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08. Who is the Holy Spirit?

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The questions are the title of the above painting by Paul Gauguin, explained in Wikipedia as follows:

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (French: D’où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?) is an 1897–98 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. The painting was created in Tahiti and is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Viewed as a masterpiece by Gauguin, the painting is considered “a philosophical work comparable to the themes of the Gospels”.

Wiki explains that Gauguin attended a Catholic boarding school with a strong religious focus, and although he became anticlerical, these questions stayed with him.

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The Holy Spirit
(1)  Was the Holy Spirit active in Old Testament times?
Judges 6:34
Judges 15:14
Isaiah 63:11
(2)  What was promised about the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament?
Joel 2:28-29
(3)  What did Jesus promise about the Holy Spirit?
John 14:25-26
John 15:26
John 16:7-8
John 16:13-14
(4)  How would you describe the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples?
Acts 2:1-4
(5)  Why is the Holy Spirit so important?
1 Corinthians 2:14
1 Corinthians 12:3
Galations 5:22-23
(6)  Why do you think that sinning against the Holy Spirit would be unforgiveable?  What is this verse about?
Matthew 12:31
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