Sunday, May 30 He will be filled with holy spirit even from before birth.​—Luke 1:15.

[Áine]

Sunday, May 30

He will be filled with holy spirit even from before birth.—Luke 1:15.

 

Throughout the Bible, there are many examples of men of faith who received holy spirit; yet, they did not have the hope of living in heaven. David was guided by holy spirit. (1 Sam. 16:13) Holy spirit helped him to understand the deep things about Jehovah and also directed him to write parts of the Bible. (Mark 12:36) Even so, the apostle Peter said that David “did not ascend to the heavens.” (Acts 2:34) John the Baptist was “filled with holy spirit.” (Luke 1:13-16) Jesus said that there was no man greater than John, but then he said that John would not be included in the heavenly Kingdom. (Matt. 11:10, 11) Jehovah used his holy spirit to give these men the power to do amazing things, but he did not use that spirit to choose them to live in heaven. Does this mean that they were less faithful? No. It simply means that Jehovah will bring them back to life in Paradise on earth.—John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15. w20.01 25 ¶15

[Vinnie]

One of the most mysterious, interesting, intriguing, most amazing force talked about in the Bible is God's Holy Spirit. It is more than just his active force. We can be filled with it to do superhuman feats like Samson or speak in many tongues through its use. We can grieve it. It can bear witness. It speaks. Yet no doubt these are described this way in simple terms to help us understand it. As we better understand Holy Spirit, we come to understand Jehovah deeper. So just as our actions can demonstrate what kind of person we are on the inside, the actions produced by God's Holy Spirit help us better understand Jehovah.