My Journey to Life - Daily Study Guide

Q4. How essential is the Holy Spirit to our existence?

Picture: Q4. How essential is the Holy Spirit to our existence? JTLD 152.1

The Holy Spirit was present at the creation of our world. We are dependent upon the Spirit to bring understanding and guidance “into all truth” (John 16:13). It is the Spirit that recreates in the believer a spiritual knowledge of God. JTLD 152.2

Maybe you have known someone whose life was “off the rails” until they invited Jesus to be Lord of their life. It is the Spirit who makes this heart transformation and enables them to live it out in their actions. It is the Spirit who calls us to God, gives repentance for sins and changes us to be like Jesus. JTLD 152.3

In John 3, Nicodemus struggled with this concept, which Jesus called being “born-again.” Over and over, Jesus patiently helped Nicodemus understand that without the Spirit, no amount of wisdom, leadership ability, education, or wealth would enable a person to know God and be changed into a true follower of Christ. JTLD 152.4

• Bible Discovery: Genesis 1:2; Compare Job 34:14, 15 with Job 33:4; John 3:5, 6; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Colossians 3:10
• Further Reading: Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 672.1; Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8, p. 64.5; Our High Calling, p. 154.3