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21 | What is "persevering to the end?" | Matt 22:37 | Eagle One | 30245 | ||
Greetings Brother Robert, As always, your scripture references and your comments are uplifting. I always look forward to your posts. You are a blessing to this forum. So many times in my Christian life I have felt completely unable to be an overcomer. But even during the darkest times I would cling to scriptures like Romans 8:37-39. During those periods of time when I felt at my absolute worst I was able to remember that He is the Overcomer and it is faith in His power that will pull me through. I appreciate you fellowship brother. John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." 1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. In Him, Eagle One |
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22 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Eagle One | 29285 | ||
Dear Lionstrong, Your question, "What is the relationship between the indwelling Holy Spirit and the Word of God", is answered in John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." I believe that this scripture is to be taken literally. And in I John 1:1. "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life--". By comparing the scriptures above with I Cor. 10-16 I belive I have a solid foundation for believing that 1. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and the Word are one. 2. If that is so, then I also believe that I cannot study the Word of God without the understanding that the Holy Spirit provides. 3. Without the Holy Spirit I can't study the Word to show myself approved. If I try to do that, then it is no more then a futile intellectual exercise that profits me not at all. That's how the christians in name only read the bible. Intellectually. I Cor. 10-16 NKJV 10But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy[4] Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" I welcome your spiritual insight in this regard. In Him, Eagle One |
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23 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Eagle One | 30750 | ||
Greetings Lionstrong, You asked a question as follows: "The Father, Son, Spirit, and the Word are one what?" One God? I would like to ask you a question before I try to answer your question. What are your thoughts on John 1:1-4 and I John 1:1-3. John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4In Him was life, and the life was the light of men I John 1:1-3 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life-- 2the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us-- 3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. I look forward to discussing this with you. Thanks. In Him, Eagle One |
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24 | The Spirit and the Word: How Related? | Rom 8:11 | Eagle One | 30861 | ||
Greetings Lionstrong, Thank you for your reply. Why did you think I would delay further? I was interested in your thoughts and insight regarding John 1:1-4 because of the way a portion of your original question was worded. When you asked "(Or by the indwelling Spirit do we need to consult God's Word?) The general question is what is the relationship between the Spirit and the Word? More specifically, does the indwelling of the Holy Spirit make the Word or parts thereof superfluous?" I am strongly impressed that John 1:1-2 is the best possible answer. As you said "The Word in John I is the Word who became flesh and dewelt among us in John 1:14. That is, the second person of the Trinity." In addition, please consider the following: In many translations we find the word "with" used. "The Word was with God" Example: 1:1 "In the beginning1 was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. 1:2 The Word was with God in the beginning." The word with is a preposition (prov). Am I a Greek scholar? By no means. However, I do enjoy reading word studies. In any case, "prov" implies not just proximity, but intimate personal relationship. M. Dods stated, "Prov means more than either metav or parav, and is regularly employed in expressing the presence of one person with another" ("The Gospel of St. John," The Expositor's Greek Testament, 1:684). Then a definite meaning for the term is reflected in the traditional rendering "the word was God." D. B. Wallace says, "Translations like the NEB and Moffatt are helpful in capturing the sense in John 1:1 that the Word was fully deity in essence just as much God as God the Father. The translation "what God was the Word was" is perhaps the most nuanced rendering, conveying that everything God is in essence, the Word is too." So to answer your question "One what? One God?" I'm comfortable with the description, "One essence". We know that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one. John I tells us that the Word is one with the Father and the Son. So they are all one. So, since the Holy Spirit dwells within you and I, we are able to be taught as we study by "The Teacher". John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." So, in answer to your question, "If we have the Holy Spirit does that mean that we don't need the Word?" As far as I am concerned, without the Holy Spirit the Word would just be words. In I John 1, we don't find a discussion of the oneness. But I love the description, "The Word of Life." Once again, thanks for communicating. I look forward to more discussions. In Him, Eagle One |
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