A slide outline kept for the record. It follows the 2024 convention theme (Acts 1:8). The speaker is not recorded.
The Ministries of God the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity, the Lord and Giver of Life (Nicene Creed), co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Son.
Two manifestations. Gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:7) and fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:16–18, 22–26). Paul places 1 Corinthians 13, on love, between chapters 12 and 14, which are about the gifts.
The danger of gifts without the fruit. The fruit of the Spirit is the evidence of being born again. Gifts without the fruit do not save (1 Corinthians 13:1–3; Galatians 5:19–26), and a prophet who shows every gift but no fruit is still lost (Matthew 7:15–20). Gifts can be counterfeited; the fruit cannot (2 Thessalonians 2:8–12; Acts 8:9–24).
Acts 1:8 in context. The promise follows the post-resurrection appearances (Luke 24:3, 45; Mark 16:9–16; Matthew 28:19–20; John 20:21–22; Acts 1:4–5). It is spiritual enabling (John 6:63): the Lord both teaches His followers and equips them to live out what He teaches.
What Acts 1:8 with 2:4 means. Power comes with the fruit and the gifts, a new power to witness (Ephesians 5:17–21). The witness is the gospel, the power of God to salvation (Romans 1:16–17; 1 Corinthians 1:18–25). The Helper teaches all things and brings to remembrance all that Christ said (John 14:26). Spirit-empowered witness means preaching the cross, not telling stories; Paul resolved to know nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified (1 Corinthians 2:2).
