Jesus promised that everyone who believed in him would be empowered by his Spirit to advance the blessings of his kingdom throughout the world. That promise was fulfilled when Jesus entered his glory in surprising fashion As the good news of his kingdom spread, his followers found that they were empowered by the Spirit of Christ to proclaim the same message of salvation through Jesus alone.

Christians have been given the Holy Spirit to make them witnesses of Jesus and his kingdom. We have been transferred out of the kingdom of death and brought into the kingdom of life. But we are often tempted to go back and to submit to the slavery from which we have been delivered. The only way forward is to discern the voice of the Spirit, and to go his way, wherever he might take us.

Jesus promised that when the Holy Spirit came upon his disciples, they would be his witnesses, representatives of his own presence in the world. To be Jesus’s witnesses, then, we must depend upon his Spirit whom he has given to us. We must learn how to rely upon the Spirit’s help so that everyone may know about God’s love.

A Christian is a person who possesses the Spirit of God. And to have God’s Holy Spirit is to be assured that God will transform a person, making him or her the image of God that they were always meant to be. Holiness is the Christian’s destiny, but it is also the Christian’s duty to prioritize and to cultivate over a lifetime of discipleship.

The Spirit of God unites believers together in one faith. Believers have the responsibility to maintain unity. The church has the privilege to practice this unity.

The Bible claims to be telling the true story of the world. The story it tells gives us hope that the God who created the world will also save the world from the destructive power of sin. This story is centered around Jesus, but it necessarily involves us who believe in him. Because of the promise of God’s Holy Spirit who has come to dwell among his people, God will empower us to fulfill the good works he has designed for us to do.