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1 | Automatic Holy Spirit? | Eph 1:13 | charis | 27261 | ||
Dear Sutepano, Greetings to you in Jesus' name! I don't disagree with the flow of your conclusions, my friend, but I do not see from the Scripture references that the indwelling or baptism of the Holy Spirit is synonymous and synchronous with the moment of salvation. In fact, the term 'refilling' seems to negate a 'sealing' of our relationship with God. If we are indeed 'sealed' by the third person of the Godhead, this should be permanent, right? It should not run out like gas tanks or wallets, and should not wear out like soles or paint. Personally, I think that my thoughts on the 'security of the believer' are more secure and permanent than some! :-) But I cannot *equate* saving knowlege of/by God with our pursuit of/ obedience to/ and reliance upon the Holy Spirit. These two relationships seem to be connected, but not the same thing. If I may say so, this seems similar to your phrase 'we are not using Him like we should,' though some (not me!) might take offense at the word 'using.' I agree with you that we can lose fellowship with God, and even some or all of our 'reward' in Him, but not our relationship with Him, which was soley initiated by Him in grace. (I Corinthians 3:14,15) Blessings, my brother, in Christ Jesus, charis |
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2 | Do we "use" the Spirit as we shoul? | Eph 1:13 | Searcher56 | 27289 | ||
Do you agree that we do not (always) "use" the Holy Spirit as much as we can or should? | ||||||
3 | Do we "use" the Spirit as we shoul? | Eph 1:13 | karlgraff | 27302 | ||
Please define "use" | ||||||
4 | Do we "use" the Spirit as we shoul? | Eph 1:13 | Searcher56 | 27310 | ||
"use" menas tap into His power | ||||||
5 | Do we "use" the Spirit as we shoul? | Eph 1:13 | Makarios | 27381 | ||
I disagree... "use" means that He uses His power in and through us, being unworthy vessels.. - Nolan |
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6 | Do we "use" the Spirit as we shoul? | Eph 1:13 | Searcher56 | 27433 | ||
However, we need to let Him ... we still have a choice ... | ||||||
7 | Do we "use" the Spirit as we shoul? | Eph 1:13 | Makarios | 27437 | ||
Yes, but He does all of the "using", not us.. :-) - Nolan |
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