CHAPTER TWO

ONE SPIRIT

Scripture Reading: Eph. 4:3-4a; 1 Cor. 12:13

OUTLINE

1. The Spirit of God in God's creation—Gen. 1:2.
2. The Spirit of Jehovah in God's relationship with man—Num. 11:29; Judg. 3:10.
3. The Spirit of holiness in the life of God's people in the Old Testament—Psa. 51:11; Isa. 63:10-11.
4. The Holy Spirit—Luke 1:35; Matt. 1:18:
   1. From Christ's incarnation and onward.
   2. Making man as holy as God.
   3. For man to be joined to God as one.
5. The Spirit for the believers of Christ in God's New Testament economy:
   1. Was not yet before Jesus was glorified—John 7:39.
   2. The last Adam (Jesus Christ) became the Spirit through His resurrection—1 Cor. 15:45b.
6. The all-inclusive Spirit:
   1. The compound Spirit (cf. Exo. 30:23-28), compounded with:
      1. Christ's divinity.
      2. Christ's humanity.
      3. The effectiveness of Christ's death—Rom. 8:13b.
      4. The power of Christ's resurrection—Phil. 3:10.
   2. The anointing Spirit—2 Cor. 1:21-22; 1 John 2:20, 27.
   3. The indwelling Spirit—Rom. 8:11.
   4. The life-giving Spirit—1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:6b.
   5. The Spirit of life—Rom. 8:2.
   6. The Spirit of power—Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8.
   7. The Spirit of Jesus in His humanity with His suffering—Acts 16:7.
   8. The Spirit of Christ in His divinity with His resurrection—Rom. 8:9b.
   9. The Spirit of Jesus Christ in both His suffering and resurrection—Phil. 1:19b.
   10. The Spirit of the Lord—2 Cor. 3:17-18:
       1. The Lord Spirit.
       2. In the transformation of the believers of Christ.
   11. The consummated Spirit—the Third of the consummated Triune God—Rev. 22:17; Matt. 28:19.
   12. The Spirit as the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God—John 7:39; Rev. 22:17.
7. In this one Spirit—1 Cor. 12:13:
   1. The believers in Christ were all baptized into one Body.
   2. They were all given to drink one Spirit.
8. The Spirit of the Body—Eph. 4:4-6, 11-16:
   1. As the essence of the Body.
   2. With the Lord as the element of the Body.
   3. With God the Father as the source of the Body.
   4. For the organic building up of the Body.
9. With one Bible as the one divine revelation.
10. In one teaching:
    1. The teaching of the apostles concerning God's economy—Acts 2:42; 1 Tim. 1:3-4.
    2. According to the entire New Testament—Rev. 22:18-19.
    3. With the base of the Old Testament—2 Tim. 3:16-17.
11. Through one ministry—2 Cor. 4:1:
    1. The New Testament ministry of all the New Testament ministers—2 Cor. 3:8-9, 6; 1 Tim. 1:12.
    2. For the building up of the Body of Christ—Eph. 4:12, 16.