Today I'm impressed to continue sharing from Luke 24 of the Bible. This was when Jesus appeared to His Disciples perhaps for the very last time before He was taken up to Heaven (the Ascension of Jesus).
Here we read from Luke 24:45-48
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, "This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things." Source
This was like a "playback" for each of them. They experienced all that Jesus mentioned in real-time, and now Jesus was reminding them on their role as a "witness". As a Believer of Jesus, how is your witness for Him?
We continue in Luke 24:49, and Jesus says something Profound...
"I am going to Send You what my Father has Promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with POWER from on High." Source
It was profound because this was the exact Power that raised Jesus from the dead... that would now be given to EVERY Believer!!!
The Holy Spirit is a GIFT.
It is for everyone who believes and receives Him as Lord and Saviour. It is not just for the elites; the priests, the pastors, the leaders, the deacons, the elders. Every person called into Christ, is given this Power from on High!
And yet, there are some who (still) say that this "Holy Spirit Move" was something of the past, it's not for today. In Matthew 12:31-32, it warns those who blaspheme (to insult, or to deny) the Work of the Holy Spirit.
"So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy can be forgiven—except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which will never be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks against the Son of Man can be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come." Source
I pray you will be open to the work of the Holy Spirit today.
If you have yet to receive the Holy Spirit, your role is to wait upon HIM, as He wants to clothe you with His POWER!! God desires to SEND US the Comforter, the Helper, the Counsellor, but just like any other Gift... it needs to be received!
Father God identifies His Children, with the mark of the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:14 it reads "For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the Children of God". Source
May you allow the person of the Holy Spirit into your life, today.
Blessings & Shalom.
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