Chapter 17

Keys to God’s Interaction

Sections

1. Basics
   1. God Is Always with His People
      • God and Jesus Christ are with their people
      • God and Jesus Christ are always with their people . . .
      • . . . God’s people are always with God – living in his presence
      • God is with his people wherever they go . . .
      • . . . God also goes before his people
      • God is with his people in trouble
      • Being with his people in trouble, God sees them through it
      • God and Jesus Christ in fact live in their people . . .
      • . . . and God’s people live in him and Jesus Christ
      • God’s people are with Jesus Christ even in death
      • Note: Examples of people being successful because God was with them
   2. God Knows His People and They Know Him
      • God and Jesus Christ know their people
      • God knows all his people’s needs and troubles
      • God and Jesus Christ enable their people to know them
      • So God’s people know him . . .
      • . . . and God’s people know Jesus Christ
      • God’s people are friends of him and Jesus Christ
      • God’s people have fellowship with him and Jesus Christ
   3. God Loves His People
      • God loves his people
      • God loves his people greatly
      • God’s love is with his people forever
      • God shows his love for his people in delivering them . . .
      • . . . and God shows his love for his people in protecting them
      • God shows his love in his kindness and blessings to his people
      • Jesus Christ loves God’s people – as he showed when he gave his life for them
      • Note: God delights and rejoices in his people
   4. God Is Faithful to His People
      • God is completely faithful to his people
      • God is faithful even if his people are unfaithful and do wrong
      • God shows his faithfulness in helping and blessing his people
      • God faithfully keeps his promises to his people
      • God faithfully maintains his covenants with his people forever
      • Note: God remembers his people
   5. God Shows Grace to His People
      • God and Jesus Christ show abundant grace toward their people
      • By grace God’s people are given spiritual blessings and gifts
      • By grace God’s people are entrusted with his work . . .
      • . . . By grace God’s people are enabled to do his work
      • By grace God’s people are strengthened
      • By grace God’s people avoid sin
      • Further notes on grace in the lives of God’s people

2. God’s Holy Spirit in His People
   1. God Gives the Holy Spirit to His People
      • Prelude: Prophecies of God giving his Spirit to his people
      • God gives his people his Holy Spirit . . .
      • . . . God gives the Holy Spirit to those who believe and obey him
      • The Holy Spirit lives in God’s people
      • Having the Holy Spirit verifies that a person is one of God’s people . . .
      • . . . Having the Holy Spirit indicates that God lives in a person
      • The Holy Spirit is God’s seal, guaranteeing what is to come
      • Examples of people receiving the Holy Spirit
      • Examples of people being filled with the Holy Spirit
      • Note: The concept of asking for the Holy Spirit
   2. God Works in His People through the Holy Spirit
      • God saves his people through the Holy Spirit
      • God instructs and teaches his people through the Holy Spirit
      • God works through his people by the Holy Spirit . . .
      • . . . God speaks through his people by the Holy Spirit
      • Jesus Christ works amongst God’s people through the Holy Spirit . . .
      • . . . The Holy Spirit continues Jesus Christ’s work in and through his people
   3. The Holy Spirit Renews God’s People
      • The Holy Spirit brings spiritual life
      • The Holy Spirit sanctifies God’s people
      • The Holy Spirit gives God’s people love and faith
      • The Holy Spirit gives God’s people joy and peace
      • The Holy Spirit teaches God’s people . . .
      • . . . The Holy Spirit teaches God’s people about all things
      • Having the Holy Spirit is linked with having wisdom and knowledge
   4. The Holy Spirit Helps God’s People
      • The Holy Spirit helps each believer
      • The Holy Spirit leads God’s people
      • The Holy Spirit directs God’s people in doing God’s work
      • The Holy Spirit empowers God’s people to do God’s work
      • The Holy Spirit has a significant role in what God’s people speak
      • God’s people worship and pray by the Holy Spirit

 ➜Major headings in: 17. Keys to God’s Interaction (and all of Unit D)

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