June 10th, 2025
This week, I’ve been thinking about the gift of the Holy Spirit. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you are an heir to every powerful promise in God’s word. You are an heir to all that comes through the redemption purchased with the precious blood of Jesus. You have the promise of the Holy Spirit, who seals believers the moment they accept Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:22-24 says,
‘For all the promises of God find their “Yes” in [Jesus]. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.’
There is so much in that scripture, but I want to point out the fact that the Spirit of God is the guarantee of our inheritance – the seal that confirms all the promises of God that were fulfilled in Jesus.
The Holy Spirit comes into the heart of a believer as a down payment on that which is to come – our eternal redemption. However, until that redemption comes, He abides with us and allows us to see heaven come to earth.
From the beginning of time, God has been seeking a place – a people – where His Spirit can settle and burn.
In the beginning, He hovered over the waters at creation and God breathed His Spirit and life into Adam and Eve. However, they separated themselves from fellowship when they allowed sin to corrupt their purity. God already had a plan of redemption, and we see part of that plan in the covenant He made with the Israelite people. The law was given to Moses on Mount Sinai, and it was there that the people saw God’s glory for the first time. In the wilderness, after they’d come out of Egyptian slavery, they saw their deliverer in the form of a consuming fire – a terrifying storm with lighting and thunder and glorious flames. Can you imagine the sight?
Exodus 19:16;18 describes it:
“There were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled… Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.”
The glory of the Lord was both awesome and terrifying. In Exodus 40:34-35, we see the same glory settle on the Tent of Meeting after it was constructed to God’s specifications. It says,
“The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.”
Today, there is no physical tent of meeting or temple. After Jesus died on the cross, the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom, signifying that we can all come close to God’s glory, washed in the blood of Jesus. However, even after that moment, and after His resurrection, Jesus told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power. What was it they were waiting for?
They were waiting to be inhabited by the same One that had previously rested on Mount Sinai. They were waiting to be filled with the same fire that had once burned in the temple. In obedience, 120 disciples waited in the city for the fulfillment of that promise.
Acts 2:1-4 says,
“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and settled on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
The disciples waited until the Holy Spirit and power settled on them before they did anything else. Just because they were believers did not mean they yet carried the power God had for them. They had to wait for His glory to rest upon them. Since that day, the Holy Spirit has been available to every believer who is washed in the blood of Jesus. He is looking for those who seek Him and consecrate their lives to be a place He can dwell. He is looking for a people upon whom He can settle like He settled on the 120 disciples 2,000 years ago.
Acts 7:48 says,
“The Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 says,
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.”
Romans 8:11 says,
“If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”
We are now the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are now the resting place of God. If we surrender to Him and allow ourselves to become vessels of His Spirit, we can live in a supernatural outpouring of heaven, just like the disciples did. There is a lie many believe that such power was only for the early disciples. However, Peter addressed this issue in the first sermon after the Holy Spirit came.
He said,
“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to Himself.” (Acts 2:38-39)
The promise is for everyone who believes and receives the power of the Holy Spirit. In these last days, God is looking for a people who are waiting for Him. He is looking for a people washed in the blood of Jesus, sanctified by His Word, cleansed and surrendered. He is looking for a place His Spirit can settle, just as He did on the day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is a gift, and He is for you!
1 Corinthians 1:22-24 says,
‘For all the promises of God find their “Yes” in [Jesus]. That is why it is through Him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.’
There is so much in that scripture, but I want to point out the fact that the Spirit of God is the guarantee of our inheritance – the seal that confirms all the promises of God that were fulfilled in Jesus.
The Holy Spirit comes into the heart of a believer as a down payment on that which is to come – our eternal redemption. However, until that redemption comes, He abides with us and allows us to see heaven come to earth.
From the beginning of time, God has been seeking a place – a people – where His Spirit can settle and burn.
In the beginning, He hovered over the waters at creation and God breathed His Spirit and life into Adam and Eve. However, they separated themselves from fellowship when they allowed sin to corrupt their purity. God already had a plan of redemption, and we see part of that plan in the covenant He made with the Israelite people. The law was given to Moses on Mount Sinai, and it was there that the people saw God’s glory for the first time. In the wilderness, after they’d come out of Egyptian slavery, they saw their deliverer in the form of a consuming fire – a terrifying storm with lighting and thunder and glorious flames. Can you imagine the sight?
Exodus 19:16;18 describes it:
“There were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled… Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.”
The glory of the Lord was both awesome and terrifying. In Exodus 40:34-35, we see the same glory settle on the Tent of Meeting after it was constructed to God’s specifications. It says,
“The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.”
Today, there is no physical tent of meeting or temple. After Jesus died on the cross, the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom, signifying that we can all come close to God’s glory, washed in the blood of Jesus. However, even after that moment, and after His resurrection, Jesus told His disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power. What was it they were waiting for?
They were waiting to be inhabited by the same One that had previously rested on Mount Sinai. They were waiting to be filled with the same fire that had once burned in the temple. In obedience, 120 disciples waited in the city for the fulfillment of that promise.
Acts 2:1-4 says,
“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and settled on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
The disciples waited until the Holy Spirit and power settled on them before they did anything else. Just because they were believers did not mean they yet carried the power God had for them. They had to wait for His glory to rest upon them. Since that day, the Holy Spirit has been available to every believer who is washed in the blood of Jesus. He is looking for those who seek Him and consecrate their lives to be a place He can dwell. He is looking for a people upon whom He can settle like He settled on the 120 disciples 2,000 years ago.
Acts 7:48 says,
“The Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 says,
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.”
Romans 8:11 says,
“If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”
We are now the temple of the Holy Spirit. We are now the resting place of God. If we surrender to Him and allow ourselves to become vessels of His Spirit, we can live in a supernatural outpouring of heaven, just like the disciples did. There is a lie many believe that such power was only for the early disciples. However, Peter addressed this issue in the first sermon after the Holy Spirit came.
He said,
“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to Himself.” (Acts 2:38-39)
The promise is for everyone who believes and receives the power of the Holy Spirit. In these last days, God is looking for a people who are waiting for Him. He is looking for a people washed in the blood of Jesus, sanctified by His Word, cleansed and surrendered. He is looking for a place His Spirit can settle, just as He did on the day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is a gift, and He is for you!
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