Power of Holy Spirit
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· 11 viewsThe Holy Spirit equips and empowers believers so that the reign and reality of God is revealed through them in the world.
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The power of the Holy Spirit is witnessed to in the OT
The power of the Holy Spirit is witnessed to in the OT
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
The spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and might,
The spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord:
And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,
Neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
See also Is 42:1
The Spirit will show his power on the earth
The Spirit will show his power on the earth
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high,
And the wilderness be a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
The Spirit’s power will enable people to serve God
The Spirit’s power will enable people to serve God
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
See also Je 31:33
The Spirit’s power will prompt prophecy and visions
The Spirit’s power will prompt prophecy and visions
And it shall come to pass afterward,
That I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;
And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions:
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids
In those days will I pour out my spirit.
See also Ac 2:17–18
The Holy Spirit’s power is described by OT imagery
The Holy Spirit’s power is described by OT imagery
Oil:
Oil:
1 Sa 10:1; 1 Sa 16:13
Is 63:11–12 the arm of God
The hand of God:
The hand of God:
Eze 3:14; Eze 37:1
The Holy Spirit’s power is demonstrated in the OT
The Holy Spirit’s power is demonstrated in the OT
In creation
In creation
Ge 1:2; Job 33:4; Ps 104:30
In acts of judgment and war
In acts of judgment and war
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
See also Jdg 3:10; Jdg 6:34; Jdg 11:29; Jdg 14:6; Jdg 15:14; 1 Sa 11:6; 1 Sa 16:13
In the lives of his servants
In the lives of his servants
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord,
And of judgment, and of might,
To declare unto Jacob his transgression,
And to Israel his sin.
See also Nu 11:17; 1 Sa 10:6; 1 Sa 10:10
The Holy Spirit’s power is seen in the life of Jesus Christ
The Holy Spirit’s power is seen in the life of Jesus Christ
In his conception
In his conception
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
In his teaching and ministry
In his teaching and ministry
See also Mt 7:28–29; Mt 12:28; Mk 1:22; Mk 1:27; Lk 4:14; Lk 5:17; Ac 10:38
In his resurrection
In his resurrection
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
See also Ro 8:11; 1 Ti 3:16; 1 Pe 3:18
The Holy Spirit’s power is seen in the church’s mission
The Holy Spirit’s power is seen in the church’s mission
In the church’s witness and preaching
In the church’s witness and preaching
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
See also Lk 24:49; Ac 6:10; Ac 16:7; 1 Co 2:4; 1 Th 1:5
In the apostolic ministry of signs and wonders
In the apostolic ministry of signs and wonders
For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
See also Heb 2:4
In miraculous works in the church
In miraculous works in the church
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
See also 1 Co 12:28
The Holy Spirit’s power builds Christian character
The Holy Spirit’s power builds Christian character
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
See also 2 Ti 1:7
The Holy Spirit’s power strengthens the church
The Holy Spirit’s power strengthens the church
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
See also Ro 1:11; 1 Co 1:7–8