He is Exalted
Therefore, since He (Jesus) has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you both see and hear. Acts 2:33
The price for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was death. Jesus died to break the old and introduce the new. The new involved God living in us. The world experienced Christ living amongst them but now the Holy Spirit would inhabit the believer.
When the Holy Spirit inhabited the believer signs and wonders resulted. The disciples had no more power over how the Holy Spirit would behave or the gifts He would endow than they had on preventing Christ from going to the cross.
They would walk and speak differently. They had a power and boldness they previously did not have.
These disciples hid behind Jesus, relied on His presence. They now are walking in their own experience. They have come of age.
Jesus said to them, ‘in my name you will do…….’ However, until the Holy Spirit fell they did not have the strategy, the oomph to start let alone complete the task.
The Holy Spirit is a part of the package. He cannot be deleted or ignored. He is the power by which we can do what we are called to do. He is the icing on the cake, He makes us palatable to the lost and dying world, and He is the fragrance. Amen!
The price for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was death. Jesus died to break the old and introduce the new. The new involved God living in us. The world experienced Christ living amongst them but now the Holy Spirit would inhabit the believer.
When the Holy Spirit inhabited the believer signs and wonders resulted. The disciples had no more power over how the Holy Spirit would behave or the gifts He would endow than they had on preventing Christ from going to the cross.
They would walk and speak differently. They had a power and boldness they previously did not have.
These disciples hid behind Jesus, relied on His presence. They now are walking in their own experience. They have come of age.
Jesus said to them, ‘in my name you will do…….’ However, until the Holy Spirit fell they did not have the strategy, the oomph to start let alone complete the task.
The Holy Spirit is a part of the package. He cannot be deleted or ignored. He is the power by which we can do what we are called to do. He is the icing on the cake, He makes us palatable to the lost and dying world, and He is the fragrance. Amen!
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