Feast: Jesus and the Feast (Part Two): Belief in the Spirit

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Given 03-Oct-23; 68 minutes

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Though the Jewish religious leaders were confused about the identity of Jesus Christ, so were the disciples, not understanding He would have to be crucified and resurrected to make God's Holy Spirit available to them to build spiritual character, qualifying them for their roles in God's Kingdom. On the seventh day of the Feast, Jesus draws a huge target on His back, proclaiming Himself as the One who will dispense God's Holy Spirit, relying on the water ceremony symbolism of the 7th day, amplifying the promise He had made to the woman at the well. Jesus emphasized not just receiving or having water but using it and dispensing it. Jesus promises spiritual gifts to His chosen saints (I Corinthians 12), not having the same function, but interdependently edifying one another. Sadly, the schisms and divisions in the church will not be resolved until after the second death. God's people must use the Feast of Tabernacles as the time to know the real Jesus and the truth He brought, refusing to be worried about divisions. Presently, we cannot change a hopelessly anti-God world, but can rest assured that a better world is coming after the current sin-infested venue is totally dissolved, leading us to ponder what kind of persons we ought to be.




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