Which description captures the three ways the Holy Spirit works in a believer, according to Tan?

• A. The truth given, gifts given, and fruit evident in the believer
• B. Wealth, health, and happiness
• C. Power, influence, and control
• D. Knowledge, wisdom, and discipline

Answer: (A)

The threefold way the Holy Spirit works in a believer, as described by Tan, is that the Spirit reveals truth, equips with gifts, and produces fruit in character. First, truth given refers to the Spirit guiding belief and understanding—illuminating Scripture, confirming doctrine, and convicting toward right living. Second, gifts given describe the Spirit empowering believers with specific abilities for ministry—teaching, serving, encouraging, leading, or other capacities that build up the community. Third, fruit evident points to the Spirit transforming a person’s character so that virtues like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and self-control become visible in daily life.

This framing best matches how the Spirit’s work is distinguished: foundational truth for faith, practical empowerment for service, and observable character change as evidence of Spirit-led living. Other options describe outcomes that aren’t the distinct threefold pattern Tan highlights (such as worldly aims or generic virtues) and don’t capture the Spirit’s work as imparting truth, gifting for ministry, and producing fruit.