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God in Man

Just after Jesus greeted His disciples the sec-
ond time, an amazing thing happened in the
earth for the very first time. His disciples re-
ceived the Holy Spirit in the new birth.
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, Re-
ceive 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.
His disciples in that room that night were the
first of humankind to be born from above, to
be born again. They received the Holy Spirit
in the new birth. (The infilling, or the baptism
with the Holy Spirit did not occur until fifty
or so days later as recorded in Acts 2.)
When Jesus breathed on them that night,
they became one with God. They were born
of God’s seed. They became God’s children.
This could only happen because Jesus ob-
tained for mankind, peace with God.
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1 The Holy Scriptures, Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, pp 527,
528.
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