Category: Theology 101
The Work of the Holy Spirit (Cont'd)
The Power of the Spirit
In Luke 1:35, the Holy Spirit is parallel to the phrase "power of the Most High." Again, we must be careful not to depersonalize the Spirit; nevertheless what is abundantly clear in the New Testament is that the Holy Spirit is the manifestation or the presence of God's workforce. He is the effective principle of the universe, the movement of the Prime Mover.
This provokes the question--Are we aware of, and dependent upon, the work of God's Spirit? Today!? Right Now!?