Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him.

I didn’t know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

“If you love me, obey my commandments.

He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.

But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going.

Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.