Exodus 3:5-6 NLT

Do not come any closer, . . .Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground. I am the God of your father – the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” 

Exodus 19:18, 19b NLT

All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in the form of fire. . . . Moses spoke and God thundered his reply. 

Exodus 20:19, 21 ESV

And they said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen, but don’t let God speak to us lest we die”. . . The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.” 

Exodus 14:21

. . . And the LORD opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land. So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side! 

Acts 2:1-4 NIV

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. 

John 14:16-17 ESV

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, . . You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 

Acts 2:4-5 NIV

On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 

Luke 24:49 NLT

And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”

Acts 1:8

. . . you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 2:5-8,11 NIV

Now there were staying Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? . . . we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 

Acts 2:27-38 ESV

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 

Acts 5:42

Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

Acts 2:17, 39 NIV

“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. . . For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 

Romans 10:13-14 NLT

For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?

Galatians 5:16-17, 25 NLT

. . . let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. . . . And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. . . . let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. 

Ephesians 4:23

. . . let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

Ephesians 4:21-24 NLT

Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life. . . Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. 

Galatians 5:22-23 NLT

. . the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. 

Luke 11:9-10,13 NIV

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. If you then, . . ., know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”