Holy Spirit \nHoly Spirit Embrace \nJuly 2, 2017\n\nPlease turn in you Bibles to John 14:17-21\n\n ruwach (roo\u2019-akh): wind, breath, violent exhalation, blast of breath, spirit (ref. Genesis 1:2)\n pneuma (pnyoo\u2019-mah): wind, current of air, blast of breath, spirit (ref. 1Thessalonians 5:19-20)\n\n \u201cIf you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and He will \ngive you another advocate to help you and be with you forever\u201417 the Spirit of \nTruth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. \nBut you know Him, for He lives with you and will be in you.\u201d John 14:5b-17\n\nAdvocate: parakletos (par-ak-lay-tos): called to come alongside (ref. John 16:7b-8)\n\nWHY ARE SO MANY LIVING SPIRIT-LESS LIVES? \n\n1: Some aren\u2019t aware of the Holy Spirit\n\n\u201cDid you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?\u201d And they said, \n\u201cNo, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.\u201d Acts 19:2b\n\n2: Some resist the Holy Spirit\n\n\u201cYou stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always \nresist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.\u201d Acts 7:51\n\n3 WAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS US \n \n1: Comforter: the Holy Spirit will encourage you\n\n\u201cI will pray the Father, and he shall give\nyou another Comforter.\u201d John 14:16-KJV\n\n2: Counselor: the Holy Spirit will come to your defense (ref. John 14:16 NIV)\n\nBut when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He\nwill guide you into all the truth. John 16:13\n\n 3: Convict-er: the Holy Spirit will steer you straight\n\n\u201c\u2026when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, \nand of righteousness, and of judgment\u2026\u201d John 16:8b\n\nWhat is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?