Spirit and Covenant

From the start, the promise of the Spirit has been integral to redemption and the Covenant of God with His people . In Galatians , Paul links the “ promise of the Spirit ” to the “ blessing of Abraham ,” the covenant promise that God would bless the Gentiles in the Patriarch. He is referring to the Spirit that the Galatians received “ through a hearing of faith .” Thus, the gift of the Spirit is part of the covenant made with Abraham, and with “ his seed ” - [ Photo by David Brooke Martin on Unsplash ].