1. Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones The Spirit in the Old Testament

2. How do we know that something is of the Spirit?

3. Multidimensional meaning of Spirit As God’s Spirit As Wind As Breath As our spirit Hebrew word ‘Ruah’

4. Ruah as Wind Genesis 1:2 the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.

5. Discerning the Character of the Spirit God’s spirit/wind is creative

6. Ruah as Wind Genesis 1:2 the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Genesis 3:8 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

7. Discerning the Character of the Spirit God’s Spirit/wind is creative God’s Spirit is a part of our world

8. Ruah as breath Genesis 7:15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. Though the usual word for breath is neshmah

9. Dale Martin ‘in the ancient world, the human body was not like a microcosm; it was a microcosm – a small version of the Universe at large’ The Corinthian Body p. 16)

10. Discerning the Character of the Spirit God’s Spirit/wind is creative God’s Spirit is a part of our world The Spirit brings life

11. Ruah as Spirit of a Human Genesis 41:8 In the morning his spirit was troubled; so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh. Numbers 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me wholeheartedly, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

12. Discerning the Character of the Spirit God’s Spirit/wind is creative God’s Spirit is a part of our world The Spirit brings life The spirit is the deep essence of someone

13. God’s Spirit falling on people Numbers 24:2 Balaam looked up and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. Then the spirit of God came upon him, 1 Samuel 11:6 And the spirit of God came upon Saul in power when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled. Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, …

14. Discerning the Character of the Spirit God’s Spirit/wind is creative God’s Spirit is a part of our world The Spirit brings life The spirit is the deep essence of someone The Spirit never leaves us

15. Ezekiel 37 Ezekiel 37:1 a The hand of the LORD was upon me, and b he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; 1 it was full of bones. Ezekiel 37:6 I will lay sinews on you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath 1 in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD."

16. Ezekiel 37 Ezekiel 37:9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, mortal, and say to the breath: 1 Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, 2 and breathe upon these slain, that they may live."

17. Discerning the Character of the Spirit God’s Spirit/wind is creative God’s Spirit is a part of our world The Spirit brings life The spirit is the deep essence of someone/God The Spirit never leaves us