John 20:19-23
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Acts 2:1-4
The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
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 as the Spirit enabled them.
The disciples received the Holy Spirit we know more than once...The first time they received the Holy Spirit was when Jesus appears to His disciples (less Thomas) and He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit...If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven...If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."...Then fifty days later at the Pentecost, the disciples were all together and a violent wind came from heaven and brought the disciples the Holy Spirit...
There is confusion about these two incidents of the Holy Spirit...When one receives the Holy Spirit, are we always "full" in our bodies and mind?...Can we just receive a little of the holy Spirit?...Does the Holy Spirit drift away a little after we receive it?...Does the Holy Spirit in us change?...I think the Holy Spirit was with the disciples when they first seen Him...I think the ten disciples who saw Him resurrected, how could they not be overjoyed?...They were so happy to see Him alive and well...He shows them His glorious wounds in His hands and side, which He received for our sins...Jesus is divine...When He breathed on them, how could they not receive the Holy Spirit?...
When a young married couple are truly in love, they have a beautiful duality...What could be better?...Their emotions and love for each other are powerful...How could things in their lives get any better with this love?...When they have a child, I think things might be better...This birth will never be forgotten...But as children age, things change...But the love for the child, does not change...The love the have for each other is now shared with a part of them (the child) and will never be forgotten...In some small way, I think this maybe like the relationship with our Father, His Son, and each one of us, and how the Holy Spirit may change...The Holy Spirit is always in us...Jesus is called Immanuel, which means God with us...The Holy Spirit is a part of God's love for each one of us...God the Father, and Jesus the Son are a beautiful duality...How could this relationship get better?...Well it maybe why, God created the Trinity...God, the Father and Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit is a part of each one of us...The love of or between God, Jesus, and us (as an individual) is the ultimate relationship...