In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:1–2)
It is Spirit Week at school so I am led to discuss THE SPIRIT . . . so often forgotten in our studies, our prayers, and our daily activities. Yet He is One Who is present in every believer! How can we not know? How can we forget?
The Hebrew word for Spirit, RUACH is often translated as wind or breath in the Old Testament. The same word is found in Psalm 33 where we again catch a glimpse of the Spirit’s work in creation:
“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath [Spirit] of His mouth.” (Psalm 33:6)
When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:16-17)
The Spirit was promised the Jesus' followers before He went to the cross (John 14:15-17) and first given in in the Book of Acts:
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:1-4)
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
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