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NASB | Luke 11:13 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 11:13 "If you, then, being evil [that is, sinful by nature], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!" |
Subject: Do we receive *holy *spirit as a gift? |
Bible Note: Hi Jelkins, I am not talking so much about the spirit of man. What I am talking about is the spirit of God. Consider Ezekiel 36:26 where it says, "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." The NKJ and the NASB continue in verse 27 and talk about "My Spirit within you". I personally think that we should be consistent here and put the Spirit found in Ezekiel 36:27 in the lower case "spirit". Ezekiel 36:27, "And I will put My *spirit within you and cause you to walk in (My) statutes..." 2) Thank you for your information about receiving Jesus. Colossians 2:6, "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in (Him)." However, when we read there of receiving Christ Jesus the Lord, it is talking of our faith in Him. It is not talking of Christ as a (g)Gift. Actually, I would view the gift as being in Colossians 2:3, "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." I trust that I am with you in spirit, seeing our faith in Christ. Colossians 2:5. Also, 2 Timothy 1:14, "Guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure [the good deposit, the down payment] which has been entrusted to you. 3) I remembered John 1:12 almost as soon as I made the statement that you "caught" me on. However, in this Scripture also, receiving Him is talking about faith in Him. And the gift that is given is the "power [or right, NASB] to become sons of God". 4) I believe that both Acts 2:38 and 5:32 talk about a gift that He gives. I compare/contrast Acts 5:32 with Luke 11:13, "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the *holy *spirit to those who ask Him?" 5) John 3:34, "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the *spirit without measure." When we receive the words of God it will indeed take a lot of study. From the heart, Ray |