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1 | Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit | Joel 2:28 | Sir Pent | 113994 | ||
My clarification 2........................................ Hi EdB, Here you seem to be saying that the Holy Spirit comes differently in the New Testament becuase we are permanently holy now after Jesus sacrifice. Yet in the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit could only come on people temporarily because their holiness was temporary and always had to be renewed by animal sacrifices. I disagree. It seems that there are many places in the New Testament where it speaks of the need for even Christians to cleanse our hearts and confess our sins etc. This would indicate that although our cleansing comes repeatedly from the one sacrifice of Jesus instead of multiple sacrifice of animals, that we are not constantly holy, any more than they were in the Old Testament. Galations 4:1-10 seems to say that the difference between our relationship with God before and after Jesus is that we were servants and are now sons. So perhaps your answer of Jesus sacrifice is correct, but the affect of it is to make us sons, not to make us permanently holy. What do you think? |
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2 | Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit | Joel 2:28 | EdB | 114007 | ||
Sir Pent We seem to be getting tangled up in definitions and implications. Let’s talk relationship. In the Old Testament, man and God were in a very different relationship than what we enjoy as New Testament believers. In the Old Testament God loved his people and used men and women chosen by Him to serve Him. In this service God empowered them through His Holy Spirit with the capabilities they needed to accomplish their task. In the New Testament our relationship with God is as Father child. God sends us His Holy Spirit to dwell within us to help us achieve all that we can along with doing His service. EdB |
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3 | Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit | Joel 2:28 | Sir Pent | 114016 | ||
So we agree after all............................ Hi EdB, So it seems that we are in agreement here that the critical change between the Old and New Testaments (relating to the Holy Spirit's methods) is our relationship with God. This transition to becoming sons of God is what enabled the Holy Spirit to come in a new way. |
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4 | Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit | Joel 2:28 | EdB | 114070 | ||
Sir Pent Boy that was a long rigorous trip to get to there. :-) EdB |
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