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Chapter 8 POWER PRINCIPLE TWO: THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
LUKE 24:49
And, look, I am going to send the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high”.What God the Father had promised was the Holy Spirit ISAIAH 44:3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground.
I will pour my Spirit on your descendants,and my blessing on your offspring;

John 7:37-39

37 In the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If any man is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his innermost being streams of living water will flow”.

7:37-38 Compare John 4:10, 13, 14. This wonderful promise is to all, and it was spoken loudly and emphatically. Here by comparing v 37 with v 38 we see that “drinking” is believing in Christ (apply this to John 6:53-56). The Scripture mentioned in v 38 does not mean a single verse, but a truth implied by several verses – Isa 44:3; 55:1-2; 58:11. In Jer 2:13; and 17:13 the Lord says that He Himself is “the spring of living water”. We see the streams of living water flowing from within the apostles and servants of Christ in the book of Acts. We can read of these streams in the history of the Church. And we can experience them ourselves if we “drink” of Christ. See Luke 11:13; Eph 5:18.

39 (But he spoke this about the Spirit, whom those who believe in him would receive; for the Holy Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

7:39 Notes on the Holy Spirit at John 14:16-17. He is the flow of spiritual life from believing hearts. The Holy Spirit was active in Old Testament days and in the days of Christ on earth (Gen 1:2; Ex 31:3; Num 11:25; 24:2; 1 Sam 16:13; 2 Sam 23:2). But the Father and the Son sent Him in full measure after the death, resurrection and ascension of Christ (John 14:16-17, 26; Acts 1:4-5; 2:1-4). One name we might give to this era since Christ is “The era of the Holy Spirit”.

Christ’s servants were not to vainly imagine they could do God’s work without God’s power. The book of Acts shows what they could do with God’s power. The Holy Spirit gives spiritual energy, strength, and influence which no man has by nature.