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• Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the teaching that the Holy Spirit dwells within those who believe in Christ. It is treated as a basis of the believer's identity and sanctification, and denominations differ in how they understand its relationship to the baptism with the Holy Spirit and the filling of the Spirit.

• Baptism in the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Baptism in the Holy Spirit refers to the coming of the Holy Spirit upon a believer. Denominations differ in their understanding: some hold that every believer receives it at conversion, while others regard it as a distinct experience received after conversion.

• Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

  [Bible]

  The descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is the event in which the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples gathered in Jerusalem on the first Pentecost after Jesus' ascension, enabling them to speak in other languages. It is recorded in Acts 2.

• Gifts of the Holy Spirit

  [Bible]

  The gifts of the Holy Spirit are the various abilities and ministries that the Holy Spirit distributes to believers for building up the church. Lists of them appear in 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4, and elsewhere.

• Illumination of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The illumination of the Holy Spirit is a theological term for the work by which the Holy Spirit enlightens the human heart to understand and receive the meaning of Scripture that has already been written.

• Personhood of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The personhood of the Holy Spirit is the Christian doctrine that the Holy Spirit is not an impersonal force but a personal being with intellect, emotion, and will, and that He is one of the persons of the triune God.

• Work of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The work of the Holy Spirit is a comprehensive term for what the Holy Spirit, one person of the triune God, does in creation and revelation, in the application of salvation, in the sanctification of believers, and in the building up of the church.

• Witness of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The witness of the Holy Spirit is the doctrine that the Holy Spirit confirms truth in the hearts of believers. It refers chiefly to the Spirit's testimony that believers are children of God and to the Spirit's work of assuring them that Scripture is the Word of God.

• Guidance of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The guidance of the Holy Spirit is the Christian teaching that the Holy Spirit directs believers' thoughts, judgments, and the course of their lives.

• Filling of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The filling of the Holy Spirit is the state in which a believer is fully under the guidance and control of the Holy Spirit, or the experience of entering that state.

• Sealing of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The sealing of the Holy Spirit is the New Testament teaching that God gives the Holy Spirit to believers to mark them as His own possession and to guarantee their salvation. It is also called the seal of the Spirit.

• Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the sin of reviling the Holy Spirit, which Jesus said "shall not be forgiven." Denominations and theologians differ on what exactly this sin is.

• Fruit of the Spirit

  [Bible]

  The fruit of the Spirit refers to the nine virtues—love, joy, peace, and others—that Paul lists in Galatians 5:22–23 as the character displayed by those who live by the Spirit.

• Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit whom Christianity confesses, together with the Father and the Son, as one person of the triune God. An older English name is the Holy Ghost.

• Third Wave

  [History]

  The Third Wave was a Holy Spirit renewal movement that arose in the United States in the 1980s, led chiefly by C. Peter Wagner and John Wimber. The term refers to evangelicals who embraced gifts of the Holy Spirit such as healing, tongues, and prophecy but did not wish to be called Pentecostals or charismatics.

• Pneumatology

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Pneumatology is the field of Christian doctrine concerned with who the Holy Spirit is and what the Spirit does. It addresses the deity and personhood of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit's place within the Trinity, and topics such as regeneration, sanctification, and spiritual gifts.

• Acts 2:1–4

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage recounts how the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples gathered on the day of Pentecost with a sound like a rushing wind and with tongues as of fire, and how they began to speak in other languages. The event is commemorated as the beginning of the church. What these tongues were, and whether the same experience continues today, are major points of disagreement among denominations.

• Discernment of Spirits

  [Christian Life]

  Discernment of spirits is the act of determining whether a given utterance, phenomenon, or spiritual experience comes from the Holy Spirit. It is one of the gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12:10.

• Paraclete

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The Paraclete is a title used in the Gospel of John for the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus promised to send to his disciples after his departure. The term renders the Greek word parakletos.

• Luke 12:10

  [Bible Verses]

  Luke 12:10 is the verse in which Jesus says that anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. What this "unforgivable sin" is, and whether believers can commit it, has long been debated.