Drinking of the Spirit
John 7:37-39; I Corinthians 12:3b-13
This Sunday was Pentecost Sunday where we celebrate
the birthday of the church when the Holy Spirit was given to all believers who
were then empowered to drink of the Spirit and have this living water flow
through them.
In I Corinthians Paul tells about gifts of the Spirit.
Though now all have the same Spirit, each one has a different Spiritual gift.
They are listed as the utterance of wisdom and knowledge (teaching and
preaching), healing, prophecy, miracle workers, tongues, and the interpretation
of tongues.
All gifts are said to be activated by the one same
Spirit. The Spirit allots to each one individually the particular gift the
Spirit chooses. Spiritual gifts though many have one fountain – that being the
Spirit. Paul emphasizes the diversity and interdependence of members who form
one body.
Paul ends by saying that by the one Spirit we were
baptized into the body of Christ and were made to drink of one Spirit.
By drinking of the Spirit, we can fully exercise the
gift the Spirit has given us. May we drink boldly of the Spirit. Amen.
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