Dove aka Holy Spirit

1.   Who is the Holy Spirit? – The Holy Spirit is a person.

 Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them. - Isaiah 63:10

 

2.   The Holy Spirit was present during Jesus’ life on earth.

Later on, at the baptism of Jesus, which marked the beginning of His public ministry, the Holy Spirit was present and, on this occasion, could be seen in material form. “When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him”

 (Matthew 3:16)

 

 

3.   The Holy Spirit works in the lives of believers. 

 “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever. He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn’t see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be in you” (John 14:16-17).

 

4.   The power of the Holy Spirit changes lives. 

 Jesus skillfully expresses the essence of this experience: “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?” (Lk 11:13).

 

 "Without a life full of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to build the body of Christ."

 The disciples were filled with the Spirit in the upper room, and Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, stood up to preach on the day of Pentecost (Ac 2:14). 

 

5.   The Holy Spirit works in the world through evangelism.

 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth’” (Ac 1:7-8).