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1 | What purpose does The Holy Spirit serve? | Luke 11:13 | Revelator1217 | 88921 | ||
The Holy Spirit is our helper (John 14:26). The completeness of man and Holy Spirit help us to avoid the sins of this world. Now another question is why did Jesus get baptized if he had never sinned? The answer is that he was showing us, being an example for us. Just be willing to give up all, including your life if need be, take up YOUR CROSS and follow Jesus (Mark 8:34; John 12:25). Read Matthew 3:15,16; John 3:1-8. In Matthew the Spirit is made VISIBLE in the shape of a dove. In John, Jesus says that the spiit is like the wind (meaning it's there but it can't be seen). We are born again when we are baptized, but it isn't untill we are born again from above (baptized by Holy Spirit) that we will enter Heaven (John 3:5). Unfortunatly most of us are not completely believing or willing to give ourselves up at the time of our water baptizm that we don't get the immediate baptizm of the Holy Spirit as Jesus and many of the Early Disciples (Matthew 3:16) To answer your Question Shortly, the Holy spirit is a guide to help you in everyday life and you can't enter heaven without it. Just be willing to give your all, even your life if need be, and take up YOUR CROSS and follow Jesus (Mark 8:34; John 12:25) then you will recive the Baptizm of the Spirit. |
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2 | What purpose does The Holy Spirit serve? | Luke 11:13 | tj57h@cs.com | 88940 | ||
I asked BradK this question because of his answer as to why the Son who is born again asked for the Holy Spirit. Did you read his response to my original post? I believe his position is that we already have the Holy Spirit when we become born again and I wanted to know why the son was asking for the Holy Spirit if he already had it. Love, Tim |
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3 | What purpose does The Holy Spirit serve? | Luke 11:13 | Ray | 147770 | ||
Hi tj57h@cs.com, Tim, Many in this thread are speaking of the Holy Spirit as an "it" and a helper. I would say that the Holy Spirit is a Person and the holy spirit is an it. I see the Holy Spirit as the Giver and the holy spirit as the gift. So for Luke 11:13 when it speaks of good gifts I believe that it speaks of gifts of holy spirit. The Father in heaven (who is Spirit) will give good gifts to those who ask Him. I am not saying that the Son and Holy Spirit are not Gifts. John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 4:10, "Jesus answered and said to her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it [He] is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." John 14:16, "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever." Those Scriptures speak of the Son and the Spirit as Gifts. But I am asking people to consider the possibility of the gift of the holy spirit. John 3:6, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, but that which is born of the *spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' [Or, from above]." From the heart, Ray |
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