter of Pharoah.



Choosing rather to suffer affliction

 with the people of God, than
 to enjoy the  pleasures of sin
 for a season;
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater

 riches than the treasures in Egypt:

 for he had respect unto the 
recompense of  the reward.



(Heb11:25-26)
Moses choose rather to suffer the
 hardships with the people of God,
 than to enjoy the short-lived 
pleasures of sin.

 Moses considered that it is 
better to suffer for the

Lord as greater riches than
 the treasures of Egypt. 

Moses had fixed his gazed 
on the coming reward. 

Moses wanted the heavenly reward.


Heb 11:27 By faith he forsook
 Egypt, not fearing 

the wrath of the king: for he 
endured, as seeing him

 who is invisible.

By Faith , Moses foreshake Egypt .
 He did not fear 

the king's anger. Moses was able
 to endure all the

dangers, obstacles, abd hardships,
 because he see

God who is invisible.



Through faith Moses established
 the Passover as the

 Lord had instructed him. He 
followed God's instructions

to sprinkle blood on doorposts 
so that the destroying angel

should not touch the firstborns 
of Israel.

Heb 11:28 Through faith he
 kept the Passover,

 and the sprinkling of blood,
 lest he that destroyed

 the firstborn should touch them.

By faith the believers crossed
 the Red Sea as though

 they were passing over dry land.
 But when the Egyptians

 were chasing them to kill them,
 the Egyptians were drown.


Heb 11:29 By faith they 
passed through the

 Red sea as by dry land:

 which the Egyptians assaying
 to do were drowned.

Heb 11:30 By faith the walls 
of Jericho fell down,

 after they were compassed about
 seven days. 


By faith the strong walls of
 Jericho collapsed, after the

children of Israel marched 
around it for seven days.

It is faith that brought the
 strong walls of Jericho

tumbling down.

Heb 11:31 By faith the harlot
 Rahab perished not

 with them that believed not, 
when she had received

 the spies with peace.


By faith the harlot Rehab was
 not put to death

 with those unbelievers. She 
had faith in God and 

received God's people with peace.


Heb 11:32 And what shall
 I more say? for the time 

would fail me to tell of Gideon,
 and of Barak, and of

 Samson, and of Jephthae;
 of David also, and Samuel,
 and of the prophets: 

There are many examples of faithful
 believers. Gideon,

Barak, Samson, Jephthae, David , Samuel,
 and the prophets...


Heb 11:33 Who through faith subdued
 kingdoms, wrought

 righteousness, obtained promises,
 stopped the mouths of

 lions,

Men through faith  conquered kingdoms,
 and ruled righteously.

 The faithful folks received new
 promises from God .

 They are kept from the harm in
 a den of lions.
Heb 11:34 Quenched the violence 
of fire, escaped the

 edge of the sword, out of weakness
 were made strong, 

waxed valiant in fight, turned to
 flight the armies

 of the aliens.

The faithful folks extinguished 
the raging fire.

 They escaped the edge of the sword.
 These folks were

 made powerful when they had been weak.
 They became

mighty in war. They proved to be 
mighty warriors and

 chased away alien armies.
 

Heb 11:35 Women received their
 dead raised to life

 again: and others were tortured,
 not accepting deliverance; 
that they might obtain a better

          resurrection: 

Women had their dead folks restored 
by resurrection. 

Other were tortured. But they did
 not give up their faith.

They did not accept deliverance
 to hell. They wanted

 God to resurrect them after 
they had died.


Heb 11:36 And others had trial 
of cruel mockings
 and scourgings, yea, moreover of
 bonds and imprisonment: 
Other folks stood the test of
 taunts and scourgings.
 They were exposed to public 
mockery and floggings. They
were chained and imprisoned.


They were stoned to death. They 
were cut in pieces.
They were tempted to sin. They
 were killed with the 
sword. Because of faith, they
 wandered about clothed in
skins of sheep and goats. Many
 folks became refugees with
nothing but cheap animal skins
 to cover themselves.
 They lost everything. They were
 oppressed, persecuted,
 and cruelly treated. Because 
of their faith, they suffered
in poverty , and in distress.


Heb 11:37 They were stoned, 
they were sawn asunder,

 were tempted, were slain with
 the sword: 

they wandered about in
 sheepskins and goatskins;

being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 


They were too good for the world.
 The world was not worthy of

these good folks. They wandered 
in waste lands and mountains. 

They lived as vagrants in dens
 and caves of the earth. They hid

themselves in caverns and holes
 in the ground.


Heb 11:38 (Of whom the world
 was not worthy:)
 they wandered in deserts, and 
in mountains,
 and in dens and caves of the earth.
Though all these folks by their
 faith won God's approval,
 they did not  receive the promise .
 None of these folks
received the fulfilment of His
 promise. This is because
the best part of the promise
 is yet to come. 

Heb 11:39 And these all,
 having obtained a good
 report through faith, received
 not the promise:


Heb 11:40 God having provided
 some better thing 
for us, that they without us
 should not be made
 perfect.
God had something better planned
 for all of us.

All of us together will be made 
perfect at the same time.
 These faithful folks are waiting
 for us to be made
perfect by God.

All these people of faith , 
though they trusted God and
won His approval, none of
them received all that God
has promised them, because
God's purpose was that only
in the company with us would
they would be made perfect. 
God wanted them to wait and 
share the even better rewards
that were prepared for us.
 Desperate situations is the
very atmosphere of miracles.
In great miracles, the condition
is not only difficult but
impossible for man. When we
depend on human , world education,
or organizations, will fail
because we will get only what
they can do.
But if we depend o God, we
will get what God can do.
With man it is impossible,
but not with God. For with
God all things are possible.
 Faith may be cultivated by
meditating upon the ways
and works of God. You must
believe in the Word of God ,
meditating the Word, and
practicing it.

If you want God to answer your 
prayers, you must do the will
of God. First you must examine
carefully whether what you are 
trusting for was something in
accordance with His promise in
his written Word.
Faith does not come by waiting 
for it. Faith comes by using
what you have.
Often people wait for obstacles 
to be removed, when they ought 
to move forward as if there 
were no obstacles.
Faith begins where sight and
senses fail.
Often to look is to fail.
Jesus was walking on top of
the water. And Peter was walking
on the water toward Jesus. But
when Peter look at the waves of 
the sea and when he took his
eyes off Jesus, Peter began to
sink into the sea of problems
and troubles.
If you have doubts and take 
your eyes off Jesus, you too 
will sink into seas of problems
and seas of worldly chaos 
that are controlled by the
devil.
Keep your eyes on Jesus.
Jesus said,
 All things are possible
to him that believes
Whoever believes that Jesus
is Christ is born of God.
All who love the heavenly 
Father also love His children.
By this we know that we love
and keep His commands. We
keep His commandments because
we love God. 
And His commandments are not 
too hard for us. For whoever
is born of God is able to
defeat the evil of the world.
And we win the victory over
the evil of the world by our
faith in God.
For by grace you are saved
through in the Lord Jesus
Christ; and that not of
yourselves. It is the gift
of God ; not of works ,
lest any man should boast.
Fight the good fight of faith.
Lay hold on the eternal life.
For it was to this life God 
called you when you firmly
tell others of your faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We look not at the things 
which are seen for the things
which are seen are temporal ;
but the things which are not
seen are eternal
(2 Corinthians 4:18).
We do not look at things we 
can see right now, the evil
around us. But we look forward
toward  to the happiness and 
joy  in heaven which we have 
not yet seen. The evil and
chaos of the world will soon
be over but the happiness 
and joy will last forever.
Faith looks beyond the human
and behold the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Faith is taking hold of the
Lord Jesus Christ and not
letting go . We can trust
Christ who died for us because
He loves us so much that He
gave His life for us.
Prayer brings victory. Prayer
means that in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ , we take 
what our Lord Jesus bought with
His precious blood .
There is only fellowship with
God through His Son Christ Jesus.
God answers prayers only through
His Son Christ Jesus.
Jesus said,
 I am the way , the truth ,
and the life. No man comes unto
the Father , but by me .
For through Christ we both have 
access by one Spirit unto the
Father (Ephesians 2:18).
If problems and troubles drive
you to prayer , prayer will
drive problems and troubles away.
Jesus never taught His disciples
how to preach. Jesus only taught
them how to pray.
Elijah prayed earnestly (1 King 18:42).
Six times Elijah received a 
discouraging report. Most people
would have stopped at the third
of fourth time. And nearly all
would have stopped praying by
the fifth time. Not so with
Elijah. Elijah had faith in his
God. Elijah refused to give up.
Elijah kept on praying. Elijah
refused to be discouraged, even
with seeming failures. Not until
Elijah had prayed the seventh
time was he rewarded.
God does not answer cold or
half-hearted prayers. Pray to
the Lord with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all
your mind, and with all your
strength.
Jesus said,
Whatsoever you shall the Father 
in my name, He will give it to
you.
Jesus said,
You were faithful with a few
things. I will put you in charge
of many things (Matthew 25:31).
The Holy Spirit helps the believer
to be faithful to his testimony ,
to be faithful to his commitments 
and calling, to be faithful to
the commands of Christ.
Jesus said,
Be faithful until death, and 
I will give you the crown of
life(Revelation 2:10)
You are God's building. Each 
person must be careful how he
builds. For God has already 
placed Jesus Christ as the one
and only foundation , and no
other foundation can be laid.
No one can confess Jesus is
Lord unless he is guided by
the Holy Spirit. 
If we allow the Holy Spirit
to control all areas of our 
lives we will grow in our
faithfulness to Christ and will
produce good fruits.

LOVE
 Jesus said,
A new commandment I give you,
Love one another . As I have 
loved you, so must you love
one another. If you have love
for one another, then everyone
will know that you are my
disciples
(John13:34-35)
The new commandment that Jesus
gave to His disciples is that
they must love one another.
It is an old commandment in a
new light.
 You shall love your neighbour
as yourself (Leviticus 9:20).
This commandment is an Old
Testament commandment.
We know that we have passed
from death unto life, because
we love the brethren. He who
loves not his brother abides in
death (1 John 3:14).
Owe no man any thing, but to
love one another, for he who
loves another has fulfilled the
law.
For this , You shall not commit
adultery, You shall not kill,
You shall not steal, You shall
not bear false witness, You 
shall not covet ; and if there
be any other commandment, it is
briefly comprehended in this
saying, namely,
You shall love your neighbour
as yourself.
Love works no ill to his
neighbour. Therefore love is the
fulfilling of the law (Romans 13:8-10).
And above all things have fervent
love among yourselves, because love
shall cover the multitude of sins
(1 Peter 4:8).
Jesus said,
 Love your enemies , bless them
that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them 
which despitefully use you, and
persecute you (Matthew 5:44).

Love is doing. For God so loved 
the world that he gave His only
begotten Son that whosoever believes
in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
The greatest love a person can
have for his friends is to give
his life for them (John 15:13).
God is love (1 John 4:8).
Little children , let us not love
with word or tongue ,but in deed
and truth (1 John 3:18).
We are to love as the Good 
Samaritan loved.(Luke 10:25-38).
Love with deed and truth.
Only the Holy Spirit working in
our lives can produce such fruit
of love.
 In the Old Testament, the man 
and women of God were examples
and models of the type of persons
that God would approve.
Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, Samuel,
David, Moses and the prophets of
God were showing people how to 
love  God  and how to love their
neighbours. But they were the
perfect models and examples. They
come short of the glory of God.
 For all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God
(Romans 2:23)
In the Person of the Lord Jesus
Christ the divine and human 
natures are united so that
Jesus Christ is truly and
properly God and truly and
properly man.
Jesus came into the world as 
a man. Jesus was the perfect
man who has never sinned.
Jesus is the true way to love.
We follow Christ. We must love
one another as our Lord Jesus
Christ has loved us. Our
strong love for each other will
prove to the world that we 
are disciples of Christ.
Jesus is the pattern for us to
love. Jesus is the way, the 
truth, and the life. Only Jesus
can show the true way to 
love that will be pleasing to
God.
Jesus clearly commands us,
 As I have loved you, so
must you love one another.
As Jesus ha loved us, so 
must we love one another.
Jesus is the true way to love. 
Such love is a testimony to
the world. Love will glorify
God because God is love.
Such love points and shows
people to Christ, because
this quality of love can only
be seen in Christ. Such love
frees you from fear, anger,
lust, greed, selfishness, and
sorrow. Such love frees you
from pride. Unsaved people 
will recognize the blessings 
of such  love even though 
they can not produce it.
Such love comes from Christ
because Christ shines brightly
in the darkness of the world.
Such light brightens people's 
dark lives. Christ is the
light of the world. Such love
can only comes from Christ
because Christ gives light to
the broken hearted and the
oppressed. Such love can only
come from Christ because Christ
brings hope to the captives. 
Such love can only come from
Christ because Christ frees the
those folks who are held 
prisoners by sin. Such love can
only come fro Christ because
Christ frees the destitute by
giving them hope and love.
Such love wins people to the
Lord Jesus Christ because they
shall know that such love comes
from Christ.
Jesus is saying to us,
Even the Son of Man came not
to be ministered unto but to
minister, and to give his life a 
ransom for many (Matthew 20:28).

Jesus is not destroying the law 
but fulfilling it. Jesus is the
true way to love and live.
Jesus is our pattern to love.
Jesus said,
Greater love has no man than
this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends 
(John15:13).
The mark of the followers of
Christ is LOVE.
We must love one another 
according to Christ's examples
and way. As Jesus has loved us,
we must love one another.
All people will know that we
are followers of Christ if we
love one another. We are to 
love one another for our 
Lord's sake, and according to 
His examples, by seeking what
might benefit others and by
promoting the cause of our
Lord's Good News of love and
peace.

Apostle Paul wrote, 

 For as much as ye are
 manifestly declared to 

be the  epistle of Christ
 ministered by us, 

written not with ink,
 but with the Spirit of the

living God;
 not in tables of stone,

 but in fleshy tables of the
 heart. 

( 2Corinthians 3:3) 

You show that you are a 
letter of the living 

Lord God ,

written not with ink but with
 the Spirit of the living God,
 not on tablets

of stone but on tablets of
 human heart.

Clearly you are a letter from
  Christ .

 The letter is written not with
 pen and ink ,

 but with the Holy Spirit.

It is carved not in tablets 
of stone,

 but in human heart.

You  show that you are a
 letter from

 the Lord Jesus Christ,

written not with  computers but
 with the Holy Spirit 

of the living God ,
 not in computer tablets

 but in tablets of human heart.

You are demonstrating that you are
 the  Messiah’s epistle ,

 written not with ink but with
 
the Spirit of the living 

God , not in tablets of stone ,
 but in tablets

 of human heart.

It is clear that you are 
Christ’s epistle.

 You are a letter

written not with ink but with
 the Holy Spirit  .
 
You are a letter written not 
in tablets of stones

 but in human heart.

You are manifestly declared to be
 the epistle of Christ,

written not with ink , but with
 the Spirit of  the living of God,
 not in tablets of  stones

 but in fleshly tablets of the
 heart.

You are the living letter of 
the Lord Jesus Christ.

 Your hearts are the substance which 

God’s writing is made.

The Holy Spirit produces the love
 in your heart  and the mark
 of love becomes  the evident

 to the world.


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Title:     The Holy Spirit
Author:    Anthony Ing
Publisher: Good News Publishing 
paperback       1986 ISBN-10 0-9691614-4-1
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