Bible School of The Holy Spirit
When I had an encounter with the Holy Spirit in 1995, I had dreamt of that in my heart since my childhood. I just hadn’t known how to find Him as He really is. Now I have been in close relationship and co-operation with Him for the past 15 years. He has opened scriptures to me when I have read the Bible. The Bible shows the Truth of the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The Bible has shown me what is the assingment of the Holy Spirit in this world and in me:
- Holy Spirit is a Person (John 14:26). Father God and Son Jesus have send the Holy Spirit.
- Holy Spirit is God. He is invisible but real. Holy Spirit is equivalent to the Father and the Son. They are one God, trinity, and They are eternal.
- Holy Spirit lives in me. I can live in His presence every day. Holy Spirit wants to be in active co-operation with me all the time (John 14:16) and also forever.
- Holy Spirit has an awesome ability and will to teach me every day (John 14:26).
- Holy Spirit stays in Truth and He never lies. I can trust Him 100 % in everything. Holy Spirit keeps me in Truth (John 16:13).
- Holy Spirit is like Jesus. Holy Spirit speaks that which He hears from Jesus and the Father. He will never guide me to wrong way (John 16:13-15). He will glorify Jesus.
- Holy Spirit makes Jesus real to all people. This is the main assignment of the Holy Spirit.
- God’s plan in me and through me in it’s full extension will be accomplished in the co-operation with the Holy Spirit.
- Holy Spirit gave me first love to Jesus as a gift. This surpassed all my expections.
Dream Come True
Jesus says of the Holy Spirit: “When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13).
Because the Holy Spirit is “the key” to understand the Bible, I named the school Bible School of the Holy Spirit. The first school year in the history of the Bible school started 1st Sept. 2003 and since that the Bible school has been running at the premises of the River church of Tampere. The eight school year of Bible School of the Holy Spirit started on 6th Sept. 2010.
The Bible is the Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit to all the people. The Bible has been written by the men and women of God, who had decided to give their best to God.
Jesus says about us who believe in Him: “Most assuredly, I say to you: he who believes in me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do because I go to my Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:12-13). By faith we will make impossible things possible.
Bible School of the Holy Spirit is especially meant for those who have a desire and decision to give their best to God. Our dream is to offer a possibility for men and women from all ages and backgrounds to come together to study the Word of God and to learn to know the Person of the Holy Spirit. Bible School facilitates the possibility to enter to full plan of God, which is prepared beforehand.
One day God showed me this: ”When you see somebody who has offered himself/herself to me, never dispise him/her. You don’t know what it has cost to him/her. And you don’t know what it causes in my heart.”
Pastor Kai Karjalainen