The Spirit Who Reveals, Regenerates, and Raises
The Holy Spirit: The Divine Author of the Gospel When we think about the gospel, our minds naturally go to Jesus Christ—and they should. The gospel is the good news concerning God's Son. But if we slow down and pay attention to the opening verses of Romans, we discover something that is often overlooked. The Holy Spirit is at work from beginning to end. Sometimes Christians speak of the Holy Spirit as though His ministry begins in Acts 2 at Pentecost. The Bible tells a much bigger story than that. Long before Bethlehem, before the cross, and before the empty tomb, the Holy Spirit was already carrying out the Father's plan to reveal the Son. That is exactly what Paul begins to unfold in Romans. The Holy Spirit Gave Us the Scriptures Paul says that the gospel "was promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures." Think about that for a moment. How did those prophets know what to write? How could Isaiah describe the suffering Messiah hundreds of years b...
