https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/28/what-only-the-spirit-can-do
It is interesting to note that Jesus timed His death and resurrection with the Jewish calendar of festivals, celebrating the Passover with the disciples just before His death on the cross. The Passover then became a model for our own Holy Communion ceremony as believers of Christ.
More interestingly, the Pentecost, which is the Jewish celebration of the first fruits of the wheat harvest, became the day the Holy Spirit first descended upon the early believers of Christ in Jerusalem, thus signifying the first fruits of the resurrection of Christ and bringing with it the supernatural power of God, which embolden the believers to proclaim Christ among the people. In the early days of the church, many were added daily! I had mistakenly thought all this while that the Pentecost is a day unique to Christian culture as the day of the Holy Spirit!
I was filled with the Holy Spirit the day I was baptised in water by the beach 2 years after I had accepted Christ into my life. With the baptism of the Holy Spirit, my past fear of the demonic disappeared. The nightmares I used to have every now and then about the movie Exorcist and other horror movies vanished. I could move in the spiritual realm and sense what’s happening, although I’m probably not the most sensitive or the sharpest around. I believe the infilling of the Holy Spirit gives us that edge in the supernatural realm. We have more boldness to move in signs and wonders and pray for healing or some believe to have the confidence to command healing. But as powerful is the Holy Spirit in our lives, we still do things in the name of Jesus Christ as that’s the name that is above all names, the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings.
Blessed and happy Pentecost Sunday, everyone! Praise the Lord if you are already filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have not, pray that the Holy Spirit will fill you and His power manifested in you that you may be bold in Christ to proclaim the Good News to the lost, the broken hearted and the desolate. The signs and wonders may demonstrate the power of God, but these are still peripheral compared to the plans and purposes of God in our lives and those we are ministering. Ultimately, may His will be done here on earth as it is in heaven!
Ronnie's Thoughts 