Pentecost is considered the day of the birth of the Church, it is in this feast that the arrival of the spirit of wisdom to the disciples is fulfilled. After receiving the inner teacher in tongues of fire (Acts 2:1-4), the apostle Peter recites Psalm 16: 8-11 and declares that Jesus is the fulfillment of this Psalm:
"You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.", Acts 2:28
This speech by Peter is a call to conversion to accept the gifts that God gives us freely. In Jesus the prophecies of the old testament are fulfilled. Jesus makes us know the ways of life, that is, Jesus makes us know the way of mercy (parable of the prodigal son, Luke 15:11-32), the way of righteousness (parable of the good samaritan, Luke 10:25-37), the gifts are the way because we grow. The spiritual gifts are perfections and qualities of God: "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect", Matthew 5:48; "Be holy because I am holy", 1 Peter 1:16.
Way, truth and life are the characteristics of the good. Jesus personifies the good of God: "I am the truth, the way and the life", John 14:6. Jesus is the "son of man".
Joy is a fruit of the spirit, it is a retribution of living in the presence of God explains the text in the acts of the apostles. Living together in the presence of the Lord is the same eternal life ("This is eternal life that they know you the only true God", John 17:3), the worship of wisdom:
"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.", John 4:22-24.
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