The Word Spirit in the Bible: Exploring God's Essence and Human Life Energy
Discover the profound meanings of the word "spirit" in the Bible, from God as spirit to the essence of human existence. Explore biblical references and insights on spiritual beings, life energy, and dominant dispositions.
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The Word Spirit in the Bible ruach: breath, wind, spirit Ps. 18:15: The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of breathfrom your nostrils. Gen. 8:1: God remembered Noah and sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Gen. 1:2: darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spiritof God was hovering over the waters.
The Word Spirit in the Bible What is spirit then? God as spirit other spiritual beings the life principle or life energy of the human person the essence of a person s being; the source of their insight, feeling, and will a person s dominant disposition
The Word Spirit in the Bible God as spirit Ex. 31:3: the Spirit of God John 4:24: God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth Other spiritual beings, good and evil Heb. 1:14: Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? Mt. 10:1: Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits
The Word Spirit in the Bible the life principle or life energy of the human person Zech 12:1: The Lord, who stretches out the heavens and who forms the human spirit within a person the essence of a person s being Luke 1:47: my spirit rejoices in God my Savior a person s dominant disposition Prov. 16:18: a haughty spirit 1 Pet 3:4: a gentle and quiet spirit
Genesis 1 Genesis: beginning purpose: to sketch the beginnings of the world, humanity, and sin, and to introduce God s work with Abraham and his family the primeval history: creation and sin two complementary creation accounts: 1:1 2:3 and 2:4 25 one God as Creator of all
Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Exodus 31:1-11 Exodus: exit or departure the relationship between the Lord and Israel Ex. 25:1 31:18: Instructions for Israel s Worship Ex. 25:8 9: Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you. Bezalel and Oholiab: filled with the Spirit of God
Numbers 11:16-30 Num. 1:1-2: The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. A Tale of Two Generations of Israelites, One Faithless and One Faithful
Numbers 11:16-30 Num. 11:1: Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Num. 11:4-5: The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
Numbers 11:16-30 Num. 11:11-15: Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, Give us meat to eat! I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me...
Numbers 11:16-30 v. 17: I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone. v. 25: Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied but did not do so again.
Looking ahead to next week: Small groups only Judges 3:7-11 1 Samuel 10:1-11 1 Samuel 11:1-11 Judges 3:7: The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
