The HOLY SPIRIT

Good morning everyone. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO COMPLAIN!!!

  So often we talk about the Holy Spirit and tend to just pass it off. No big deal!  It's the spirit, part of the Trinity. Some questions for you:

       When was the Holy Spirit first mentioned in the Bible?

    How many times was the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Bible?

      In Genesis, who was God speaking to?

Well, to begin with, in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Gen 1:1) The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. GOD'S SPIRIT was hovering over the surface of the waters. (Gen 1:2).

   So, in the beginning the THREE were there, the SPIRIT was there, hovering over the surface of the waters.  The Holy Spirit is mentioned many times in various ways in the Old Testament, and, over 90 times in the new testament.  Gen 2: ⁷ And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; ------- the word for “breath” is the same word translated elsewhere as “spirit.”

 

   Often we think the Holy Spirit showed up at Pentecost,  a Jewish harvest festival called Shavuot, and this was its unveiling.  This is not true, however, it did cast another light on how powerful and important the Holy Spirit is.

  In Luke 1:35 the angel tells Mary the Holy Spirit will come on you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.  Therefore also the holy one who is born will be called the Son of God.

  So, here again we see how important the Holy Spirit is.  But wait, there is more Elizabeth is in her sixth month.  Verse 39-40 Mary gets up, why? Divine intervention.  She travels to see Elizabeth.  Now, here it is quite interesting. No land lines, cell phones, etc., so Elizabeth knows not that Mary is coming.  Mary arrives, and when Elizabeth greeted Mary, the babe in her womb LEAPED----and then-----and then----ELIZABETH WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT!!!!

   Elizabeth called out: Luke 1: 42 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

  Wow!  If you read and study this it is an amazing story.  But let me go back in time to Genesis 1 - ²⁶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

  Notice, God did not say make man in MY image, but OUR image.  To whom could He have been speaking?  The Trinity cross your mind?  Hmmm!  Good food for thought.  Thank you for reading.  When my strange little mind wonders about something, search it out, then it tends to come out in my study. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny