| June 7, 2025 |
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“After the Holy Spirit is come upon you…” Acts 1:8
You’ve seen it before … an old house that goes through an extreme makeover—It’s like a brand new home!
The attraction is the compelling contrast between life before and life after.
Image: Milivoj Kuhar
Consider, then, the contrast between the Christian life before and the Christian life after the Holy Spirit comes upon you!
After for Christians:
- receive power, be witnesses (Acts 1:8)
- magnify God (Acts 10:46)
- live according to the Spirit (Rom. 8:5)
- put to death the deeds of the body (Rom. 8:13)
- receive gifts of the Spirit (I Cor. 12:4)
- walk in the Spirit (Gal. 5:16)
- be led by the Spirit (Gal. 5:18)
This is the Promise. The Gift is the Holy Spirit. Embrace the Spirit on this Pentecost weekend!
Tags: makeover, pentecost, promise, renovation
Category: Spirit, Spring 2025
About the Author: Cletus L. Hull, III, M.Div. (Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry), D.Min. (Fuller Theological Seminary), Ph.D. (Regent University), has served as a pastor with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for 39 years and psychiatric chaplain for 37 years. He has been an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies in the Oral Roberts University College of Theology and Ministry for 7 years. He has researched the growing Disciples of Christ churches in Puerto Rico and has an interest in the significance of the Stone-Campbell churches in American Christianity. His article, "My Church is a Mental Hospital" appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of Healing Line. He is the author of The Wisdom of the Cross and the Power of the Spirit in the Corinthian Church: Grounding Pneumatic Experiences and Renewal Studies in the Cross of Christ (Pickwick, 2018) and The Call: My Mission and Our Ministry at Trinity United Christian Church, Lower Burrell, PA (Word Association, 2019). X: @cletus_hull, Facebook.
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