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1 | How? | Mark | Irish Eyes | 198212 | ||
Doc, I agree that 'grieving' is an anthropomorphism in the context that the Holy Spirit is God and therefore is not grieved in the sense of the human emotion of grief. I think we are on the same page in that respect. However it appears I have somehow failed to make my point perspicuous so will attempt to clarify. The filling of God the Holy Spirit and the indwelling of God the Holy Spirit are not one in the same. You are most certainly correct by stating that indwelling is permanent and absolute. However, the filling of God the Holy Spirit is temporal and conditional. The righteousness of God the Holy Spirit precludes any function in the carnal believer. There are no spiritual dynamics in carnality. When a believer confesses his/her sin(s) before God the Father, "He (God) is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sin(s) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness". Only then is the believer back in fellowship through the ministry (filling) of the Holy Spirit. In this respect your marriage analogy is on the mark; the only difference being that there is no 'divorcing' oneself from God the Holy Spirit. |
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2 | How? | Mark | DocTrinsograce | 198215 | ||
Hi, IE... That's mixing up the indicative and the imperative again. The notion of chasing off the Holy Spirit may be a common and popular teaching in some circles, but it doesn't reflect the doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Scripture. "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you FOREVER, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you." (John 14:16-17 ESV -- my emphasis) See how John records that Christ taught that the indwelling of the Spirit as only being associated with Christians? See how it is perpetual? The apostle John wrote his first epistle entirely about progressive sanctification -- only experienced by the believer. Therein you'll not find anything there about a revolving-door kind of filling, but a consistent message with that which he had already spoken. He writes, "Whoever keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in them [cf John 14:21]. And by this we know that He ABIDES in us, by the Spirit whom He HAS GIVEN us." (1 John 3:24 ESV) The presence of the Holy Spirit always has the consequence of bringing Christ-likeness (Isaiah 61:10-11; Titus 3:4-6). A believer can't get any more of Him, nor can he get any less of Him. The Spirit draws, regenerates, convicts, comforts, teaches, cleanses, leads, assures, seals, intercedes, preserves, confirms, endows, and transforms. His work in the life of a believer is a fundamental doctrine of salvation. The notion of a "second wind" or a "second blessing" is often taught in some circles. But with all the problems of the churches of Corinth, Galatian, Ephesus, Laodicea, etc. it isn't the lack of the Holy Spirit that is needed, but the failure to embrace the truth (indicative) of the Holy Spirit's indwelling (Romans 6:2; Galatians 3:3; etc.). Look for the fruit of Christ-likeness (Galatians 5:22-23), and you'll find the Holy Spirit at the root! In Him, Doc |
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3 | How? | Mark | Irish Eyes | 198217 | ||
Doc, We never lose the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, hence we are never commanded to be indwelt by the Holy Spirit after regeneration. But in Ephesians 5:18 we, as believers, are commanded to be filled with the spirit. If the filling of the Holy Spirit were an absolute, as you have stated, then a mandate to be filled with the spirit would not be necessary. |
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4 | How? | Mark | Irish Eyes | 198218 | ||
Doc, Per the study notes in my Nelson's NKJV study Bible: "Filling is a step beyond the sealing of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13) Sealing is an action God took at the point of our new birth. The tense of the Greek word translated 'filled' indicates that filling is a moment-by-moment, repeatable action. It is something Paul commands the believers at Ephesus to do. In other words, not all Christians are Spirit-filled, but all have been sealed (Ephesians 4:30)." |
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5 | How? | Mark | CDBJ | 198221 | ||
Greetings Irish Eyes, I just finished teaching that doctrine for the last three Sundays at Church and I agree with you completely. The Christian way of life is a super natural way of life that can only be entered by regeneration and lived daily by the exercise of 1John 1:9. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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6 | How? | Mark | Irish Eyes | 198222 | ||
Thank you, CDBJ. Happy New Year! May 2008 be a time of regeneration and a time to plant seeds that will not only take root, but will flourish abundantly. | ||||||