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1 | What does Scripture say about the Spirit | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 13787 | ||
Greetings Joren - Welcome to the forum. You have asked many questions I will do my best. First as for speaking in tongues if you go to the quick search and type in "tongues" you will find a lot of information about tongues - if they don't answer your questions about that let me know and I will be happy to. Tongues is a gift from God (1Cor 12:8-11)- just as God didn't give the gift of healing to all He didn't give the gift of tongues to all. Now for the Holy Spirit. A good study reference is the Nave's Topical Bible. It will lead you to all the scriptures on any subject you are seeking. I recommend it highly. You can also type in Holy Spirit in the quick search. You have asked so many question on the Holy Spirit that it is pretty much impossible to answer them all in one reply. In the future it would be much simplier to ask one question at a time so that each question can be given a apprpriate responce. I will try to answer some of them. The Holy Spirit is given to us (1cor 12:7, Rom 5:5) by God and since He dwells in us (1Cor 3:16) is readily available to us but I believe that we must ask Him to work in our life. In reading Acts 19:2-6 we see that you can believe without having received the Holy Spirit, that is why I believe you must ask Him to become active in your life. Acts 7:51 tells us that we can resist the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is also a teacher (Luke 12:12, John 14:26) I do not know what it is referring to when it says "supernatural witness". I would be curious who wrote the booklets you are referring to. What you mentioned about not givng very many definites and contradicting itself concerns me. I know of no basis for saying that Spirit consists of primarily emotional/physical experiences. I believe that the bible contridicts this. Just as the Spirit gives us different gifts He also gives different manifestations of Himself in individuals. If one person dances, speaks in tongues, and is very physical as you put it does not mean that he is any more spiritual than you. (I would bet that one day you will experience an outward display yourself though). You are correct in saying that we all struggle with sin and we have already seen that everyone has the Spirit who is saved. Having sin in our life does not mean that we are without the Spirit. Please feel free to ask as many more questions as you like - but please one topic per question so we can cover each topic thoroughly. prayon |
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2 | Thanks for your reply/Clarification | NT general Archive 1 | Joren | 13800 | ||
So the Spirit dwells within us but is not necessarily received by us...Let me see if I understand you - The Spirit is always there within us (guarantee of our inheritance), but we must ask God for Him to actually direct/guide/reveal? That sounds like something I can begin to grasp. I typically ask God to do all those things, although I do not usually mention the Spirit in my prayers. The term has been used in so many different ways so that I do not feel I really know what I am fully talking about when I say "Holy Spirit", so I usually avoid using the term unless I am sure I am using it correctly. I am sure God can understand what I'm saying though. -- Joren P.S. - Thank you for the Scripture. I will try and look at the passages again; hopefully the Spirit will reveal their meaning :-) |
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3 | Thanks for your reply/Clarification | NT general Archive 1 | 532 Porter Ave | 14167 | ||
My dear friend we recieve the Holy spirit the very minute that we ask Christ to forgive our sins and be our savior it is then up to us as to how much of us the holy spirit can rule because we have to let him move in all of the way | ||||||