Who came down and
prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for he had not yet
fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus. Acts 8:15-16
Previous to this verse we see Peter and John
being sent to Samaria because they heard that Samaria had received the word of
God. They were sent to pray for them that they might be baptized in the Holy
Spirit, for they had not yet received that. Philip had proclaimed Christ in
Samaria and many people were healed and freed from evil spirits and the city
was filled with joy. So we see in these two verses that Peter and John are
going there to help them take the next step in their new lives as Christians.
As we have been reading in our other books we see how the Holy Spirit is a
vital part to our relationship with the Lord and without it we cannot see the
works of Jesus in our life.
God has given us the Holy Spirit as a gift to
help us in our walk with Jesus and to convict us of sin and remind us daily of
the cross. And when we receive Jesus as our savior we also receive the power of
the Holy Spirit, to be washed in his presence and daily live out a life worthy
of Jesus.
Am I living a life worthy of how God has called
me? And a life committed to the work of the Holy Spirit? He wants to do so many
things in our lives and fill us in so many ways. But I so many times forget the
power we have in him and that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead
lives in me! How should that change the way I live? It should be radically
changed and encouraged knowing that we have that Spirit in us.
To really let the Spirit do a work in my life I
need to be continually in prayer that he would lead me in the way I should go
and continually remind me of the cross and the power God has granted me through
that.
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