Upon making the choice to repent and follow Christ, we receive the assistance and empowerment of the Holy Spirit. We need divine help to follow a divine path. The Holy Spirit regenerates unto the brand new creation and leads us into all truth.
Regeneration, the spiritual rebirth of believers, is a foundational work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus himself affirms this in John 3:5: “Very truly I let you know, nobody can enter the Kingdom of God unless they’re born of water and the Spirit.” Believers turn into a latest creation, latest in Christ.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the brand new creation has come. The old has gone, the brand new is here!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
With the brand new creation, the Spirit enables and empowers us to live in obedience to God’s will. Jesus guarantees the Spirit’s power to meet the mission in Acts 1:8 with, “But you’ll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and also you will likely be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” The Spirit empowers us in two ways, through the character (fruit) of the Spirit and spiritual gifts for ministry and witness.
The Spirit counsels and guides us. “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and can remind you of the whole lot I even have said to you.” (John 14:26) The Spirit, being one in all the Trinity, can also be the source of truth, which God gives to us generously.
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