Editor's Note: The following article comes from Frank
Viola's new book, Jesus Now: Unveiling the Present-Day Ministry of Christ.
1. The Spirit
convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8).
2. The Spirit
guides us into all truth (John 16:13).
3. The Spirit
regenerates us (John 3:5-8; Titus 3:5).
4. The Spirit
glorifies and testifies of Christ (John 15:26; 16:14).
5. The Spirit
reveals Christ to us and in us (John 16:14-15).
6. The Spirit
leads us (Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:18; Matt. 4:1; Luke 4:1).
7. The Spirit
sanctifies us (2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2; Rom. 5:16).
8. The Spirit
empowers us (Luke 4:14; 24:49; Rom. 15:19; Acts 1:8).
9. The Spirit
fills us (Eph. 5:18; Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31; 9:17).
10. The Spirit
teaches us to pray (Rom. 8:26-27; Jude 1:20).
11. The Spirit
bears witness in us that we are children of God (Rom. 8:16).
12. The Spirit produces
in us the fruit or evidence of His work and presence (Gal. 5:22-23).
13. The Spirit
distributes spiritual gifts and manifestations (the outshining) of His presence
to and through the body (1 Cor. 12:4, 8-10; Heb. 2:4).
14. The Spirit
anoints us for ministry (Luke 4:18; Acts 10:38).
15. The Spirit
washes and renews us (Titus 3:5).
16. The Spirit
brings unity and oneness to the body (Eph. 4:3; 2:14-18). Here the Spirit plays
the same role that He plays in the Godhead. The Spirit is the life that unites
Father and Son. The Spirit plays the same role in the church. When the Spirit
is operating in a group of people, He unites them in love. Therefore, a sure
evidence of the Holy Spirit working in a group is love and unity, not signs and
wonders (those are seasonal and can be counterfeited).
17. The Spirit is
our guarantee and deposit of the future resurrection (2 Cor. 1:22; 2 Cor. 5:5).
18. The Spirit
seals us unto the day of redemption (Eph. 1:13; 4:30).
19. The Spirit sets
us free from the law of sin and death (Rom. 8:2).
20. The Spirit
quickens our mortal bodies (Rom. 8:11).
21. The Spirit
reveals the deep things of God to us (1 Cor. 2:10).
22. The Spirit
reveals what has been given to us from God (1 Cor. 2:12).
23. The Spirit
dwells in us (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Tim. 1:14; John 14:17).
24. The Spirit
speaks to, in and through us (1 Cor. 12:3; 1 Tim. 4:1; Rev. 2:11; Heb 3:7;
Matt. 10:20; Acts 2:4; 8:29; 10:19; 11:12, 28; 13:2; 16:6,7; 21:4, 11).
25. The Spirit is
the agent by which we are baptized into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13).
26. The Spirit
brings liberty (2 Cor. 3:17).
27. The Spirit
transforms us into the image of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18).
28. The Spirit
cries in our hearts, “Abba, Father” (Gal. 4:6).
29. The Spirit
enables us to wait (Gal. 5:5).
30. The Spirit
supplies us with Christ (Phil. 1:19, KJV).
31. The Spirit
grants everlasting life (Gal. 6:8).
32. The Spirit gives
us access to God the Father (Eph. 2:18).
33. The Spirit
makes us (corporately) God’s habitation (Eph. 2:22).
34. The Spirit
reveals the mystery of God to us (Eph. 3:5).
35. The Spirit
strengthens our spirits (Eph. 3:16).
36. The Spirit enables
us to obey the truth (1 Pet. 1:22).
37. The Spirit
enables us to know that Jesus abides in us (1 John 3:24; 4:13).
38. The Spirit
confesses that Jesus came in the flesh (1 John 4:2).
39. The Spirit
says, “Come, Lord Jesus,” along with the bride (Rev. 22:17).
40. The Spirit
dispenses God’s love into our hearts (Rom. 5:5).
41. The Spirit
bears witness to the truth in our conscience (Rom. 9:1).
42. The Spirit
teaches us (1 Cor. 2:13; John 14:26).
43. The Spirit
gives us joy (1 Thess. 1:6).
44. The Spirit
enables some to preach the gospel (1 Pet. 1:12).
45. The Spirit
moves us (2 Pet. 1:21).
46. The Spirit
knows the things of God (1 Cor. 2:11).
47. The Spirit
casts out demons (Matt. 12:28).
48. The Spirit
brings things to our remembrance (John 14:26).
49. The Spirit
comforts us (Acts 9:31).
50. The Spirit
makes some overseers in the church and sends some out to the work of church
planting (through the body) (Acts 20:28; 13:2).
The Holy Spirit unites us to Jesus Christ and to His body.
The Spirit reveals Christ to us, gives us His life and makes Christ alive in
us. The Spirit takes the experiences of Jesus—His incarnation, ministry,
crucifixion, resurrection and ascension—and brings them into our own
experience.
Frank Viola is a speaker, entrepreneur, author and writer of
the blog Beyond Evangelical.
SOURCE: http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/bible-study/20327-50-things-that-holy-spirit-does-in-your-life