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Were all the followers of Christ indwelt by the Holy Spirit before the day of Pentecost? Print E-mail

THE HOLY SPIRIT
THE DISCIPLES AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
Were all the followers of Christ indwelt by the Holy Spirit before the day of Pentecost?


The true answer is, not one of them was. No doubt, as we shall see, the Spirit was with them in a sense, but the Lord distinguishes between this and His indwelling, in John 14:17: “He dwelleth with you and shall be in you.” But earlier we read, “The Holy Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified” (John 7:39).
Later the Lord said, “It is expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you, but if I depart I will send Him unto you” (John 16: 7). Does this mean that the Spirit had never been working on the earth before? No, far from it—He had, as we have seen, been always with His people, for we read of His workings throughout the Old Testament. He it is “Who moved (or brooded) on the face of the waters,” preparatory to the renovation of the earth (Genesis 1:2); “who strove with men” (Genesis 6:3); who filled His servants and came mightily upon them for special service, e.g., Bezaleel, Joshua, Samson, etc.; who moved holy men of God in the Old Testament to speak, and to write, e.g., David: 2 Samuel 23:2(see 2 Peter 1:21); and who was vexed with the rebellion of Israel (Isaiah 63:10). These various actions He performed as an Omnipotent and Omnipresent Divine Person. But it was later at Pentecost that He came down, Personally to indwell His people and baptise them into “the One Body,” and thus unite them to the Risen Christ in glory, in answer to the request of the Lord Himself.

W.H.


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Helmut Zimmermann, Unregistered
In John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
 Posted 2013-01-29 22:43:30
 1. Mr.
Helmut Zimmermann, Unregistered
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John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Therefore we can say that the disciples had the Holy Ghost before Pentecost.
 Posted 2012-12-21 10:40:00
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