Path to Pentecost (1)

April 30, 2025

I invite you to take the next 40 days to read this daily blog and consider some of the truths of Pentecost as we approach the Day of Pentecost (June 8, 2025)....the 3rd great event in the drama of God's redemption of the world.

We celebrate Christmas and Easter but often forget Pentecost. The celebrations of Christmas and Easter certainly deserve our concentrated attention but I want to suggest that Pentecost deserves no less.

I will seek over the next 40 days to give attention to the place, importance, and results of Pentecost. This of course means that we will give attention to the person and work of The Holy Spirit.

I hope you will join me in The Path to Pentecost

More Pentecost Articles

Path To Pentecost (18)--May 16

May 17, 2025

Filled with The Spirit

Path To Pentecost (17)--May 15

May 16, 2025

The Spirit Filled Life

Path To Pentecost (16)--May 14, 2025

May 15, 2025

How To Live Filled With The Holy Spirit

Path To Pentecost (15)--May 13

May 14, 2025

Actions associated with being filled

Path To Pentecost (13)--May 11

May 14, 2025

A Condition for being filled on a continual basis The blog yesterday showed that Ephesians 5:18 exhorts us to be filled with the Holy Spirit on a continual basis. The present verb "filled" makes this clear. I also stated that a way to experience this continual work of The Holy Spirit (being under the influence of The Spirit) is based on humility. Humility is the experience of realizing that I do not have the internal power to be the person that I see in God's Word. Humility is the acknowledgement that I need God's Spirit to live the life of following Jesus. It is the humble person who can experience this continual influence of the Holy Spirit. That is because the truly humble person has a right assessment of their own need and a right assessment of God' provision. The proud person cannot receive much from God because the proud person does not assess that they need anything or at least not much from God. This is not a failure of God's power it is a failure of one not recognizing one's need. In this notion of being humble enough to experience God's continual presence of The Holy Spirit I remember a verse from Jesus' brother, James. James 4:5-6 reveals God's contrast in response to the proud and to the humble. Note in vs 5 about God's yearning "over the Spirit that he has made to dwell in us." Then James gives a contrast between the humble and the proud we see that God gives "more grace" (vs. 6). How can God give more grace.....well I want to suggest that God can give more grace to the humble because the humble have more capacity for grace. Think of it, a humble person is open to receive from God because they do not assume that they are capable in their own strength. Note also that the continual influence of The Holy Spirit would be impossible for the proud. God opposes the proud (vs. 6) because they do not recognize their need of God's Holy Spirit. REFLECT: So, instead of denying your inability and need for more grace, embrace it. God has "more grace" for you. This is life in the the continual influence of The Holy Spirit