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1 | Father greater than Jesus | John 14:28 | BradK | 130768 | ||
Babbler, You state "With nothing close to worship ever being mentioned in connection with the holy spirit, it seems strange that it was elevated to God status." How so? The Spirits' role is to glorify the Son, not be worshipped on his own: "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you." John 16:14 Interestingly, the personal pronoun is used often of the Holy Spirit in John 14-16. Further, the Holy Spirit is referred to as God in Acts 5:3-4: "But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." The Holy Spirit was not elevated to God status, He is the 3rd Person of the Trinity. In Isaiah 6:8-10 we find the Prophet writing "...that he heard the voice of the Lord (Jehovah)..." Luke records Paul in Acts 28:25ff, in referring to the same passage as saying "The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers, ..." Not Jehovah, but the Holy Spirit- One is essence, three in person if properly understood and we hold to the inerrancy of Scripture:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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2 | Father greater than Jesus | John 14:28 | thisbabbler | 130772 | ||
One of the many "roles" of the holy spirit is to glorify the Son. But does this make it God? Ananias "lied" or attempted to deceive by falsehood, the holy spirit. This can apply to words or actions, from a root that means untrue, i.e. erroneous, deceitful or wicked. (Strong's Concordance) Persons that operate from the position that holy spirit is a person do so because of the personification of it by Jesus when speaking of it. They go so far as to view descriptive titles as Comforter and Helper as personal names. But if one operates from the position that holy spirit is God's power, then one can still see how Ananias could "lie" of attempt to deceive the holy spirit. God's power had supported the arrangement of these disciples and now Ananias sought to work around it. When one sins against the holy spirit, he sins against God, thus it's worse than a sin against Jesus. (Matt 12:32) Wisdom is personified at Proverbs 8. People are aware of this poetic usage. But Solomon was not just being poetic. This "wisdom" as Master Worker was fond of the sons of men. People don't want to admit that these verses describe Jesus, including his beginning. I've learned that they do understand the concept of an inanimate object being spoken of as a person, but when to make a literal application and when not is the tricky part. My method is to let the overwhelming weight of Scripture dictate. The holy spirit can only be viewed as a thing, used by God to accomplish his will - not to be worshiped as His equal being. |
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3 | Father greater than Jesus | John 14:28 | BradK | 130774 | ||
Babbler, What is your purpose for the view you hold? What is your theological bias? Are you familiar with the Posting Guidleines and terms of Use? You may want to consider these before attempting to continue with your rather un-Orthodox views:-) BradK |
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4 | Father greater than Jesus | John 14:28 | thisbabbler | 130781 | ||
Unorthodoxy is in the eye of the beholder. From my perspective, much of mainstream Christendom's doctrine is unorthodox when compared to the established recorded truth of the Bible. What subjects are open to discussion and will not result in a commentor being threatened with banishment? |
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5 | Father greater than Jesus | John 14:28 | Hank | 130790 | ||
Babbler: So from your perspective much of what you call "mainstream Christendom" is unorthodox? Just what is your perspective? To be more specific, are you a Watchtower brand of Jehovah's Witness? --Hank | ||||||