The mystery and nature of God is one that people will not fully understand this side of heaven, and the saints in eternity will spend all that time getting to know Him. One of the unique and complicated aspects of the nature of God is His Triune nature. There is only one God, but He is also three distinct persons. Of these three persons, the one that many consider the most mysterious – even though He is always with the believer – is the Holy Spirit.
pneuma (πνεῦμα)ruach (רוּחַ)Ruach Elohim
Numbers 11:24-27
- The judge of Israel Othneil (Judges 3:10)
- Gideon when he went against the Midianites (Judges 6)
- King Saul, the spirit eventually departed from him (1 Samuel 16:14-23)
- King David (1 Samuel 16:13)
“And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:1-3).
After this moment, once someone believed in the truth of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit entered them, and sealed them as belonging to Him for the Day of Judgment.
“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules” (Ezekiel 36:26-27).
“But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you…Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come” (Matthew 12:28, 31-32).
“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:13).
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you” (John 14:26).
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words” (Romans 8:26) .
“Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).
“In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:13-14).
“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30).
Holy Father,
Thank you for sending Jesus Christ to die for my sins, and that He conquered death and the grave. I praise You for Your wisdom and mercy. Thank you for sending the Holy Spirit after Jesus returned to You, so that we could have Your presence with us at all times. Lord, I ask for discernment, so that I can understand the moving of the Holy Spirit better. I want to understand the Spirit’s leadings, to be better able to obey You. Help me to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit, so that when I am being convicted, sanctified, or led to evangelize, I can know that it is You.
I ask for this wisdom in the name of Jesus,
Amen.
The Holy Spirit
Sproul, R.C. The Mystery of the Holy Spirit Discover the work of the LIving Spirit of the Living God. Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1990.
How to be Filled with the Holy Spirit.
Bethany Verrett is a freelance writer who uses her passion for God, reading, and writing to glorify God. She and her husband have lived all over the country serving their Lord and Savior in ministry. She has a blog on graceandgrowing.com.
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