So, we saw what this means to us today: Jesus has made use kings and priests unto our God (see Revelations 1:6). And why? We saw that it was to consecrate them and to also make them “most holy.” So, the oil was used to anoint the kings, priests, and the articles of the Tabernacle. However, it was used later to include the anointing of kings for their role. We saw that He is often described in the Scriptures as OIL.Īnd we saw that in the Old Testament, various people and things were “anointed” with “oil”: Originally, it was used exclusively for the anointing of the priesthood as well as the articles of the Tabernacle and subsequent temples in Jerusalem. Then we looked at another type of the Holy Spirit-the most common type, mind you-in the Scriptures. Another way of saying this is that is He is “harmless” just like Jesus said we are to be in Matthew 10:16- "harmless as doves.” He leads and guides us in an unassuming way-inspiring us, yet not driving us. So, the Holy Spirit operates like a dove-gently and graciously. But no, I can assure you, the problem is not with Him desiring to work it is with us learning to yield to His work. If we believe that the Holy Spirit is just going to do whatever He wants to do in us and we are not seeing a plethora of gifts flowing in our lives, then that means He doesn’t want to move that often. And if you don’t believe that-then just look around you. Therefore, the Holy Spirit and His gifts are subject to us as to how much we desire to let Him flow. So again, the Holy Spirit must be yielded to and cooperated with. Therefore, if one cannot control themselves, then it isn’t the Holy Ghost it’s another spirit. They are the ones who make people do things they don’t want to do. Therefore, He is not going to force Himself on us and make us do something we don’t want to do. Yes, He’s gentle and tender like a perfect gentleman. He will come when we want Him and in the manner in which we invite Him to. And our take away from this was that He’s not going to force Himself on us. So, perhaps the gospel writers described the Holy Spirit resting upon Jesus like a dove because He glided down so smoothly and so softly and landed on Him as a dove would. So, we asked the question: What is a dove like? And we saw that a dove is gentle, tender, and peaceful. So, we looked at the event where Jesus was baptized in the Four Gospels-and saw that He was said to either descend “like a dove” or “in bodily form like a dove.” Therefore, this describes the Holy Spirit both descending “in the manner” that a dove does and also His form “appearing to be” like a dove. No, we saw that He is not a dove, but rather this describes the personality and traits that He possesses. But we learned that this does not mean (contrary to popular opinion) that the Holy Spirit is some sort of spiritual bird. So, last week, we began by looking at by far the most popular symbol of the Holy Spirit that we see used in the Word-the DOVE. So, there is no shortage of illustrations that the Lord has used in the Bible to describe the Third Person of the Godhead. Last week, we began a new series on the Holy Spirit which we are calling, “The Types of the Holy Spirit.” And what we are doing in this series is looking at the various descriptions used of the Holy Spirit throughout God’s Word, understanding that there are many of these physical examples and analogies used in the Bible used to describe Him-such as oil, water, wind, fire, wine, etc.
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