Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—John 1:29-34
by: Jennifer Lewis Berg.
Even John the Baptist did not know that Jesus was the One. God revealed the outward sign of the Spirit as a dove. There had never been such tangible evidence of the Holy Spirit. The dove was a gentle confirmation that this was God’s Son. As the dove descended from Heaven onto Jesus, God’s Spirit dwelled in Jesus. Jesus had come down to earth to bring mankind the gift of the Holy Spirit. And because of that, believers continue to experience the sacred “passage” of baptism. Our own experience is far less dramatic, but no less significant. Christ came and lived among man to draw us closer to the Father. He left the Holy Spirit to remain and dwell within us.