The promise of the Spirit is vital to the redemption of humanity and the New Covenant of God with His people.
The New Testament connects the “Promise of the Spirit” to the “Blessings of Abraham,” the promise that God would bless the nations through the Great Patriarch. The Spirit is the gift believers receive “through the hearing of faith.” It is part of the covenant promises given to Abraham that find their fulfillment in the “New Covenant” established by the Death and Resurrection of Jesus.
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