Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Pentecost: Coming of the Holy Spirit

With the Holy Spirit, the disciples will begin to find their identity in Jesus, worship Jesus with all their life, live in community, and be on mission to make more disciples for Jesus.

The Holy Spirit as Agent of freedom


The Holy Spirit sets us free. Free from the fear of our enemies. The Spirit is a barrier breaker. He opens all closed doors. 
The disciples were able to publicly express their faith. “They were filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance”. We live in a time where we talk a lot about “religious freedom”. And military religious freedom is occupying the headlines in the News today. Many men and women in the military are under attack because of their Christian faith.
All this is happening because people exercise their constitutional right of religious liberty.

Where can we find the courage to fight this battle? We need to let the Holy Spirit take control. Rev. 12, 11 says that we will overcome the enemy by the blood of the lamb and by the word of our testimony.

Holy Spirit as Agent of unity


The Holy Spirit unites all believers into one body, the body of Christ, which is the church. The church grows through preaching about Jesus Christ, but also by discipleship, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer. The Holy Spirit leads us into such expressions of our new life in Christ. This means that beyond the diversity of the church, the Spirit of Jesus is bringing us into one body, one family of God. Jesus prayed in John 17 “Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one” (John17 :11).

Peace and blessings!
Fr. Thierry

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