Biblical Studies I is a course offered at Springs Church via Springs Bible College in Winnipeg, NB. The session I attended ran through 2022. This document contains the scripture verses and study notes specified as notable in the study guide given for test 2. Notes are placed in the order indicated on the study guide.

Unit 4: Prayer

The Nine Kinds of Prayer

(Prayer of…)

  1. Faith
  2. Dedication
  3. Commitment
  4. Praise & Worship
  5. Agreement
  6. Praying in the Spirit
  7. United Prayer
  8. Intercessory Prayer
  9. Supplication

Each of these prayers can be used for certain situations:

  1. Faith: For personal issues: health, marriage, finance.
  2. Dedication: For questions or uncertainty: “Your will be done, not mine.”
  3. Commitment: Cast your anxieties on God. With God watching over you, you need not fear.
  4. Praise & Worship: Softens hearts so the Word can take root.
  5. Agreement: Another believer joins you in prayer when you are weak and prayers go unanswered, to grant you their strength and bring the prayer into fruition.
  6. Praying in the Spirit: Praying according to Holy Spirit’s lead. Praying in tongues. Meaning is revealed later or by an interpreter.
  7. United Prayer: Praying in a group with common purpose.
  8. Intercessory Prayer: Praying on behalf of a non-Christian, standing in the gap for them, as Jesus does for you.
  9. Supplication: Praying the Word of God over somebody, using the Sword of the Spirit, proclaiming truth.

Reference1: Page 16.

Scriptures

Ephesians 1:3 – Blessed and worthy of praise be God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ,

Philippians 4:6 – Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.

Hosea 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge,

Reference1: Pages 10, 13, 15.

Unit 5: Holy Spirit and Gifts

Personality Attributes of the Holy Spirit

  1. Mind – Intercession for the will of the Saints according to the will of God.
    Romans 8:27
  2. Will – Holy Spirit works through all and distributes tasks as he will.
    1 Corinthians 12:11
  3. Feeling – Do not grieve, Holy Spirit prepares you for redemption!
    Ephesians 4:30

Reference1: Page 7.

Seven Symbols of the Holy Spirit

  1. A Dove – Gentleness, purity, peace
  2. Fire – Zeal, purification, boldness, purging
  3. The Wind – Power, refreshing, purifying
  4. Water – Life, cleansing
  5. A Seal2 – Ownership, guarantees, responsibility
  6. The Earnest/Deposit – To secure a legal claim, a guarantee
  7. Oil – For anointing, to be set apart, authenticated

Reference1: Page 25.

Fruits of the Spirit

The higher-level categories:

  1. Fruit of the Emotions
  2. Fruit of Relationship
  3. Fruit of the Attitude

The fruits within those categories:

  1. Fruit of the Emotions

    1. Love – The spiritual bond between Man and Christ
    2. Joy – Expressed as “Life in Christ” or “Life in the Spirit”
    3. Peace – A tranquility not of this world

  2. Fruit of Relationship

    1. Longsuffering – Patience & slowness in avenging wrongs
    2. Gentleness – Mercy in action – integrity, kindness
    3. Goodness – Uprightness of heart, benevolence

  3. Fruit of the Attitude

    1. Faith – Conviction, belief without proof
    2. Meekness – Patient suffering of injuries, restoring brothers while battling or avoiding the temptation yourself
    3. Temperance – Self control

Reference1: Pages 33, 39, 41.

Gifts of the Spirit

The Gifts of the Spirit fit into three categories:

  1. The Gifts of Utterance
  2. The Gifts of Power or Operation
  3. The Gifts of Revelation or Inspiration

The gifts within those categories:

  1. The Gifts of Utterance
    1. Prophecy – Supernatural utterances in a known tongue
    2. Tongues – Like prophecy but in a spiritual language
    3. Interpretation of Tongues –Renders tongues intelligible to listeners
  2. The Gifts of Power or Operation
    1. Faith – A desire spoken by God comes to pass
    2. Working of Miracles – Natural laws are suspended for believers
    3. Gifts of Healings – Heal the sick and destroy the work of the Devil in the body
  3. The Gifts of Revelation or Inspiration
    1. Wisdom – Concerns divine purpose in the future
    2. Knowledge – A word of insight, unknowable/not obvious to the believer, the knowledge is of the past
    3. Discerning of Spirits – Perceive spirits, good and evil

Reference1: Page 52.

Personal Activities of Holy Spirit

  1. He reveals – 2 Peter 1:21
  2. He teaches – John 14:26
  3. He witnesses – Galatians 4:6
  4. He intercedes – Romans 8:26
  5. He speaks – Revelation 2:7
  6. He commands – Acts 16:6-7
  7. He testifies – John 15:26
  8. He can be grieved – Ephesians 4:30
  9. He can be lied to – Acts 5:3
  10. He can be blasphemed – Matthew 12:31-32

Reference1: Page 8.

Eleven Names of the Holy Spirit

  1. Spirit of God
    • He is the executive of the Godhead
    • Divine attributes are ascribed to him
  2. Spirit of Christ
    • Sent IN the anme of Christ
    • Come to make Christ real
  3. The Comforter
    • Advocate
  4. Holy Spirit
    • He implements divine holiness in the believer
  5. The Holy Spirit Of Promise
    • Promised the blessings of Abraham
  6. The Spirit of Truth
    • Holy Spirit is commited to truth
  7. The Spirit of Life
    • Provides the believers spiritual life
  8. The Spirit of Glory
    • Imparts the beauty of the Lord upon the believer
  9. The Spirit of Adoption
    • Believers are the adopted children of God and receive the Spirit of Adoption
  10. The Spirit of Grace
    • Through Holy Spirit, God ministers and draws people to Jesus
  11. The Spirit of Wisdom
    • Holy Spirit is wise, tactful, informed, thoughtful, sensitive, relevant, resourceful.

Reference1: Pages 11, 23.

Scriptures

Galatians 5:22-23 –
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

2 Corinthians 5:17 –
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Galatians 2:20 –
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Colossians 3:15 –
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

1 Corinthians 14:3 –
But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.

Reference1: Pages 34, 10, 40 & 14, 42, 60.

Unit 3: Grace

Scriptures

Romans 12:2 –
And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Ephesians 3:20 –
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

2 Peter 1:3 –
As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.

Hebrews 4:15-16 –
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of his grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Romans 5:1 –
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peache with God through our lord Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 4:23 –
Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flows the springs of life.

Reference1: Pages 2, 5, 6, 12, 23, 16.

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