The Arvada enterprise., 1919-04-24
LESSON FOR APRIL 27
THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR HELPER.

LESSON TExT-John ls:7-16; Acts 3:l-la
GOLDEN TExT-If ye then. being evil
know how to give good gifts unto your
children. how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
'hsH pgyoTIoHA so4s ssk h,Tid1Ks s 81,
PRIMARY ToP1c-A Helper At all
Times.
INrERMEDlArE rop1c-rh. Fruit. of
SENIOR AND ADULT roPIc-what
the Holy Spirit Does for Us.
I. The Holy Spirit Promised tJohn
18:7-1O.
!. Who he is. He is divine per-
sonality, one In nature with the Ia
ther and the Son.
2. What is his mission7 wv. 7-15).
az The Christians comforter. ".
y. The Holy Spirit Is Christ's rep
resentative who stands by the side
of the believer to strengthen, en-
courage, defend from the enemy and
plead his cause before God the Father.
Jesus knew and told the disciples OF
the bitter prosecutions which awaited
them MS soon as he had taken his de-
parture. What blessed privilege to
have the Holy Spirit In and upon us
to give wisdom to discern Gods will,
and power to overcome temptation!
(2) The worlds Judge wv. 8rl1).
Victory is to be achieved by the Spirit
working in and through the disciples.
(a) He will convict the world Of sin
". 81. The root of all sin is unbelief
In Christ ". 81. This unbelief Is not
primarily intellectual, but moral. 1t
is All unwillingness to surrender to
the divine will (John 3:1S, 19). The
way the Holy Spirit convicts the world
Is through the testimony of those who
are filed with him. (b) He will con-
yict the world of righteousness ". 81.
This IL done through the resurrection
and ascension OF Christ ". 10). His
coming forth from the grave and AS
censiOn into henven was IN indisputa-
BILE proof that he was what he claimed
to be. He is thus shown to be the
righteous one whose merit may be up
proprlated by faith In him. This Is
ever the way Of salvatiOn-cOnvictiOn
Of sin and appropriation Of the right.
eousness Of Christ. (c) He will con-
vict the world Of judgment to come ".
81. Christ told Of 4 judgment to come.
The guarantee Of this judgment Ia
that Satan, the prince Of the world,
was judged at the cross. ". II: CT
John II :31).
(S) The Christians guide into all
truth (vv. II, 13). The Bible II spir
itual book. therefore II one woult
know its meaning he must have thu
Holy Spirit II Cor. 2:14).
az He glorifes Christ (vv. II. 16),
He does not spenk Of himself. but II
all things reveals Christ. The only
way to know the glory q the Son Of
God In to have the Holy Spirit make Il
known. He reveals all the divin,
riches and grace that are In Christ
He makes real unto them the perSOr
and work Of Christ.
u. The Holy spirit oIvsn (Actl
2:1.ls).
/. Time-PentecOst ". ~. Thil
was nifty days after the Passover Sab
bath U.ev. 2s:l6).
2. The mnrks Of the Spirit wv. ~
These are external and internal:
~ External. (a) Sound Of I
mighty wind: no wind. but merely tn,
sound Of wind. For this sound to b,
heard In the early morn attracted At
tentiOn and caused the people to gath
er. The reference to wind suggest
the alI-pervasive life-EivinE influence
Of the Spirit (b) Tongues Of flame
Each Of the disciples was crowne<
with such q tongue. The tongues In
dicate the practical possession Of tn,
Spirits gifts. and the IRE the purify
Ing energy which removes the drosa
thus making effective the testimony
(c) Speaking In foreign tongues. Fo
these humble Galiieanx thus to speal
caused great amnxement.
| (2) Internal. This Ia seen In tn
transformation wrought In the dis
cipics. Instead OF covering before
Jewish maid. Peter now boldly stoO,
before the chief rulers Of the city an,
declared them to be guilty Of murder
ing the Son Of God.
3. The effect wv. 6-13). ~ Th'
multitude assembled In amnxerncn
and confusion. They heard the gosps
in their native tongues and inquire,
Its meaning. t2) Some mocked an,
f0olishly attempted 10 account for thi
remarkable occurrence by accusing tn
disciples Of being drunk.
4. F,Sdllment Of prophecy tvv. IA
1s). Wonderful things had occurred
but Peter knew where 10 get an ex
| PLANTATION. lie went 10 Gods WOr,
tJoel 2:2s. D). God had predicte,
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