PENTECOSTAL
"And when the day pf Pentecost was fully come" Acts 2:1
                            Edward Proffitt, Th.D.

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Jesus said "I will pray the Father, and he shall give you
another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever"
(John 14:16).  Those words are some of the parting words
of Jesus to His disciples before His crucifixion.

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Jesus assured the disciples (in that verse) that He would
personally intercede to the Father and request the coming
of the Comforter.  The words may have seemed to be a curious affirmation to the disciples, but it was a part of the fuller revelation of truth they were to receive.

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The introduction of the Holy Spirit by Jesus implied that
they were going to enter a new magnitude of living.  The
Holy Spirit would no longer merely be "with" them,  Jesus
said He "shall be in you" (John 14:17).  They would become the temples of the Holy Spirit.

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After His coming (at Pentecost) the Holy Spirit would usher the disciples into a new magnitude of prayer, worship, and victorious living.  This coming would be powerful and would have a great impact on all believers. Jesus introduced the Holy Spirit to His disciples as "another Comforter," which implies personality.

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Scripture gives testimony that the Holy Spirit is a divine
person.  He is called "God" (Acts 5:3-4) and is joined with
the Father and the Son in the baptismal formula (Matthew 28:19). The Holy Spirit is presented to us in Scripture as eternal (Hebrews 9:14); omnipresent (Psalm 139:7-13); omniscient (l Corinthians 2:10;) and omnipotent (Luke 1:35; Romans 15:19). Many activities are ascribed to Him.

 

It is said of Him that He strives with sinners (Genesis 6:3);
He reproves (John 16:8); He teaches (John 14:26); He guides (John 16:13); and He glorifies Christ (John 16:14). With all the ministries of the Holy Spirit there are several that are especially precious to the believer.

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When His fullness comes to the believer, the believer is ushered into that new magnitude of prayer, worship, and victorious living. The Holy Spirit is indeed our Comforter and as we allow Him to perfect His work in our lives we will grow into Christlikeness.

 

Our prayer should be, "Come, Holy Spirit and fill this temple that I may be empowered by Your presence, and enter into new magnitudes of prayer, worship, and victorious living. A Anonyms person wrote:

            "Holy Spirit, teach me, all I need to know,
             That my life may please Him everywhere I go".