I have grown up with a very distant relationship with the Holy Spirit.  At least it seems that way when I try to think of how much I talk to or of the Holy Spirit.  As far as I understand it, the study of Pneumatology is somewhat neglected.  People tend to call the Holy Spirit ‘it’.  We used to joke how the Trinity was Father, Son, and The Other One.  However, although we are connected with Jesus through the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit comforts us in our troubles, we needn’t focus overly much on Him.  It is our primary responsibility to focus on God The Father through the Son.  Jesus is important, but he lived and died to give glory to and access to The Father.  The Holy Spirit enables us to live the lives Jesus has called us to.  What is your view of the Holy Spirit?

Acts 2:1-13

 ¹ When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. ² Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues^[a] as the Spirit enabled them.

 ⁵ Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶ When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. ⁷ Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? ⁹ Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,^{[b] 10} Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome ¹¹ (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” ¹² Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

 ¹³ Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

Questions

1. What did the Holy Spirit enable people to do?
2. What did some cynics say had happened to the disciples?
3. What purpose does a miraculous filling by The Holy Spirit serve?
4. Have you been filled with the Holy Spirit, to your knowledge?
5. What does the Holy Spirit enable you to do?