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The Holy Spirit and the
Christian Life
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Pneumatology
Chapter 10
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Slide 2
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Third Person of Trinity
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• God over us
• God for us
• God in us
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Slide 3
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Most Neglected Doctrine?
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• Renewed interest in the Holy Spirit in face
of:
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– Depersonalization & Bureaucratization
– Desire for experiential, joyful, and exciting faith
– Ecumenical concerns (Pentecostalism & Eastern
Orthodox)
– Important role of Holy Spirit in Old and New
Testaments
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Slide 4
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Sketch of Theology of Holy Spirit
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• Spirit is prominent in scriptural story – in Israel, in
Christ, in Church
• Spirit creates community with Christ and others
• Re-presentative - making Christ present to believers
• Creating new life - agent of second birth
• Liberative - freedom from bondage and freedom for
service to God
• Communal - power of new community
• Promise of "firstfruits" - guarantee of future God is
bringing
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Sketch of Theology of Holy Spirit (cont.)
• Talk of Holy Spirit is talk of triune God
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– Spirit is living bond of love between Father and Son
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• Relation of Spirit to Father and Son
– Begetting of the Son and Proceeding of the Spirit
• Does Holy Spirit proceed from only the Father (original Nicene creed)
• Or from Father and the son ( filioque)?
• If from Father and Son, unity of Trinity is emphasized, but Spirit seems
subordinated
• If from only the Father, then greater emphasis upon Holy Spirit, but
seems to lessen role of Christ
• Migliore prefers eschatological model (goal of
Trinitarian activity) over procession (origin of
persons of Trinity) model
– Jesus is both giver and receiver of Spirit
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Sketch of Theology of Holy
Spirit (cont.)
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• Gifts of the Spirit are diverse, most
important are faith, hope, and love
• Female imagery of Spirit - reminds us
of nurturing, empowering role of God
– Word and Spirit as son and daughter of
God
– God is beyond gender
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Slide 7
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The Christian Life
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• “Christian life is based on the grace
of God in Jesus Christ to whom we
are united by the power of the Holy
Spirit” (235)
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– Justification
– Sanctification
– Vocation
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Justification
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• Justification is God's gracious forgiveness
of sins received by faith alone
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– Objective side is sola gratia
– Subjective side is sola fide
• Making Right or "right-wising" (not quite
same as "acquitting")
• God makes us "somebodies" -- liberation
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Sanctification
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• “Sanctification is the process of
growth in Christian love” (239)
• Love = agape, a love that is
committed and steadfast, and a gift
from God
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Marks of Sanctification
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• Maturing as hearers of the Word of God
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– Assuming responsibility for interpreting
Scripture anew
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• Maturing in prayer
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– Open, honest, communication that even
includes complaining and anger (psalms)
– Lord's prayer ...
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Lord’s Prayer
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Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, for ever. Amen.
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Slide 12
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Marks of Growth in
Sanctification (cont.)
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• Maturing in freedom
– Freedom from fear of having to win God's
favor along with freedom for service to God
and neighbor
• Maturing in solidarity
– Metanoia or turning around, from our selfcenteredness to other- centeredness
– Especially solidarity with undesirables
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Marks of Growth in
Sanctification (cont.)
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• Maturing in thankfulness and joy
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–Dramatized in the eucharistic meal
–"Eucharist" literally means
thanksgiving
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Vocation
• Vocation comes from the Latin word for "calling“
• Sanctification involves responding to God's
calling to be a "partner in mending God's
creation“
– Not a privilege as much as a responsibility
• Vocation is not a career and may or may not be
expressed by one's job choice
• "I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to
lead a life worthy of the calling to which you
have been called…" (Ephesians 4:1)
• Are you in college to prepare for a job or a
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calling?
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