HOLY SPIRIT
(See also Anointing; Fruitage of God’s Spirit [Ga 5:22, 23])
active force: cl 40-41; lff lesson 7; it-2 1020; wp16.4 14; w11 12/15 13-14; w10 10/1 28; w09 10/1 4-6; g 7/06 15; w02 5/15 5; rs 380-381; ti 20-23
“aglow with the spirit” (Ro 12:11): nwt 1719; w10 12/15 14-15
anointing by holy spirit: w20.01 20-23, 25
Christians: it-1 114; it-2 1023; w16.01 18-19; w02 2/1 20; ip-2 322
Jesus Christ: w22.07 16; w20.07 31; it-1 114; it-2 59-60; w10 4/15 9; w09 5/15 30-31; w09 8/1 31; ip-2 322
not same as having holy spirit: w20.01 25; w16.01 21; w11 12/15 25
appointment of elders: scl 85; od 31, 38-39; lvs 53-54; w14 11/15 28-29; lv 43; w13 11/15 22; w02 3/15 14-15; w02 8/1 13; w01 1/15 13-16; w92 2/1 16; om 30, 38-39
appointment of ministerial servants: od 58; w14 11/15 28-29; om 59
baptism in name of holy spirit: ijwbq article 81; it-2 1019-1020; w10 3/15 13-14; wt 114-115; w92 2/1 13-14, 18; w92 3/15 15; w92 10/15 19; w91 1/15 5-6
baptism in or with holy spirit: ijwbq article 110; w92 2/1 13-14; rs 56, 58
differs from baptism in name of holy spirit: w10 3/15 14-15
“bears witness with our spirit” (Ro 8:16): w20.01 22; it-2 999; w16.01 19; w02 2/1 20; w98 2/15 14-15; w91 3/15 19-20; w90 2/15 20
begettal by holy spirit:
Christians: w20.01 22-23; w16.01 19-20; w09 4/1 3-12; w98 2/15 13-16
Jesus Christ: w98 2/15 13
benefits from holy spirit: it-1 936; w01 7/1 11; w91 1/15 5-6; w88 12/1 25
Bible writing: ijwbq article 108; w19.11 9-10; it-1 309-310, 1203-1205; it-2 1021; g17.3 3; w92 2/1 10; si 9-10; w88 2/1 3-4
blasphemy against holy spirit: it-1 339; w07 7/15 18
‘born from spirit’ (Joh 3:5): it-1 319; jy 44; w09 4/1 8-11; w92 2/1 14; gt chapter 17
“comforter” (Joh 14:16, ftn.): w03 5/1 17; w00 4/15 6; w96 11/1 10
“comfort of” (Ac 9:31): w17.07 13
contrast with spirit of world: w11 3/15 8-11
cooperation with holy spirit: it-2 1021; w06 11/15 22
directs preaching: w10 2/15 14-15, 17; w10 3/15 17; w94 8/15 16-17; w92 2/1 17-18
“every sort of flesh” (Joe 2:28): w92 5/1 13
Paul forbidden to preach in district of Asia (Ac 16:6): w12 1/15 10; w90 6/15 15
discussion: ijwbq article 81; lff lesson 7; it-2 1019-1024; w10 10/1 26-28; rk 11; w09 10/1 3-9; bm 24; g99 1/8 26-27; w92 2/1 8-18; rs 380-382
empowers: w22.11 4-6; bt 219-220; w19.11 8-9; w17.02 18-19, 24; w11 1/15 22-30; w09 10/1 6; w04 12/15 14
energizes: it-2 1021-1022; w99 7/15 20
enhances natural abilities: w10 9/15 10
tabernacle workers: it-2 1021, 1191; w11 12/15 18-19; w08 2/15 6; w92 2/1 10-11
equips: mwb20.10 6
evidence of operation among Witnesses: w10 10/1 31; w01 4/1 16-17
accomplishment of preaching work: jv 547-553
on Governing Body: w17.02 26-27
unity: yb94 253-254
evidence that one has holy spirit: rs 381-382
“fire of the spirit” (1Th 5:19): w23.06 12-13
first century: w92 2/1 12-14, 17
“firstfruits” (Ro 8:23): it-1 837
force for cleanness: w10 4/15 9
freedom accompanies holy spirit: w18.04 8-9; w12 7/15 10
gaining holy spirit: scl 51; w19.11 11; it-2 1023-1024; w10 9/15 10-11; w08 9/15 21
Gideon: w11 12/15 20
“gifted with the spirit” (1Co 14:37): w93 10/15 31
gift from God: w20.05 28-30; it-1 936; w01 9/15 17-18; w98 2/15 21
grieving the spirit (Eph 4:30): it-1 1128; it-2 890, 1023-1024; w10 5/15 28-32; w04 5/15 29-30; w01 3/15 17-18; w93 3/15 14; w92 9/15 17-18
guidance from holy spirit: kr 49; w11 12/15 13-26
“hear what the spirit says” (Re 2, 3): re 36
helper (parakletos): ijwbq article 81; it-2 1019, 1022-1023; w11 12/15 15; w10 10/1 27-28; w03 3/15 6; w02 2/1 19-20; w00 10/15 21-24; w92 9/15 15-16, 18; rs 380-381; ti 22
help from holy spirit: scl 33; w19.11 8-11, 13; w09 10/1 9; w04 12/15 14-15, 19-20; w92 2/1 8-13
avoiding sin: w11 1/15 23; w10 4/15 9; w10 9/15 11; w06 11/15 22
comfort: w24.10 9-10
comment by Elsa Abt: bt 223; w88 2/15 18
conquering hatred: wp22.1 12-13
during distress: w04 8/15 19-20
extremely nervous man: g95 3/22 10
field ministry: ijwbv article 51; w22.11 5-6; w19.11 11; w10 2/15 6-10; w10 4/15 11; w09 7/15 22; w05 7/1 25-27; km 7/00 1; km 5/98 1; km 3/88 4
handling changes in life: w04 4/1 14-19
making decisions: w00 10/15 22, 24
putting on new personality: w22.03 12; w92 2/1 15-16; w90 4/1 19
recovering from sin: w04 4/1 18; w93 3/15 14
through Scriptures: w92 2/1 16
when tired or discouraged: w11 1/15 24-26
when under trial: w11 1/15 26-30; w92 9/15 13-18
holiness: cl 31; it-1 1128; w06 11/1 25
illuminates: it-2 1021; w10 4/15 10; w04 12/15 14-15
“incorruptible reproductive seed” (1Pe 1:23): it-2 890
irresistible: w05 7/1 26-27
Jehovah’s “hands” or “fingers”: ijwbq article 81; it-1 309, 832; si 10
Jephthah: w11 12/15 20-21
Jesus a channel for: re 85
Jesus’ baptism:
anointing: w20.07 31; it-1 114; it-2 59-60; w09 5/15 30-31
“dove”: it-1 647-648
prehuman existence likely recalled: w23.02 8; cf 49; it-2 59; jy 34-35; lr 52; gt chapter 12
spirit begettal: it-2 60; jy 35; w98 2/15 13; gt chapter 12
‘witness bearer’ (1Jo 5:6-8): w08 12/15 28
Jesus directs congregation by: it-2 1022-1023; w05 9/15 22; w87 8/1 11-13, 18-19
congregation problems: w92 2/1 16-17
Jesus’ life guided by: w17.02 21; w11 12/15 15; w10 4/15 9
Joshua (son of Nun): w11 12/15 19-20
joy of holy spirit:
“sign meaning goodness” (Ps 86:17): w92 12/15 17-19
judgment by holy spirit: it-2 1022
leads: w10 4/15 9-10; w92 9/15 15
Mary conceives Jesus: ijwbq article 153; it-2 56; g99 8/8 30
why offered this privilege: w11 12/15 22-23
Mary ‘overshadowed’ by holy spirit (Lu 1:35): cl 71-72; it-2 56
meaning of term: ijwbq article 81; nwt 1701
“meaning of the spirit” (Ro 8:27): it-2 405; w90 12/1 30
miraculous gifts: it-1 937-939; w10 4/15 9
control of: it-1 939
pre-Christian: w92 2/1 9
purpose: it-1 937; it-2 309; w10 4/15 9; w92 2/1 9, 12; w92 6/1 5
similarity to gifts of betrothal: it-1 728
transmission: ijwbq article 150; bt 63; it-1 937; w13 7/15 18; w08 9/15 32
misconceptions: ijwbq article 81
molding from holy spirit: w16.06 9-10
Moses: w17.02 18-19; w11 12/15 18
motivates Christians to help one another: w04 12/15 15-17
“moved by” (“borne along by”) holy spirit (2Pe 1:21): w19.11 9-11; it-1 1203; g17.3 3; w12 6/15 26; w97 6/15 5-6; w88 2/1 3-4
not a person: ijwbq article 81; od 189; it-2 1019-1020; w10 10/1 26-27; w09 10/1 5; g 7/06 14-15; g99 1/8 26-27; w92 9/15 16; w91 1/15 3-4; pe 40; rs 380-381, 406-407; ti 20-23; w88 6/1 14; w87 6/15 5-7
comments by Encyclopædia Britannica: ijwbq article 81
comments by New Catholic Encyclopedia: w09 10/1 3; w88 6/1 14
use of pronoun “him” or “he” (Joh 16:7, 8, 13, 14): w08 4/15 32
not God: rs 412
not Holy Ghost: w11 12/15 13
not power: it-2 1020; w11 1/15 22; g99 1/8 26
operations: od 189; w11 12/15 24-25
modern times: w10 4/15 9-11; w05 12/1 25; w00 4/1 8-11
new world: w10 4/15 11
on anointed Christians: w20.01 28; w16.01 23-24; w07 5/1 31; w96 6/15 31; w95 7/1 10
on faithful and discreet slave: w09 2/15 25
on first-century governing body: w17.02 24
operative on congregation: it-2 1022-1023; w10 4/15 9-11; w88 12/1 25
“abilities to direct” (1Co 12:28): it-1 938
“helpful services” (1Co 12:28): it-1 938
meetings: w19.11 11; w16.04 19-20; w93 8/15 11
operative on “other sheep”: w02 2/1 21; w96 6/15 31
Paul: w11 12/15 24
Pentecost 33 C.E.: w20.01 20-21; it-2 599; lfb 220-221; jy 311; w14 5/15 24; w09 9/1 24; bm 25; my story 105; w96 7/1 16
Joel’s prophecy: w20.04 6-7; jd 167; w98 5/1 13-14; si 147
proof Jesus reached God’s presence: it-1 187
personified: ijwbq article 81; it-2 1019; w08 4/15 32; w91 1/15 4; rs 380; ti 21-22
Peter: w11 12/15 23
“pleads for us” (Ro 8:26, 27): w25.10 22-23; it-2 670; w09 6/1 30; w09 11/15 7; w08 6/15 30; w92 9/15 16-17
poured out:
Joel’s prophecy: w20.04 3, 6-7; jd 167; w98 5/1 13-15
power of holy spirit: w92 2/1 8-9
prayer for holy spirit: w24.10 9-10; cf 114-115; scl 95; w19.11 11, 13; w11 3/15 11; w09 10/1 8; w06 12/15 20-24; w04 12/15 20; ip-1 160; w92 9/15 13-15, 18; w87 7/15 18-19
“pray with holy spirit” (Jude 20): w98 6/1 19; w90 5/15 12-13
preaching work authorized by holy spirit: w91 1/15 5
preaching work empowered by holy spirit: ijwbv article 51; w22.11 5-6; w10 2/15 6-9; w10 4/15 11; w09 7/15 22; w05 7/1 25-27; w01 4/1 13-14, 16-17; w00 4/1 10-11
pre-Christian witnesses: w92 2/1 10-12
protection by holy spirit:
during great tribulation: w10 4/15 11
line of descent of offspring of woman (Ge 3:15): w10 4/15 8-9
qualifying force: it-2 1021-1022; w10 9/15 10; w02 2/15 26-27
reliance on holy spirit: w08 2/15 6
religious “ecstasy” no evidence: rs 381-382, 400-402
remembrancer: w17.06 13; w10 7/15 20-21; w08 4/15 32; w03 5/1 17; w02 2/1 19; be 19-20, 178; w00 4/1 8-9
role in creation: it-1 526; it-2 1020-1021; w11 2/15 6-10; w92 2/1 9
role in outworking of Jehovah’s purpose: w10 4/15 7-11
role in understanding Bible: wp17.1 15
sacred: w88 6/15 14
Samson: w11 12/15 21
sealing by holy spirit: w20.01 21; w16.01 18-19, 23; w15 3/15 15; w13 11/15 13; w07 1/1 30-31; re 115-116, 276-277; w92 2/1 14
‘searches into deep things of God’ (1Co 2:10): w10 7/15 20-24; w07 11/1 28
“setting the mind on the spirit,” “minding of the spirit” (Ro 8:6): w17.06 3; w16.12 16-17; w11 11/15 14; w08 9/15 24; w01 3/15 15-19; w01 4/15 29; w94 6/15 15-17; w90 12/1 30
sin against holy spirit: it-1 339; it-2 792, 1024; jy 103; w07 7/15 16-20; w07 8/15 19; w92 9/15 9-10; gt chapter 41; w87 2/15 8-9
“sowing with a view to the spirit” (Ga 6:8): w08 8/15 26; w95 6/15 31
spirit and bride say, “Come!” (Re 22:17): w10 2/15 14-18; re 318; w92 2/1 18; w90 12/15 12-14
“spirit of his mouth” (Ps 33:6): w06 5/15 20; w86 8/15 21
“spirit of the truth” (Joh 14:17; 15:26; 16:13): it-2 1131-1132; w00 4/1 8-9
“sword of the spirit” (Eph 6:17): w21.03 29; w18.05 31; it-1 172; w07 3/15 30; w04 9/15 19-20; w92 5/15 22-23; w88 9/1 17-18
symbolized by—
oil from olive trees (Zec 4:3-6): w22.03 15
“seven eyes” (Re 5:6): it-2 1022; re 55, 84-85
“seven lamps” (Re 4:5): it-2 1022; re 79
“seven spirits” (Re 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6): it-2 1022; w09 1/15 30; re 18, 54-55, 79, 84-85
teacher: it-2 1072; w10 7/15 20-21; w08 4/15 32; w03 5/1 17; w02 2/1 19-20; w00 4/1 8-9
‘walk according to the spirit’ (Ro 8:4): w11 11/15 10-14
“walking by spirit” (Ga 5:16, 25): w10 3/15 15-18; w07 7/15 21-25; w92 3/15 20-21