As I meditated
upon what Jesus said, “I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit;” (Mark 1:8, NIV), we see how Jesus is directly involved in sending
the Holy Spirit to His followers and this included initiating the dawn of the
church with the coming of the Spirit that first Pentecost (Acts 2:33-39, NIV)
and also pouring out the Spirit into the heart of the individual believer
(Titus 3:4-7, NIV). And, the apostle Paul taught that the gift of the Spirit is
the seal of our belonging to God (2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 1:13, NIV) and
the proof that we are God's children (Romans 8:9, NIV). The presence of the
Spirit is crucial and how the apostle Paul re-baptized people who had not
received the Spirit when they were baptized (Acts 19:1-7, NIV). By this, the
Ephesians disciples experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit by speaking in
tongues and were able to prophesize through the Holy Spirit when they received
baptism of repentance (Acts 19:4-5, NIV). Hence, I receive the speaking of
tongues & having the ability to prophesize over someone’s life today.
Truly, I
saw how the apostle John spoke of the Holy Spirit that would be sent by Christ
who will glorify Him as the Spirit receives the revelation of God’s truth +
will make known to all those who believes in Him {Jesus} (John 16;14, NIV).
And, this encourages me to allow the Holy Spirit to speak to me about
concerning God’s truth as He glorifies Christ through my life.
For, the
Spirit is the promised blessing of belonging to Christ (Acts 2:33; Galatians
3:14; Ephesians 1:13, NIV), going back to Jesus' own promise that the Father
would send the Holy Spirit to those who asked for the Spirit to be given to
them (Luke 11:13, NIV)
As such,
the Spirit's presence is our source of “living water” flowing from within us
(John 7:37-39, NIV).
Let’s
live as followers of Jesus because the Lord has given us this great gift of
grace today!
Are you
baptized in the Holy Spirit today?
Have a
blessed Pentecost Sunday today!
(Written
by Jeremy Koh, 31st May 2020)
Profile
Background:
Jeremy Koh is a disabled graduate from Cerebral Palsy
Alliance Singapore – formerly known as Spastic Children Association
(1987-1997). He graduated with Certificates in Microsoft Office Skills. Jeremy
has worked in ServeHope Pte Ltd – Project Assistant/Email Marketing Consultant
for 5 years (March 2008 – August 2013). And, Jeremy did a research work for the
keyguard at (these)abilites Pte Ltd handling all KeyGuard Operations for 10
months. He was Executive Assistant with Vision Strategy Storytelling (3 months,
Aug to Oct 2017). Jeremy worked as GB Connector in GrowthBeans Team in
Savior-Asia Consulting Pte Ltd (October 2018 to December 2019). Today, he
continues to be in GB Youth Organizing Team/as a GB Youth Facilitator in
YouthCorps Singapore + a valued Co-Partner/Worker as Outreach Officer (Project
Role Based) in Access Path Productions, a former member of the Special Needs
Cluster in YCS, and currently setting up + involved in Project Story LIFE Team
with Special Needs Community.
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