The Holy Spirit of God in us.

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After the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to instill love in our hearts. Although He would not be physically with us, He left the Comforter so we could experience it in Him.

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly there came a sound from heaven like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Cloven tongues like fire appeared to them, resting on each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:1-4

Although we read this picture on the day of Pentecost, it was not exactly the first appearance of the Holy Spirit, as we have mentioned it from the beginning of creation when the world was formed. We also have it mentioned in the Gospels, such as the baptism of Jesus Christ. In today's passage, the Holy Spirit arrives with a new mission, continuing to this day.

We see in the Scriptures, beginning in the Active Testament, that the Holy Spirit empowers and equips people for very specific tasks, such as giving wisdom or skill in the arts. Let us remember that Bezalel was enabled by the Holy Spirit to become the chief architect of the tabernacle.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 "See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3 And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 to devise designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, 5 and in cutting stones to set them, and in carving wood, to work in all manner of craft.

Exodus 31:1-5

We can see many other situations in which the Holy Spirit works in specific ways, such as when the leaders needed administrative help in the book of Numbers chapter 11, when the warriors faced formidable tasks, as in the case of Judges 6, or even those men who were called to proclaim the word of God.

We can see many other situations in which the Holy Spirit worked in specific ways, such as when the leaders needed administrative help in the book of Numbers chapter 11, when the warriors faced formidable tasks, as in the case of Judges 6, or even those men who were called to proclaim the word of God. > He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you." 2 And as soon as he had spoken to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard him who spoke to me. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation who has rebelled against me; they and their fathers have rebelled against me to this very day. 4 And I am sending you to children of hardened countenance and hardheartedness; and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'"

Ezekiel 2:1-4

The relationship between God's Holy Spirit and the believer is not one that changes. The Lord Jesus Christ mentioned in the gospel that the Holy Spirit dwells in you and will be in you. The Holy Spirit was with them for a long time, but would dwell in believers after Jesus' ascension.
From the moment that Pentecost is recorded, every believer has received the Holy Spirit, this dwells in the believer and there the word is fulfilled that we are grafted branches and the spirit is the wisdom that equips us and energizes us being part of a whole, of the body whose head is Jesus Christ.