Luke 24:49 (NASBStr)
And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
Luke, unlike the other gospel writers, spends little time with Jesus' post-resurrection activities. Other than the long walk with two men and the appearance in the upper room with the disciples we have little from Luke. But, like all the gospel writers, Luke does add the above line to assure us that all those giving an account mention the work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was about to ascend to heaven but He was about to leave the disciples with our the Person of the Spirit to comfort them and the Power of the Spirit to equip them. It is important that believers today know the work of the Spirit. Jesus left us with the Spirit as a "promise" as mentioned above. Jesus had told them that He would be "in them" and they would be "in Him." Through John's writings in John 15 about Christ being the Vine and we being the branches, they had been given the picture of their relationship with Him. But, it was the Spirit of God that would make that happen. When the Spirit enters us, as a person of the Trinity, Christ enters us. We have the power of God within us and as we yield to that power and allow the Spirit more and more control of our life we have more power at our disposal to live for God. Luke may be short on the post-resurrection accounts, but he does give us a key element: Jesus would send the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God give us the Person of God and the Power of God within our lives.
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