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圣灵有各种形式的彰显，象征着当祂住在我们里面时，我们所得到的宝贵祝福。圣灵像鸽子一样降临，用平安和圣洁的满足感充满我们。耶稣受洗时圣灵仿佛鸽子降在祂身上，我们听见天父的声音说：“你是我的爱子，我喜悦你！”（参路 3:22）

在五旬节，圣灵如同舌头般的火焰降下，（参徒 2:3）圣灵的火烧掉我们自私的习惯，粗俗的言语，刚硬之心的忘恩负义，以及我们在人际关系中缺乏恩典的行为，从而洁净了我们全人。

当耶稣的门徒在五旬节用各种方言说话时，有些围观的人以为他们喝醉了。（参徒 2:13）为什么呢？因为其他的语言在他们听来就像胡言乱语——但对于能够听懂这些语言的人就不一样了。被圣灵充满的人，喜乐溢于言表，他们不住地讲论耶稣，以祂为世上的至宝。

我们也经历到圣灵是来帮助我们的安慰者，是在困境中为我们辩护的保惠师。（参约 14:15-27；15:26）

圣灵也被描述为活水的江河。就像我们从内向外涌出泉水一样，圣灵的活水确保我们永远不会再渴。（参约 4:13-14）

灵命的丰盛定义我们真实的存在。而这在基督徒的生活中是最基本的常态。

The Holy Spirit has taken on various forms that symbolize important blessings we receive when he lives within us. The Spirit comes as a dove and fills us with peace and holy contentment. We hear the voice of the Father, as when the dove came upon Jesus at his baptism: "You are my [child], whom I love; with you I am well pleased" .(Luke 3:22)

On Pentecost the Spirit descended with tongues of fire ,(Acts 2:3) and the fire of the Spirit purifies us by burning away our selfish habits, our coarse language, our stubborn ingratitude, and our lack of grace in relationships.

As the disciples of Jesus spoke in many languages on Pentecost, some of the onlookers thought they were drunk .(Acts 2:13) Why? Because the other languages sounded like babbling to them—but not to the people who understood those languages! And people who are filled with the Spirit overflow with joy and cannot stop talking about Jesus, the greatest treasure in the world.

We experience the Spirit also as a comforter who comes to our aid and as a lawyer who defends us in situations of distress. (John 14:15-27; 15:26)

The Spirit is also described as a river of living water. Like a spring bubbling up within us, the living water of the Spirit ensures that we will never be thirsty again . (John 4:13-14)

Life in the Spirit is truly an abundant existence. And this is normal in the Christian life.