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NASB | Mark 1:10 Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 1:10 Immediately coming up out of the water, he (John) saw the heavens torn open, and the Spirit like a dove descending on Him (Jesus); |
Bible Question:
We "must be filled/anointed by the Holy Spirit in order to know the mysteries of God!" "Jesus has no need to be anointed/filled with the Holy Spirit;..." Do these thoughts lead us to a consideration of the Holy Spirit being the Giver and the holy spirit as the gift? From the heart, Ray |
Bible Answer: Hi, Ray! It is a wondrous and complex God that we serve... Jesus tells us that the Father is greater than He while still revealing that He and the Father are indeed one and the same... from the very prophecies about Him, Jesus is given all titles previously reserved only to Yahweh... Jesus revealed that the Father is Spirit... that He and the Father and the Holy Spirit will abide in the Believers... and when He introduces the Holy Spirit, He tells us that He is another Paraclete whom He will send to us (Believers) from the Father… in regards to the Holy Spirit, Jesus reveals that He, the Holy Spirit, will bring us the fullness of Truth... and Jesus transfers the Old Testament's admonition (Blaspheming against the Name of God) to the Holy Spirit and assures us that only the sin of Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven! There are three more salient seeming anomalies: 1) Speaking about His physical death, Jesus tells us that it is He who willingly gives up His life for the salvation of the world and that it is He who takes it back again (John 10:17-18)… while we later learn from Paul that it is the Holy Spirit who God uses to resurrect Jesus, He who is the Resurrection and Life (Romans 8:11)... 2) We are taught that it is Jesus who gives all of His disciples the various gifts... making some prophets, teachers... yet, somewhat bewilderingly, we are also taught that it is the Holy Spirit who give to some the ability to be apostles, teachers... (Ephesians 4:7-12 and 1 Corinthians 12:1-11) 3) We are taught that the Holy Spirit is God’s sanctifying grace (Romans 1:4; 15:16); yet, it is also taught to us that Jesus sanctifies Himself and the Believers… (Hebrews 2:11; 10:10; 13:12) Jesus reveals the existence of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit as that of the fullness of God (John 16:13-15)… it is this unification of God that makes it difficult for many to accept the Holy Trinity since, as finite beings, we seek to find a beginning and an end as we struggle with God's design: where does the Father end and the Son begins?... where does the Son end and the Holy Spirit begins?... where does the Holy Spirit ends and the Father begins?... it behooves us to heed Christ’s words: the Father and I are one. (John 10:30) Since there is no beginning and no end to any of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity we can accept the Holy Spirit as both God’s Gift and the gift giver: And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Romans 5:5) God Bless! Angel |