Elohim Ruach – Hebrew name for the Spirit of God
Romans 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,
But you have not glorified the God
who holds your life-breath in his hand
and who controls the whole course of your life. Daniel 5:23
Genesis 2:7 ” Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.” CSB
God has shared a secret with every single believer. That secret is the Breath of Life. Believers know Him as the Holy Spirit who lives in our hearts.
1 Corinthians 2:9 What no eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no human heart has conceived—
God has prepared these things for those who love him.
Now, not even believers know everything, yet. We don’t know the answers to why, concerning many questions. We don’t understand how He could love sinners, nor why He chose us. We don’t know the mysteries of Heaven. Believers never will know the sorrows and horrors of Hell.
But we know the big secret. We know the very Presence of God through the Holy Spirit Who lives in us. We know that we are redeemed, though often our guilty conscience or the accuser will make us doubt. But the Spirit knows just how to restore us. And true believers can know that they will never slip from the grasp of God.
1 Corinthians 2:10 Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, since the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
A most captivating thought is that through the Spirit we have the mind of our lovely Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:16 who has known the Lord’s mind, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
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Philippians 2:5 For let this mind be in you which is also in Christ Jesus.
The Spirit which we have received, doesn’t teach us things that are of the world, but lifts us up to God. We can count on the Spirit to teach us Godly wisdom.
It is the simple and yet profoundly majestic words of the Spirit that convinces us of the Truth of God.
Psalm 146:8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.
You see, the wisdom of the world is perplexed by our faith. They simply cannot understand because they are without the Spirit. Like all sin, their disdain is against the Spirit of the Living God.
Though He draws everyone, many remain willfully blind
Because He is the Teacher, you don’t need my words of wisdom or explanation. You simply need the Holy Spirit, who lives in your heart.
If you have rejected the drawing voice of the Holy Spirit, the Bible gives you a warning.
2 Corinthians 6:2 At an acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you. See, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation!
Romans 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of his kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
Resources
Christianity.com/was the Holy Spirit Involved in Creation
87 Verses about the Holy Spirit from The Open Bible
1 John 3:24 The one who keeps his commands remains in him, and he in him. And the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit, He has given us.
Resources
Getting the Seed out of the basket and into hungry hearts. Matthew 13 