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1 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | Hank | 121155 | ||
Leonore: I understand that you have been a Christian since October, 2003 and that you are eager to learn what the Bible teaches so that you may grow in the faith. Moreover, I'm keenly aware that your question about the Holy Spirit was directed to WalkingTalkingBible, but it seems to me that you would welcome responses from other Forum members also. What follows in this post is an article that appears in John MacArthur's Study Bible (Word Publishing). It is called "God the Holy Spirit." Although fairly concise, it is one of the best and most orthodox treatises on Holy Spirit theology I've ever seen. It is generously laced with spiritual references and I urge you to follow up on all these references. Read and study them carefully. Your rewards will be enormous ...... Here is the article; it is sound doctrine: "We teach that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, eternal, possessing all the attributes of personality and deity, including intellect (1 Cor. 2:10-13), emotions (Eph. 4:30), will (1 Cor. 12:11), eternality (Heb. 9:14), onmipresence (Psalm 139:7-10, omniscience (Is. 40:13,14), omnipotence (Rom. 15:13), and truthfulness (John 16:13). In all the divine attributes He is coequal and consubstantial with the Father and the Son (Matt. 28:19; Acts 5:3,4; 28:25,26; 1 Cor. 12:4-6; 2 Cor. 13:14; and Jer. 31:31-34 with Heb. 10:15-17) ..... We teach that it is the work of the Holy Spirit to execute the divine will with relation to all mankind. We recognize His sovereign activity in the creation (Gen. 1:2), the incarnation (Matt. 1:18), the written revelation (2 Peter 1:20,21), and the work of salvation (John 3:5-7). ....... We teach that a unique work of the Holy Spirit in this age began at Pentecost when He came from the Father as promised by Christ (John 14:16,17; 15:26) to initiate and complete the building of the body of Christ. His activity includes convicting the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ, and transforming believers into the image of Christ (John 16:7-9; Acts 1:5; 2:4; Rom. 8:29; 2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. 2:22). ...... We teach that the Holy Spirit is the supernatural and sovereign agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). The Holy Spirit also indwells, sanctifies, instructs, empowers them for service, and seals them unto the day of redemption (Rom. 8:9-11; 2 Cor. 3:6; Eph. 1:13). ....... We teach that the Holy Spirit is the divine teacher who guided the apostles and prophets into all truth as they committed to writing God's revelation, the Bible (2 Peter 1:19-21). Every believer possesses the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit from the moment of salvation, and it is the duty of all those born of the Spirit to be filled with (controlled by) the Spirit (Rom. 8:9-11; Eph. 5:18; 1 John 2:20,27). ....... We teach that the Holy Spirit administers spiritual gifts to the church. The Holy Spirit glorifies neither Himself nor His gifts by ostentatious displays, but He does glorify Christ by implementing His work of redeeming the lost and building up believers in the most holy faith (John 16:13,14; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11; 2 Cor. 3:18). ....... We teach, in this respect, that God the Holy Spirit is sovereign in the bestowing of all His gifts for the perfecting of the saints today and that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles in the beginning days of the church were for the purpose of pointing to and authenticating the apostles as revealers of divine truth, and were never intended to be characteristic of the lives of believers (1 Cor. 12:4-11; 13:8-10; 2 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:7-12; Heb. 2:1-4)." --Hank | ||||||
2 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | leonore | 121198 | ||
Hank, I not only welcome other responses, I sincerely appreciate them. You have given me a wealth of information! It is going to take me some time to go through all of the scriptures but, I know it is time well spent. Thank you so much for taking the time to send this to me. I was really interested in finding out what the activities of the holy spirit are. I didn't realize how much he does and how important it is to learn about him also. | ||||||
3 | filled with holy spirit? | Rom 8:13 | Hank | 121210 | ||
Leonore: You're very welcome. Please accept a hint from me who has been a follower of Christ for more than half a century. In your studies and in your walk with the Lord, accept nothing -- no teaching, no opinions, no smoke and mirrors -- that cannot be thoroughly proved to be founded solely upon the inerrant teaching of the word of God, the Bible. On this Forum as elsewhere in our world, you will be exposed to crack-pot doctrines that may seem right but are in conflict with Scripture. There are those who are deceived and will deceive you if you give their ideas a place to germinate in your mind and spirit. There are many apostles of "feel good" religion who would like to pander to the selfishness and greed that are inherent in all human natures. May you grown in your faith, fed by the word of the Lord, which is the only inerrant lamp to your feet and light to your path. (Psalm 119:105) --Hank | ||||||