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Pentecost and the Holy Spirit |
Editing: 25-05-2026
Before I tell you in the words given to me, just a few understandings of the Holy Spirit. All of Scripture is inspired in the writing of the Holy Spirit:
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
This so you may that God is Author of it all, not human thinking. It is all written in the styles of the writer, but the content is exactly as God intends it to be. And the Holy Spirit does the inspiration to the writers in what to write and how to write it.
Then the Spirit of God rests up the Messiah, pointing to Him Who will save the world.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”
John the Baptist here confirms that Jesus is the Messiah and that Baptizing is to be with the Holy Spirit.
One major thing the Holy Spirit does is not tot testify of Himself but He continously points to Jesus Christ as in - so He testifies of Jesus Christ:
Jesus Speaks here:
25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Jesus Speaks here:
26 “When the Advocate (Holy Spirit) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
Jesus Speaks here:
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”
The Holy Spirit gives you power to be a witness of Jesus Christ:
6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
To give a partial sumup of what the Holy Spirit does:
- He always glorifies Christ and points to Christ.
- When you are baptized you are to be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of the Bible.
- The Holy Spirit indwells you to:
- Teach you for holiness and the Word
- Powers you to able to testify for Jesus Christ
The point was for Christ to leave was beacause as a man was He was not able (in that form) to lead all on the planet who want to follow Him. When Christ assended to heaven he sent back the Holy Spirit, Who is able to indwell every follower of Christ. He is our helper and teacher, He was sent in place of Jesus, and always pointing to Jesus. Christ is the way and the life.
The sending back of the Holy Spirit was 40 days after Jesus ascended to heaven and that is what we celebrate, because about 500 of the followers including the apostels where indwelled by the Holy Spirit. Read about it in Acts chapter 2.
The Holy Spirit for sure is a person and the True things you can ask of Him in prayer is to be your Guide to help you become holy, or other things for the purposes of God. It is not however approriate only pray to the Holy Spirit because there is also God the Father and Jesus Christ. Why would otherwise the Holy Spirit point to Jesus Christ. The book is called the Word because Christ is the Word. So if the Holy Spirit writes about Jesus and exallerates Jesus, would it not be that You should also pray to the Father and to Jesus?
They are not called the Holy Trinity for nothing. There are three persons here who are as one.
I urge to to be very very carefull and try to make conclusions about scripture - because assumption and conclusions can lead you to false teachings, and false teachings can lead to hell. So again be very very careful. Rather pray for revelation to Jesus, like He says, what Jesus will give to you, will be given by the Holy Spirit.
A few examples:
The Holy Spirit is Person
Especially the group called "Jehova's Witnesses" make a sport out of it to draw questionable conclusions. They claim rhe Holy Spirit is not a person, but more like a force. I cannot see how they arrive with that conclusion because you cannot grieve a force, or a force cannot teach, a force is not something that refers himself as a person. But the Holy Spririt says "I". If you like for me to give you the refernces, I will. You can contact me in the contact section.
Jesus is God
The same group, calling themselves "Jehova's Witnesses" say that Jesus is not God based on what they say that Jesus would be a created being, because He is called the Son. If you read this and you are a Jehova's Witness, then read this:
"Finitum non capax infiniti"
The finite cannot comprehend the infinite, meaning you are stepping into something you know nothing about.
Jesus says Himself I am the Alpha and the Omega - the beginning and the end. What is it with this statement? How can be something be the beginning ánd the end? A circle has none. In fact any point on a circle can be a beginning and end of that circle, and there are infinite points. So this statement, referring to Himself - means that He is infinite. Meaning also He had no beginning. In marriage to your wife or husband in the moral of our Lord I should add, you carry a ring (circular). It is for your for ever devotion to the Lord, which implicates in this life also being loyal to your wife. But in future in heaven - no marriage exists. But the Lord is forever.
If you really want to be Jehova's Witnesses then do not listen solely to your leadership as the Holy Spirit gives each revelation to what He deems appropriate by Jesus Christ. Because it seems to me that you are only witnesses of your own leadership, not of Jehova.
And you are taking a risk with this as you assume your leadership has the Holy Spirit indwelled in them - as any Christian leadership should. But what if that is not true. What if they have accumulated as much false teachings that they are not indwelled by the Holy Spirit. Think about it - it's life or death. Satan messes up Christianity through all of these things. Remember Matthew 7:21-23. Some Apostles were fisherman, you don't have to be highly educated or a Pharisee to understand Scripture. It is what is given to you by Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.
What do you think what Jesus would do if you do not acknoledge Him for Who He is? I don't either, but it is still a big risk.