The final direct mention of the Holy Spirit in the book
of Psalms is in Psalm 143. We read “Teach me to do Your will, for You are my
God; Your Spirit is good, lead me in the land of uprightness,” Psalm
143:10. Like Psalm 25 or 119, the psalmist asks God to teach him to do His
will. Now this is not some subjective, intuitive sense the psalmist is pining
for. Rather, it is an objective understanding of God’s person revealed in the
Old Testament, as much of it as had been written by that point.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
The Holy Spirit, Part 12
We find in a historical account regarding Moses: “They
angered Him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses on
account of them; because they rebelled against His Spirit, so that he spoke
rashly with his lips,” Psalm 106:32-33. Here we find the reason things
went ill with Moses. God commanded Moses to speak to the rock before the
people, and that water would come forth. Instead, Israel’s human leader struck
the rock and stole some of God’s glory by proclaiming “Hear now you rebels! Must we
bring water for you out of this rock?” Numbers 20:10.
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