1. ‘11
Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!

2. The Heidelberg
Catechism (1563)
129 questions
and answers
52 Lord’s Day
Readings

3. The Good News
We Almost
Forgot:
Rediscovering
the Gospel in a
16 th Century
Catechism by
Kevin DeYoung.

4. The Apostles’
Creed
“I believe . . .”

5. The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father
Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth, and in
Jesus Christ, His only Son,
our Lord:

6. The Apostles’ Creed
Who was conceived by the Holy
Spirit, born of the virgin
Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead, and buried; He
descended into hell.

7. The Apostles’ Creed
The third day He arose again
from the dead; He ascended
into heaven, and is seated at
the right hand of God the
Father Almighty; from there
he shall come to judge
the living and the dead.

8. The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy universal church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

9. The Apostles’
Creed
I believe in the Holy Spirit

10. Forgotten
God
By
Francis Chan

11. “The Holy Spirit is
not merely a nice
addendum to the
Christian faith. He is
at the heart and core
Tony of it.”
Evans

12. “The Christian’s life in all
its aspects – intellectual
and ethical, devotional
and relational,
upsurging in worship
J. I.
and outgoing in witness
Packer
– is supernatural; only
the Spirit can initiate it
and sustain it.”

14. Grandma Smith

15. John 13:33
My children, I will be with you only a
little longer. You will look for me, and
just as I told the Jews, so I tell you
now: Where I am going, you cannot
come.

16. John 14:1
Do not let your hearts be troubled.

17. John 16:5-7a
Now I am going to him who sent me,
yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are
you going?’ Because I have said these
things, you are filled with grief. But I
tell you the truth: It is for your
good that I am going away.

18. John 16:7b
Unless I go away, the Counselor will
not come to you; but if I go, I will send
him to you.
ESV/NASB = “Helper”
KJV = “Comforter”
NLT = “Advocate”
Greek NT = “one called
alongside to help”

19. John 14:17b-18
But you know him, for he lives with
you and will be in you.

20. “This physical imagery (of
the Spirit being “in us”)
should not be understood
spatially as if the Spirit
gets His mail delivered in
the upper left chamber of
that beating muscle in the
chest.”

21. “Rather, the Spirit dwells
in us by animating our
personality, shaping our
character, renewing our
mind, and stirring our
emotions. His presence is
not a physical residence
as much as an
experienced reality.”

22. 1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your body is
a temple of the Holy Spirit, who
is in you, whom you have received
from God?

23. John 16:7
But I tell you the truth: It is for your
good that I am going away. Unless I
go away, the Counselor will not come
to you; but if I go, I will send him to
you.

24. Why was it “for
our good” that
Jesus leave our
world and then
from heaven send
the Holy Spirit?

25. It was for our good that Jesus
leave and send us the Holy Spirit
1. Because of WHO He is … the
Holy Spirit is God!
Matthew 28:19
Baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit.

26. God is. . . The Holy Spirit is. . .
Love Truth
Holy
All powerful Faithful
Merciful
Full of Grace
All wise

27. Two key attributes of the Spirit:
1. As God, he is omniscient (All
knowing!)

29. Romans 8:26-27
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in
our weakness. We do not know what
we ought to pray for, but the Spirit
himself intercedes for us through
wordless groans. And he who searches
our hearts knows the mind of the
Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes
for God’s people in accordance with
the will of God.

30. Two key attributes of the Spirit:
1. As God, he is omniscient (All
knowing!
2. As God, he is omnipresent
(Everywhere present!)

31. Matthew 28:20
And surely I am with you always,
to the very end of the age.

32. IF Jesus is in heaven right
now, how can he also be
with us here on earth?
Jesus manifests his presence through
the person of the Holy Spirit. Since
the Spirit is God, he is omnipresent.
Which means we can live in the
reality of Jesus’ presence always!

33. Why was it “for
our good” that
Jesus leave our
world and then
from heaven send
the Holy Spirit?

34. It was for our good that Jesus
leave and send us the Holy Spirit
1. Because of WHO He is … the
Holy Spirit is God!
2. Because of WHAT He does …
the Holy Spirit is at work in us
and through us and among us -
24/7/365!

35. The Holy Spirit’s work . . .
Conviction of sin
Regeneration of sinners
Illumination of Scripture
Indwelling, sealing,
baptism, filling of
Growing of fruit believers
Giving of gifts

36. “The Holy Spirit
helps Christians
know, be, and
Max do what God
Anders wants.”

37. The Apostles’
Creed
I believe in the
Holy Spirit

38. Without the Holy
Spirit’s presence
and power in our
lives, living the
Christian life would
not be extremely
difficult . . .
It would be impossible!

39. John 16:7
But I tell you the truth: It is for your
good that I am going away. Unless I
go away, the Counselor will
not come to you; but if I go, I will
send him to you.

40. CHALLENGE!
Dig Deeper into this
incredibly fascinating and
vital doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
Go to our Deeper blog where you
will find four brief articles to
further your understanding!

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Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!
Next Sunday– The Church of the
Reckoned Righteous
Questions 54-56
Lord’s Day Reading #21