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The Spirit of Promise

The Gift of the Spirit is one of the blessings of Abraham promised by God for the nations and the children of the Patriarch. The Apostle Paul referre…

Spirit and Resurrection

The Gift of the Spirit is the ‘first fruits’ of the bodily resurrection and a foretaste of the promised New Creation. The Apostle Paul presents Abrah…

Son and Spirit

Jesus is the Anointed Son of God, and from the start, his life was characterized by the empowering presence of the Spirit. When an angel informed Jos…

Evidence of Sonship

The Gift of the Spirit demonstrates beyond question who belongs to the Holy Covenant Community of Jesus, and who does not. In the assemblies of Galat…

As many as He Calls

The Gift of the Spirit is for every man who repents, including those afar off, and this is in fulfillment of the Covenant Promise - Acts 2:37-41. The…

Distributions of the Spirit

The first literary section of the Letter to the Hebrews concludes with an exhortation to hold fast to the apostolic tradition, and an ominous warning…

Greater Tabernacle

The Gospel of John presents Jesus as the place where the glory of God is seen, the Greater and Final Tabernacle in which His presence resides. With t…

Pentecost - Outcome

The end of the second chapter of Acts summarizes the results of the Spirit’s outpouring by describing the basic practices of the young and now Spirit…