Session 1: Intro: What was the Holy Spirit Doing in Old Testament?

1. Ordering, forming, and completing what had been planned in the mind of God. - the first creation Gen. 1:2; 2:7
2. Empowering and speaking through Moses, the great O.T. mediator
3. Working in those whose offices provided a pattern of the Christ to come
   • prophets - “the Spirit of God came upon…”
   • priests - e.g., 1 Sam. 10:6, 10; 11:6; 16:13
   • judges - Ju. 3:10; 13:25; 14:6
   • kings
4. Regenerating and sanctifying the people of God cf. Jn. 3
5. Speaking of a great day yet future; ever pointing to Christ
   • One to come who would be filled with the Spirit without measure - Is. 11:1-2
   • a Day in which the Spirit would be poured out upon all flesh - Joel 2:28-32 Is. 52:13-15

Session 2: The Holy Spirit Fits and Prepares the “Second Adam”

1. The “Day of the Spirit” is dawning!
2. Our Lord Jesus Christ: the “Man of the Spirit par excellence”
   • conception, birth and growth Lk. 1:35
   • baptism, temptations, ministry Lk. 3:21-23; 4:1ff, 31-37, 16-21; 7:22
   • death, resurrection, ascension Lk. 24:44-53

Sessions 3 & 4: The Meaning of Pentecost – 2 Parts Acts 1-2

1. The “Promise of the Father” sent
   • Lk. 24:46-49; Acts 1:4-5
   • Matt. 3:11; Mk. 1:8; Lk. 3:16; Jn. 29-33; 1 Cor. 12:13
   • “the last Adam became life-giving Spirit” 1 Cor. 15:45-49
2. The “Final Harvest” Begun – vv.1, 5-11, 17 “upon all flesh”
3. The New Creation – v.2
4. Babel Reversed – vv. 5ff
5. The Last Days Begun – vv. 16ff
   • the Gospel goes global
   • a new intimacy for all
   • a radical change in world order

Session 5: The Indwelling Spirit – the Spirit of Christ

• Jn. 14:15-24
• Matt. 28:18-20
• Rom. 8:9-11\

Session 6: The Spirit of Truth and of Witness

1. The Spirit of Truth
   • Inspiration – Jn. 16:12-15; 14:25-26; 15:26-27
   • Illumination – Eph. 1:17-18ff.
2. The Spirit as Witness – the Spirit of Unction
   • Jn. 16:5-11 and 15:26-27
   • Lk. 24:44-53; Acts 1:4-8; 2:32-47; 4:18,29,31,33

Session 7: The Spirit of Prayer – Rom. 8:18-27