Daily Bread 6/14/2025

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Email from Abiding Place     Daily Bread – June 14, 2025 (The Seventh Day – Genesis 2:1-3) John 4:10 – Jesus replied and said to her, “If you knew about the gift of God, and Who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would give you living water.” The Gift of God The gift of God is the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38, 8:20, 10:45, 11:17; Hebrews 6:4). The gift of the Holy Spirit was given to us so we could receive the transformation of nature and be made a new creation (John 3:5-6, 8, 1:13; Titus 3:5; 1 John 3:24; Romans 8:9). The gift of the Holy Spirit was given so we could be empowered with divine power (Luke 24:49; Acts 2:8). The gift of God is a treasure on the inside of us producing the excellence of God’s power (2 Corinthians 4:7). The gift is a wellspring, producing spirit and truth – a river producing all that was seen on the day of Pentecost and more. The “wellspring” and the “river” are both expressions of the Paraclete (Holy Spirit) Who has been given to us and will abide with us forever. The gift of God is Christ in us, the hope of glory, our seal of redemption, the Teacher Who leads and guides us into all truth, God’s power on the inside of us producing all His fruits and testifying of all His glory (John 4:10, 7:38-39, 14:16; Colossians 1:27; 1 John 4:2-4; Ephesians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 1:22). The gift of God brought forth the Spirit of the Son, the divine nature, the new man, and the new creation (Galatians 4:6; 2 Peter 1:4; Ephesians 4:24; 2 Corinthians 5:17). The gift of the Holy Spirit is received by asking the Father, Who has made it known how it is His good pleasure to give us the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13; Acts 2:38; Ephesians 1:5; Philippians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:11). The phrase “ thn dorea tou Theo” (the gift of God) is found two times in the New Testament and is inseparably linked to the gift of the Holy Spirit (John 4:10; Acts 8:20). The context in Acts 10:45 which uses this related phrase “h dorea tou hagiou pneumatos” (the gift of the Holy Spirit) further witnesses to this fact. Peter recounting this event to the council in Jerusalem says God gave them the same gift as they had received on the day of Pentecost (Acts 11:17). Today, the Holy Spirit, along with all who have ever drunk of this water, call out to anyone who is thirsty to come and drink (Revelation 22:17). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen