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The HOLOY SPIRIT In The Book Of Acts
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS

Luke as the author of The Book of Acts of the Apostles shows the reader the ministry of Jesus Christ through the discharge of the Holy Spirit within the apostles and His church. Luke was a historian as well as a theologian. Luke accentuates the captivating facets of the Holy Spirit prophesied in the Old Testament. Luke speaks to the reader of Acts about the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Luke emphasizes the “filling with,” the Holy Spirit “comes upon” them, and the Holy Spirit speaking to the apostles. In the Gospel of Luke, Luke wrote compellingly about Christ’s birth, ministry, death, resurrection and ascension. He completes his narrative about Christ with the ministry work of the Holy Spirit, written within Acts of the Apostles. Luke shows the reader a forceful and vibrant Holy Spirit that is driving and compelling the apostles to spread the gospel throughout the Roman Empire to satisfy Christ’s Great Commission, “to spread the good news to all people and all nations to the ends of the earth.” …show more content…
Paul was converted on the road to Damascus. (9: 1-9). He was made blind and heard Christ’s voice through the Holy Spirit. The man Ananias, who was led by the Holy Spirit to heal Paul, laid his hands on Paul and Paul was filled with the Holy Spirit. This was Luke’s way of telling the reader that even the harshest and most hardened hearts can be brought to salvation through the Holy Spirit. Paul heals a cripple in Lystra (14:8-10), casts out an evil spirit in Philippi (16: 16-18), heals the many in Corinth (19:11-12), restores Eutychus’s life in Troas (20:9-12), Survives the bite of a deadly snake in Malta (28:3-6), heals the Father of Pubilus and many others on the Island of Malta (28: 7-9). Luke wants the reader to understand the power of the Holy Spirit as the apostles continue their spreading of the gospel to “the ends of the
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