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1 | Filled with the holy spirit? | Mark 1:10 | JCrichton | 148827 | ||
Hi, Ray! It is a wondrous and complex God that we serve... Jesus tells us that the Father is greater than He while still revealing that He and the Father are indeed one and the same... from the very prophecies about Him, Jesus is given all titles previously reserved only to Yahweh... Jesus revealed that the Father is Spirit... that He and the Father and the Holy Spirit will abide in the Believers... and when He introduces the Holy Spirit, He tells us that He is another Paraclete whom He will send to us (Believers) from the Father… in regards to the Holy Spirit, Jesus reveals that He, the Holy Spirit, will bring us the fullness of Truth... and Jesus transfers the Old Testament's admonition (Blaspheming against the Name of God) to the Holy Spirit and assures us that only the sin of Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven! There are three more salient seeming anomalies: 1) Speaking about His physical death, Jesus tells us that it is He who willingly gives up His life for the salvation of the world and that it is He who takes it back again (John 10:17-18)… while we later learn from Paul that it is the Holy Spirit who God uses to resurrect Jesus, He who is the Resurrection and Life (Romans 8:11)... 2) We are taught that it is Jesus who gives all of His disciples the various gifts... making some prophets, teachers... yet, somewhat bewilderingly, we are also taught that it is the Holy Spirit who give to some the ability to be apostles, teachers... (Ephesians 4:7-12 and 1 Corinthians 12:1-11) 3) We are taught that the Holy Spirit is God’s sanctifying grace (Romans 1:4; 15:16); yet, it is also taught to us that Jesus sanctifies Himself and the Believers… (Hebrews 2:11; 10:10; 13:12) Jesus reveals the existence of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit as that of the fullness of God (John 16:13-15)… it is this unification of God that makes it difficult for many to accept the Holy Trinity since, as finite beings, we seek to find a beginning and an end as we struggle with God's design: where does the Father end and the Son begins?... where does the Son end and the Holy Spirit begins?... where does the Holy Spirit ends and the Father begins?... it behooves us to heed Christ’s words: the Father and I are one. (John 10:30) Since there is no beginning and no end to any of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity we can accept the Holy Spirit as both God’s Gift and the gift giver: And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Romans 5:5) God Bless! Angel |
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2 | Filled with the holy spirit? | Mark 1:10 | Ray | 148833 | ||
Hi Angel, You did some great work here. I would love to discuss your three points with you at some time down the road if possible. For now let me talk about your last sentence and the Scripture reference. You said that "we can accept the Holy Spirit as both God's Gift and the gift giver." You have chosen not to capitalize "giver" so I surmise that you would NOT say that "we can accept the Holy Spirit as both God's Gift and as the Giver of gifts." Please comment on that. Romans 5:5 is interesting because of the grammar of the Greek. We have in the choices of translation, "was given" as in the NASB or "is given" as in the KJ. Please comment. May I say again for any new reader that I believe in the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. I simply am suggesting the holy spirit as a gift. From the heart, Ray P.S. Good night. |
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3 | Filled with the holy spirit? | Mark 1:10 | Morant61 | 148836 | ||
Greetings Ray! As for Rom. 5:5, I would go with: "...through the Holy Spirit, Who was given to us." 'Who was given' is an Aorist, Passive, Participle, so it would generally refer to past action. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Filled with the holy spirit? | Mark 1:10 | Ray | 148991 | ||
Hi Tim, Thanks for your post and information. In considering "the Holy Spirit who was given to us", I usually think of a gift; (to my mind, holy spirit). However, I would consider the Holy Spirit with you. Irregardless of whether the Holy Spirit "is given" or "was given", and certainly having been given to future believers as well; Christ died for the ungodly; at the right time. John 5:5 connects the Holy Spirit in equation to Christ in verse 6. Any comments on that thought? From the heart, Ray |
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