Week 18:Last week we read about oil being a symbol of the Holy Ghost.
A Study on the Holy Ghost
̶ Week 18 of38 ̶
By David Wilson
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Wind:
John 3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Acts 2:2
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
The wind denotes the coming presence of the Holy Ghost such as in the book of Acts. If we look at man in creation we see that after man was formed God breathed into Adam the breath of life. Or blow into man the breath of life. Jesus also breathed upon his disciples and said “Receive ye the Holy Ghost” (John 20:22). Can we say that he blew upon them his very breath the breath of life?
Water:
John 7:37-39
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
To the woman at the well, Jesus spoke of a water whereof she would never thirst again, that it would become a well of water springing up unto everlasting life. Water is essential to all living things. Without water nothing can live. In the spirit it is the same, for without the divine presence of our Savior, God’s Holy Son, there is no life.
Dove:
John 1:32
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
Tender, gentle, pure and harmless like a dove, the Holy Ghost is easily frightened or grieved. And, as the dove is a universal symbol of peace, so the Holy Ghost is God’s agent to bring peace to the human heart.
(Next week we will read about the importance of the Holy Ghost.
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