Lambano

This is a greek word that the general meaning is “to take, to receive.” 

The Bible uses it a few places, like in John 3:32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe (Lambano) what he tells them! 33 Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true. 34 For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit. 35 The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.36 And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

This is saying how few take it in, or understand to believing.

But then in Galatians 3:14 "Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive (Lambano) the promised[h] Holy Spirit through faith."

Here in Galatians it is not saying you might have the chance to, maybe, possibly receive, but it is like saying you have already received or another translation says to take what is rightfully yours.

I love that, no longer is it a possibility, it is now a tangible real thing that we can see, feel and utilize every day to help us as we live this life with Christ as our guide and the Holy Spirit as the navigator!

Then back up in John 3:34 it says God gives the spirit without limits, because the same spirit that was in Christ is inside of us. Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

What an awesome thing to know the God of the universe can and will put his power inside of you just because of Lambano.... Taking what we already have been given because of Christ!!!

Here is a full list of what Lambano means:

1: to take

1. to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it
   1. to take up a thing to be carried
   2. to take upon one's self
2. to take in order to carry away
   1. without the notion of violence, i,e to remove, take away
3. to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own
1. to claim, procure, for one's self
   1. to associate with one's self as companion, attendant
2. of that which when taken is not let go, to seize, to lay hold of, apprehend

Also:

Luke 11:10 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. John 14:17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into ALL truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

So, we as true believers have this privilege, this special blessing from the Father, the gift of the Holy Spirit to bless others with. 

I was given a word for the body last Sunday that was seeing the Holy Spirit as an open well that was so full it was over flowing over the brim and was so easy to dip into. After the message, one of the elders of the church added to it saying that the well abides inside of us and we spill that spring of living waters into others. What an awesome picture of what God is doing in us and for us. This well of living water isn't just for us to keep. Like the dead sea, if we try to keep it, the water will become useless and no longer support life. But most bodies of water to keep alive they flow in and out. We need the continuous inflowing of the Holy Spirit, so that we can outflow into others.