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1 | The Holy Spirit instilled in us when? | Gen 2:7 | Joyful Jubilee | 178662 | ||
I have heard somewhere that the Holy Spirit was actually instilled in us through God breathing life into us at creation therefore our spiritual life may be in proper balance as we allow the Holy Spirit to work in our life. However in Acts, it describes Pentecost as a rush of wind and and tongues of fire fulled all those with the Holy Spirit. Can anyone explain? | ||||||
2 | The Holy Spirit instilled in us when? | Gen 2:7 | DocTrinsograce | 178663 | ||
Hi, Joy... No, the Holy Spirit does not come to dwell within a person until the benefits of the New Covenant are realized. That took place after the Resurrection of Christ, at Pentecost in Acts 2. Upon man's creation, he himself became a living soul as a very specific act of God (Genesis 2:7 and Genesis 2:22). But the spirit created to indwell men was itself a created thing. (Among theologians there are several views as to how each new generation receives a soul: creationism, traducianism, and pre-existentialism. Perhaps that is for a future discussion.) In the Old Testament the Holy Spirit comes upon men -- whether saved or not -- in effecting God's eternal purpose. After Pentecost, the Holy Spirit comes to indwell believers. In Him, Doc |
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