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1 | But What is it? | Deut 7:2 | Morant61 | 24598 | ||
Greetings Coop1! I've got to run in just a second, so I'll have to make this quick! I believe that every Christian is baptized into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit. I believe that every Christian therefore has the Holy Spirit. But, I do believe, based primarily on Acts, that there is an empowering or consecrating experience subsequent to salvation. This could be called a baptism, filling, ect..... My only concern at this point would be that people are clear that all Christians have the Holy Spirit. I guess the question is, 'Does the Holy Spirit have all Christians?' There are a lot of different views on this issue. I think they have more in common than not. The things we can all agree on are: 1) All Christians are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. 2) The Holy Spirit empowers Christians for service. 3) Part of the empowerment comes from spiritual gifts. How we describe these points may differ somewhat from group to group, but the basics seem to be there in most! I've got to run! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | But What is it? | Deut 7:2 | coop1 | 24606 | ||
Hi Tim... I know you just couldn't wait to get back to your computer and see my lovely name up there, huh? :-) I understand and agree with most of what you said, but I am a little confused in how you distinguished between, the Holy Spirit 'having us' and 'us having' the Holy Spirit? If all Christians have the Holy Spirit, where did they get it? Do we have to get it twice? Once upon salvation and then again as a gift? I am sorry...I am just a little confused. Just to pacify me...could you please take a sec to elaborate on that just a bit? I would greatly appreciate it...Thanks...coop1 |
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3 | But What is it? | Deut 7:2 | Morant61 | 24616 | ||
Greetings Coop1! I'm back! There are a couple of passages which have a very important bearing on the question of who has the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:9 says, " You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ." Thus, every Christian has the Holy Spirit, or they could not be Christian. The same thought is expressed in 1 John 3:24 - "Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us." 1 Cor. 12:13 says, "For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink." Or, 1 Cor. 3:16 which says, "Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?" The point is that every Christian receives the Holy Spirit at the moment of New Birth. It is the Spirit which baptizes us into the Body of Christ. At the same time, Acts makes it clear that there was another experience subsequent to salvation. Most call it being baptized or filled with the Spirit. I have no problem with either name, as long as we understand that the believer doesn't receive the Holy Spirit at that point. It is simply a consecrating or empowering experience which doesn't add to their salvation. I hope this helped some! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | But What is it? | Deut 7:2 | coop1 | 24636 | ||
Got it...ok...good answer! Thanks! :-) coop1 |
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