John the Baptist; Saint Peter; Caesar Augustus. Real people? More ancient: Alulim; Enmendurana; Abraham; King Hezekiah. We each have been convinced by experience and factual knowledge differently , having been to different places, met different people, read different things. I have been convinced all those people are real. Even Santa Claus is Saint Nicholas of Roman times. How about Jesus Christ, God the Father, spirits such as the Holy Spirit, real angels, a real devil? We might be convinced of these when reading scripture and hearing preaching. The Holy Spirit becomes known as real to some when reading about the crucifixion and resurrection and true spiritual identity of Jesus of Nazareth; how the lifeless form of Jesus Christ, Son of God, nailed to a cross of wood hung there dead with its blood on the ground below and the water and blood from the puncturing of His side by a soldier washed the cross; how such death brought life for those who believe and let the spirit words Jesus Christ spoke change them into children for God; how Jesus, ever alive having risen, has only the purest form of God-given life within and creates a flock for whom He ever lives as Shepherd.
