The Purpose Of The Holy Spirit to The Believer And Unbeliever

The purpose of the Holy Spirit to the believer

       To abide with you forever.

(…that He may abide with you forever John 14:16c NKJV), (…and make Our home with him. John 14:23e NKJV) - To make home, to remain.

       To dwell with you.

(…or He dwells with you… John 14:17d NKJV) - To live with you.

       To be in you.

 (…will be in you. John 14:17d NKJV).

Note: We are looking at two aspects here. He will be with us (not temporarily – to remain, to make home, to live with) and in us.

       To guide us into all truth – because He is the Spirit of Truth.

(…He will guide you into all truth; John 16:13a NKJV).

       To teach you all things.

 (…He will teach you all things…John 14:26d NKJV).

       To bring to your remembrance all things that Jesus Christ has said to you

(…and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:26e NKJV).

       To convict the world of righteousness, and of judgment.

(…and of righteousness, and of judgment:   of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.  John 16:8c/d, vs 10, vs 11 NKJV).

       To glorify Christ.

(He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. John 16:14-15 NKJV).

The purpose of the Holy Spirit to the unbeliever

       To convict of sin (…He will convict the world of sin…: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; John 16:8b, vs 9 NKJV)

Who Is The Holy Spirit?

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·       The Holy Spirit is a “Person” because the Word of God refers to the Holy Spirit as “He”.

John 14:16-17 (NKJV)

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever - the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

Emphasis Mine

·       The Holy Spirit is a gift to us from the Father.

John 14:16b (NKJV)

“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever”.

Emphasis Mine

·       He is the Helper given to us.

John 14:16 (NKJV)

“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever”

Emphasis Mine

Who Can Receive The Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit can only be received by a person who chooses to be born-again.

·       Those who have accepted Jesus Christ into their lives (salvation). When you get born-again, you receive the Holy Spirit.

John 14:17 (NKJV)

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

Note:

Believers are categorized as those who love Jesus Christ and keep His commands (it should be noted that before Christ said He will pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit, He mentioned in John 14:15 that “If you love Me, keep My commandments”). Then He moves on to pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit.