Last Sunday, we concluded our discussions on “THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!” Today we want to look at “THE WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.” Remember that anything you do in this life without the help of the Holy Spirit is regarded by God the Father as self-righteousness.
In Zechariah 4:6 God said, “…Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit” (Zech. 4:6).
What then are the works of the Holy Spirit in the life of (1) Christ, (2) a sinner and (3) a believer?
The works of the Holy Spirit in the life of Christ are as follows: Everything Jesus did on earth was by the power of the Holy Spirit.
1. At His conception, the Holy Spirit was involved (Matt. 1:21; Lk. 1:35).
2. The Holy Ghost supplied the power that raised Jesus from the dead (Rom. 8:11). God the Father raised Jesus Christ from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit.
3. The Holy Spirit was the one that led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil (Matt. 4:1).
4. God the Father anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and with power for ministry (Acts 10:38). At the beginning of His ministry Jesus declared it saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me. He has anointed Me to…” (Lk. 4:18-19).
The works of the Holy Spirit in the life of a sinner are as follows:
1. The Holy Spirit is the one that brings and introduces the sinner to Christ! This is how He does it: As you hear the Word of God as an unbeliever, it is the Holy Spirit that convinces and convicts (prove or declare you guilty of an offence) you. He then brings you to Jesus Christ and introduces you to Him. As you receive Him as your Lord and personal Saviour, your name is instantly written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
2. The Holy Spirit is the agent by which the Father draws the sinner to Jesus. Jesus said, “No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draws him: and I will raise him up at the last day” (Jn. 6:44).
3. The Holy Spirit regenerates the sinner (Jn. 3:6; Tit. 3:5; 1 Cor. 2:14; 2 Pet. 1:4).
4. The Holy Spirit baptizes the sinner into the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13).
The works of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer are as follows:
1. The Holy Spirit causes the believer to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord. “…no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost” (1 Cor. 12:3).
2. The Holy Spirit baptizes the sinner into the Body of Christ. “…But we have all been baptized into the body of Christ by one Spirit, and we have all received the same Spirit” (1 Cor. 12:13).
3. Now that you are Born Again, the Holy Spirit begins to transform (change) you from inside out as you renew your mind daily with the Word of God.
This is how it happens: As you allow the Spirit of the Lord to work within you, you’ll become more and more like Him and reflect His glory even more. (Rom. 12:2).
Where does this renewal take place? “And be renewed in the spirit of your mind - your subconscious mind” (Eph. 4:23).
How does this happen? “But we all, with unveiled face (face without a covering), beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed (changed) into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor. 3:18).
The reason why He can transform you in this manner is because He is residing right on the inside of you, in your spirit-man.
When does the Holy Spirit begin to dwell in you? The Holy Spirit begins to dwell in your spirit-man the very moment you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Saviour (Gal. 4:6).
4. The Holy Spirit sanctifies the believer, sets him apart and makes him holy. It is a command of God that every Christian should be sanctified(set apart unto God) both positionally, and progressively.
Look at how it happens: When you trust Christ by accepting Him as your Lord and personal Saviour, God the Father selects you, takes you into His family, “sets you apart,” sanctifying you for His own use.
And how are you “set apart?” You are set apart by the Holy Spirit. Not only are we positionally sanctified at salvation, we are called to live up to our exalted position in Christ by practically living out our sanctification through a life of personal holiness. It is the same Holy Spirit that helps us in this area of practical sanctification (1 Cor. 6:11; 2 Thess. 2:13. 1 Pet. 1:2).
5. The Holy Spirit renews the believer (Tit. 3:5).
6. The Holy Spirit produces Christ-like fruit in the life of the believer (Gal. 5:22-23).
7. The Holy Spirit imparts the character of God to you. As you get to know God more and more through prayer and a diligent study of His Word, you’ll begin to take on His very character (2 Cor. 3:18).
8. The Holy Spirit quickens the Word of God the Father (Jn. 6:63). What the Holy Spirit really does is to change the words of the Scripture into picture. And when you capture that picture, it will restructure your future.
9. The Holy Spirit reveals the things of God to the believer. Only the Holy Spirit can fully reveal the mysteries of God to the believer. The Bible says, “God has revealed the things of God to us through His Spirit” (1 Cor. 2:10).
The Holy Spirit makes the things of God that transcend our own thinking known to you! This is because “No one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God” (1 Cor. 2:11).
10. The Holy Spirit reveals Jesus to human hearts! For instance, The Holy Spirit revealed to Simeon that he would not see death until he had seen the Lord’s Christ (Lk. 2:25-26).
11. The Holy Spirit brings life! “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has MADE me free from the law of sin and death” (Rom. 8:2).
12. The Holy Spirit is our seal and guarantee. It is the presence of the Holy Ghost in your spirit-man that identifies you as a child of God (Eph. 1:13-14).
13. It is only through the Holy Spirit that you can put to death the deeds of the body! “For if ye live after (according to the suggestions of) the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify (kill) the deeds of the body, ye shall live” (Rom. 8:13).
14. The Holy Spirit impacts the life of the Believer (Jn. 6:63). To impact means to have an immediate and strong effect on somebody or something.
15. The Holy Ghost changes lives to conform to the image of Christ. “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor. 3:18).
16. The Holy Ghost supplied the power that raised Jesus from the dead (Rom. 8:11). God the Father raised Jesus Christ from the dead. But the Holy Ghost was the source of the power that made it to happen.
17. The Holy Ghost writes on the fleshly tablets of the heart (2 Cor. 3:1-3; Jer. 31:33-34).
18. The Holy Spirit sanctifies you (2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Cor. 1:2; 1 Cor. 6:11; Eph. 1:1; Col. 1:2; Heb. 10:10; Jude 3).
It is when you trust Christ by accepting Him as your Lord and personal Saviour that God the Father selects you, takes you into His family, “sets you apart,” sanctifying you for His own use. And how are you “set apart?” You are set apart by the Holy Spirit.
19. The Holy Spirit strengthens your spirit-man (Eph. 3:16, 19; Ps. 27:1). “That He (God the Father) would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the (your) inner man” (Eph. 3:16).
20. The Holy Spirit brings you into liberty. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty to do as we ought not as we want. “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Cor. 3:17).
21. The Holy Spirit brings renewal to your soul (1 Tim. 4:7-8). The Holy` Spirit not only regenerates your spirit-man, He also renews it. He does this by giving you a whole new self.
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Tit. 3:5).
22. The Holy Spirit brings you hope [looking forward to something with expectation] (Rom. 5:3-45; 15:13; Gal. 5:5; Tit. 2:13). Galatians 5:5 says,“For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”
23. The Holy Spirit gives you assurance. “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ” (Gal. 4:1-6).
24. The Holy Spirit gives you comfort (Jn. 14:16, 26). “The believers were walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 9:31).
To be continued!! Watch out for the next edition of Good News from the Pulpit!
- Your friend: I. I. Madubunyi (Senior Pastor) 17.05. 2026 @ the HQs
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