The Holy Spirit: His Person and Work

The Holy Spirit: His Person and Work

A Scriptural Testimony (NKJV Edition) Kingdom Life Church | Pastor Clay Runnels

IntroductionThe Holy Spirit is the promised Helper, sent by the Father in Jesus' name. He dwells in us, leads us into truth, empowers us for Kingdom living, and always glorifies Christ. This booklet gathers key testimonies from Scripture of what the Holy Spirit does—inviting us to know Him intimately, yield to His guidance, and walk in the fullness of New Covenant life.

1. The Spirit Invites and Calls

• Revelation 22:17 (NKJV) — And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. The Spirit calls all who thirst to the free gift of life in Christ.

2. The Spirit Transports and Reveals in Visions

• Revelation 21:10; 17:3 (NKJV) — And he carried me away in the Spirit...
• Revelation 4:2 (NKJV) — Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne...
• Revelation 1:10 (NKJV) — I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day...
• Acts 7:55-56 (NKJV) — But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven... The Spirit carries believers into heavenly realms, unveiling visions of God, His throne, and eternal realities.

3. The Spirit Speaks and Guides

• Revelation 14:13; 3:22 (NKJV) — “Yes,” says the Spirit... He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says...
• Hebrews 3:7-8 (NKJV) — Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts...”
• John 16:13-15 (NKJV) — However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth... He will glorify Me...
• Acts 1:16; 10:19; 11:12; 13:2; 20:23; 21:11; 28:25-27 (NKJV) — The Spirit speaks warnings, directions, future events, and prophetic words through prophets and Scripture. The Spirit speaks clearly—to churches, individuals, and leaders—guiding into truth and disclosing the Father's will.

4. The Spirit Empowers Prayer, Intercession, and Strength

• Jude 20; Ephesians 6:17-18 (NKJV) — But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit... praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit...
• Romans 8:26-27 (NKJV) — Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses... He makes intercession... according to the will of God.
• Ephesians 3:16 (NKJV) — That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man.
• 2 Timothy 1:14 (NKJV) — That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. The Spirit prays through us, strengthens our faith, guards the deposit of truth, and empowers our inner life.

5. The Spirit Testifies to Jesus and the New Covenant

• 1 John 5:6-8; 4:2,13; 3:24 (NKJV) — And it is the Spirit who bears witness... every spirit that confesses... we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit...
• Romans 8:16 (NKJV) — The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
• Hebrews 10:15-17 (NKJV) — But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us... “This is the covenant... I will put My laws in their hearts...”
• John 15:26 (NKJV) — But when the Helper comes... the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. The Spirit bears witness to Jesus' incarnation, our sonship, abiding union, and the New Covenant's reality.

6. The Spirit Sanctifies, Renews, and Produces Fruit

• 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (NKJV) — Elect according to... sanctification of the Spirit... sanctification by the Spirit...
• Titus 3:5-6 (NKJV) — Not by works... but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly...
• Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace...
• Romans 5:5 (NKJV) — Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit... The Spirit sanctifies, renews us, and produces the fruit of Christlike character in our lives.

7. The Spirit Gives Gifts, Power, and Manifestations

• 1 Corinthians 12:4-11,13 (NKJV) — There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit... But one and the same Spirit works all these things... For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body...
• Hebrews 2:4 (NKJV) — God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders... and gifts of the Holy Spirit...
• Acts 2:4,17-18; 4:29-31; 8:14-17; 10:44-48; 19:6 (NKJV) — And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues... signs and wonders... The Spirit distributes gifts for the common good, baptizes into the body, and manifests power through believers.

8. The Spirit Leads, Directs, and Delivers

• Romans 8:14 (NKJV) — For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
• Galatians 5:16-18 (NKJV) — Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh... if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
• Acts 16:6-7; 20:22 (NKJV) — Forbidden by the Holy Spirit... bound in the spirit... The Spirit leads sons into freedom, prevents missteps, and directs the path of obedience.

9. The Spirit Fills, Unites, and Transforms

• Ephesians 5:18 (NKJV) — And do not be drunk with wine... but be filled with the Spirit.
• Philippians 2:1-2 (NKJV) — If there is... any fellowship of the Spirit... being of the same mind...
• 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NKJV) — Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty... transformed into the same image from glory to glory...
• Acts 9:31; 13:52 (NKJV) — Walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit... filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit fills us continually, unites the body, brings liberty, and transforms us into Christ's image.

10. The Spirit Seals, Guarantees, and Gives Life

• Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30 (NKJV) — You were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee... do not grieve the Holy Spirit... by whom you were sealed...
• Romans 8:9-11 (NKJV) — But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit... He who raised Christ... will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit...
• 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; 5:5 (NKJV) — Who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. The Spirit seals us as God's possession, guarantees our inheritance, and imparts resurrection life.

Closing Prayer of AgreementHoly Spirit, thank You for Your abiding presence in us. You call, reveal, speak, empower, testify, sanctify, gift, lead, fill, unite, and seal us—all to glorify Jesus. Help us yield to You daily, walk in Your fruit and gifts, and live as sons who cry, “Abba, Father!” In Jesus’ name, Amen.