Category Archives: Holy Spirit and Providence

Matthew, Mark, and Luke are very similar in the teachings on the Spirit, and relate many of the same events, often in nearly the same words. I’ll work primarily in Matthew, but cite to the parallels. Conceiving the Messiah The … Continue reading →

A surprisingly large portion of the New Testament’s teaching on the Spirit is found in the Old Testament. The New Testament provides some fresh revelations, but not nearly as many as I’d once thought. We learn from the Old Testament, … Continue reading →

Ezekiel (Eze 36:24-28 ESV)  24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your … Continue reading →

Job In Job, we see the intriguing expression — (Job 33:4 ESV)  4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. This parallels such passages as — (Psa 33:6 NAS) By the word of … Continue reading →

1 Kings – 2 Chronicles (1Ki 18:1-15 ESV) After many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.” 2 So Elijah went to … Continue reading →

Judges In Judges, we see clearly that God gives the Spirit to his leaders and those charged with judging his people. (Jdg 3:9-10 ESV)  9 But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer … Continue reading →

Numbers (Num 11:25-29 ESV)  25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on … Continue reading →

We start, quite naturally, in the Old Testament and in Genesis. Now, the Hebrew word for “spirit” is ru’ach, which is also the word for “breath” and for “wind” — the same is true in Greek. Therefore, while it’s usually … Continue reading →