Jesus had risen from the cave tomb having shed his blood for the sins of the world. Whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:16) He appears in a closed room where his disciples were gathered in fear.
John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath
sent me, even so send I you.
John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
John 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose
soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
This is what Jesus had meant by being born again of God’s Spirit.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
We remember that at creation God breathed life into his creations giving life.
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
When Adam and Eve sinned, their spirit was dead, no longer in fellowship with
God, their creator. God our heavenly father sent his son, who had no sins to die in
our place and to rise from death restored back into eternal life.
Jesus had earlier sent forth seventy witnesses two by two, with his authority.
10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are
subject unto us through thy name.
Luk 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luk 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you;
but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
What did they say to the Jewish people? They had the prophets who told of future
events. Jesus was the promised Messiah, the Son of God.
Isa 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched
them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that
giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Isa 42:6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and
will hold thine hand,
and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the
people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Isa 42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and
them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Isa 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another,
neither my praise to graven images.
Isa 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare:
before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath
given me life.
Psa 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of
them by the breath of his mouth.
Psa 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last
Adam was made a quickening spirit.
1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from
heaven.
1Co 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the
heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly.
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God
unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it
is written, The just shall live by faith.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2Co 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
2Co 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
2Co 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech
you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might
be made the righteousness of God in him.
At Pentecost the Holy Spirit was poured out to the believers in Jesus. This was
the beginning of the Church age.
Act 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one
accord in one place.
Act 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Act 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat
upon each of them.
Act 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
