Spirit Power Volume I. None Grace Dola Balogun None

of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship.” Exo. 35:31.

      The Spirit of God comes upon individuals with energizing power, temporarily equipping leaders for physical and military service.

      The Holy Spirit supernatural power is combined with inspirational knowledge of prophecy. The Spirit inspires and empowers prophets, sending them to deliver messages to the people of Israel, guiding them where and how to proclaim the message of God’s salvation and judgment.

      The Spirit was active in the writing of all the Psalms in the Bible. The writing of Psalms, such as those written by the prophet Isaiah, disclosed the coming of the Messiah as the Spirit revealed it to him. Isaiah develops this in many of his writings: that a new Spirit of judgment and fire will appear.

      “When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the Spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.” Isa. 4:4.

      Believers will be separated from the sinful universe, cleansed from all defilement by Christ’s blood and regenerated by the Holy Spirit over them, which will fly with the glory of God like a canopy.

      Isaiah’s prophecy is that the Spirit of God will empower the Messiah with wisdom, power, knowledge, and holiness. He will be poured out corporately on all of God’s people to bring about justice, righteousness, and peace for all of the people of the earth forever.

      We have to consider Prophet Ezekiel’s prophecy through the power of the Holy Spirit. He experienced the Spirit power when the Spirit sometimes lifted him up from prostration and often transported him to a new location. God promised to give him a new Spirit, a new heart, and a new name.

      He said, “And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statues, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. A new heart also will I give you, and a new Spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.” Eze. 36:26–27.

      God promised to renew the children of Israel physically and spiritually, which required giving them a new heart that was gentle, so that they would be able to respond to God’s Word. God’s will imparted His Spirit on them, which continued with New Testament believers.

      Without the indwelling Spirit, it is impossible to live a true Christian life and to be obedient to God’s commandments and God’s will. It is very important for all believers to maintain a close relationship with the Lord so that the Holy Spirit may continue to guide, control, and direct the believer according to the will of God. God sent His new Spirit to the Israelites to move them to obey the law and receive the fulfillment of His promises.

      Prophet Joel’s prophecy was “And it shall come to pass afterwards that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and daughter shall prophecy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men hall see visions, And also upon the servants, and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.” Joel 2:28–32. Apostle Peter quoted this verse on the day of Pentecost when the prophecy was fulfilled.

      Prophet Joel’s prophecy was that, through the Spirit of God, God would pour out His Spirit on everyone who calls on His Holy Name. This outpouring results in the flowing of the Spirit’s manifestation among the people of God. Peter explained the outpouring of the Spirit on those who believe in Jesus Christ and become baptized.

      These promises to all those who accept Christ as Lord allow believers to be filled with the Holy Spirit’s Power. God spoke through the prophet Joel many years before it would happen. Joel envisions that, one day, the outpouring of the Spirit will be the impartation of the Spirit of God as a gift from God.

      The manifestation of the Spirit through His gifts makes visible God’s presence among His people. God pours out His Spirit, on the day of Pentecost, on individuals regardless of whether they are a man or woman, whether they are old or young, and regardless of their social status or ethnicity, according to His good pleasure.

      Also, other prophets, like Micah, Haggai, and Zachariah, all confirm the Spirit’s Power in their lives; they all connect the activities of its presence with their empowerment for building and rebuilding the temple the Spirit of God gives orders, commands, and directions and the people of God follow.

      The same Spirit of God that became active in the creation during Old Testament times is still active in the New Testament and will continue until Christ returns. Our Lord’s earthly ministry was Spirit-led; there are many significant manifestations of this, including the fulfillment of prophecy.

      “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.” Isa. 61:1.

      The miracles of our Lord were the activities of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ’s signs and wonders directly revealed God’s Spirit at work upon or on Him. As the Spirit empowered Jesus, Jesus promises believers the Holy Spirit that the Spirit will, in the same way, empower His believers to do the work of God.

      The Spirit is the helper who will remain in us forever. The Spirit will equip and enable believers to be able to serve the Lord, boldly do the work of the Gospel, and confidently proclaim the Word of God. Believers will be constantly filled with the Spirit so that they will be able to courageously speak and preach for Christ.

      The Spirit is God’s agent for bringing people to himself and helping them to mature spiritually; only through His power will individuals first receive God’s Word as the divine Word.

      The Spirit makes unique spiritual insights available to all believers through the use of the Word of God, which makes believers obedient to God and stand on the truth of the Word of God, which many unbelievers cannot do.

      The Spirit of God helps believers in prayers, helping them to maintain an intimate relationship with God. God had a plan from the beginning of Creation and He is the only one who can carry it out, at His own time.

      Christ will come back to earth, according to God’s plan. When that time comes, God will speak and Christ will return to earth. God is a trinity called the Holy Trinity Father,

      Son, and Holy Spirit. The Word of God means Elohim this name is used whenever the power of God is revealed, the Bible tells us that Godhead was involved in the creation and also tell us what each of Godhead’s activities during the creation were. God created the earth. The Spirit of God is moving and vibrating with supernatural energy; the Holy Spirit brought energy into the formless, void, and dark earth.

      The Holy Spirit poured out energy into the universe, God called light into existence, and this light was the result of the outpouring of energy that the Holy Spirit had pumped into the earth. The Spirit power illuminated the universe and dissolved the dark and void earth.

      God the Father spoke and everything was created and He pronounced them good. Sin filled the earth, the Spirit of God spoke again, and His word became flesh and dwelled among us. When God spoke, the Son acted; Jesus, the Son of God, is the creator.

      “Who is the image of the invisible God, first born of every creature: For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible, invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.” Col. 1:15-16.

      Our Lord said, “But the hour cometh and now is, when true worshipers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-24.

      Jesus Christ is the creator and the sustainer of all things. The Father spoke, the Son carried out the order, and the Spirit enabled believers to respond to the command of God. “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.” Heb. 1:1-2.

      God the Father made the world through the operation of