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Online Bible Study - Foundations of Faith

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is one of the most challenging and interesting mysteries of the Christian faith. We'll use the following questions to review what you've learned, and to try to make the mystery more understandable.

Question 1

What is unique about the Christian's understanding of God?

Question 2

What are the three creeds confessed by the Christian Church?
Which of these creeds deals most precisely with the Holy Trinity?

Question 3

What two errors was the Athanasian creed designed to bombat?
What is the strongest statement it makes about salvation?

Question 4

How did the Holy Spirit come into being?

Question 5

What are the works of the Holy Spirit?

Question 6

How does the Holy Spirit "call" people?
What are some of the other names for this work of the Holy Spirit?

Question 7

Why does the Holy Spirit gather people into the Church, the congregational structure of believers?

Question 8

What does it mean when we say that the Holy Spirit "sanctifies" believers?

Question 9

What are "good works"?
Why does a Christian person do them?

Question 10

How do faith and good works fit together in the life of the Christian?

Question 11

According to Galatians 5: 22,23 and 25, what are the fruits of the Spirit?

Question 12

In I Corinthians 12:7, special gifts are given to some people. What is their purpose?

Question 13

In Acts 2:1-4, the Bible speaks about a "baptism of the Holy Spirit". What is the result of this baptism?

Question 14

What is the difference between this baptism of the Holy Spirit and the baptism commanded by Jesus?

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