16 Bible Verses about The Holy Spirit, And Preaching

put on salvation as your helmet, and take the Spirit as your sword (that is, the word of God),

What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.

Sent out thus by the holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus. On reaching Salamis they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues, with John as their assistant.

for prophecy never came by human impulse, it was when carried away by the holy Spirit that the holy men of God spoke.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the Lord's year of favour. Then, folding up the book, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him,read more.
and he proceeded to tell them that "To-day, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God ??God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;

what I said, what I preached, did not rest on the plausible arguments of 'wisdom' but on the proof supplied by the Spirit and its power, so that your faith might not rest on any human 'wisdom' but on the power of God.

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. "Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.read more.
To this you must bear testimony. And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."

Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, if we are being cross-examined to-day upon a benefit rendered to a cripple, upon how this man got better, you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead.read more.
He is the stone despised by you builders, which has become head of the corner. There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation."

but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

for our gospel came to you not with mere words but also with power and with the holy Spirit, with ample conviction on our part (you know what we were to you, for your own good),

to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!

but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said.

All that the Father has is mine; that is why I say, 'he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.'

And this is what we discuss, using language taught by no human wisdom but by the Spirit. We interpret what is spiritual in spiritual language.