Dr. Coleman, help us understand the role of the Holy Spirit in discipleship

Jesus told His disciples before He left them, “You will be filled when the Spirit of God comes upon you, you will have power, and you’ll be my witnesses, and you’ll begin where you live in Jerusalem but you’ll keep going” (Acts 1:8). This isn’t anything new. Jesus talked about the Holy Spirit throughout His life. Really, we’re introduced to it in Genesis 1:2, when the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the deep. He was the power of God creating the cosmos.

Throughout the Bible, you see the Spirit at work in different ways through different people, trying to bring God’s people back to what He made them to be. The Spirit is working today as He did in the past. In Matthew 28:20, Jesus promises He will be with disciple makers until the end of time. We rely on the impartation of the Spirit when we release disciple makers