What The Holy Spirit Does For The Christian Today (1)

Some churches do not believe that miracles are performed today, as they were in the first century by Jesus, the apostles and some inspired men, and as such, they do not believe in the Holy Spirit. This is a true indictment. To settle this question, let us go to the word of God, which is the only standard for determining the truth of any issue. 

As such we've divided this message  into posts parts, which we'll discuss to the last letter. 

Today's Message:

The Holy Spirit is a gift to the Christian:

"Then Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit ' ” (Acts 2:38). 

The scholars of the New Testament language tell us that the expression gift of the Holy Spirit is the “genitive of apposition.”

In his treatment of the passage, an author, Lenski says: “The promise is the Holy Spirit, so here the gift is the Holy Spirit. This gift is bestowed upon each and every Christian and cannot refer only to charismatic gifts of the Spirit, speaking with tongues, healing, etc, but denotes the gift of grace and salvation which is always present in the heart when the Spirit after a repentant baptism by immersion enters." Here again we must not separate repentance, baptism, and the Holy Spirit. 

Peter is promisinsg all of those who repent and are baptized for the forgiveness of their sins that God will give them the Holy Spirit. You shall receive the gift, namely, the Holy Spirit! 

The apostles, a few days later told the Sanhedrin: “And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him” (Acts 5:32). 

In his letter to the Galatians, speaking on this topic, Paul said: “And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, ‘Abba, Father’ ” (Galatians 4:6)!

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Amen. 

Thank you all, today's post took an exceptional chunk of my time, and I would like to thank you all  for reading and exploring your Bible with me. I thank God for your complete sense of loyalty and trust in Jesus. And I hope you get to have a deep understanding of the scriptures as you tag along with us here. 

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