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NASB | Acts 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land? |
Subject: JWs and the Wholly Other, Holy Spirit |
Bible Note: Acts 5:3,4 (ESV) But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit? . . . You have not lied to men but to God." 'The Watchtower and the Wholly Other, Holy Spirit 'By Tim Martin 'The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society teaches that the Holy Spirit is God's active force on the earth today. If this statement is taken alone, most Christians might agree to it. However, along with the above statement, the Watchtower also teaches that the Holy Spirit is not a person, but only a force, comparable to "wind or radio beams."[1] A Biblical examination of their arguments shows that they are twisting the facts to validate this heresy. 'Upon studying various years of Watchtower publications, one can see five key arguments used to teach their aberrant views on the Holy Spirit: '1- No name 2- Use of neuter pronouns 3- Historical Arguments 4- Impersonal references 5- Personification 'No Name '"The Holy Scriptures tell us the personal name of the Father—Jehovah. They inform us that the Son is Jesus Christ. But nowhere in the Scriptures is a personal name applied to the holy spirit."[2] This quotation from the Watchtower is correct that the Holy Spirit does not have a personal name recorded in Scripture. However, this does not mean that He is not a person. If this were a valid argument, then one could suppose that a newborn child is not a person until he/she is named. In addition, Scripture does not record personal names for most of the demons it mentions, who are, nevertheless, personal. A name does not imply personality or impersonality. Therefore, the lack of a name for the Holy Spirit does not prove impersonality. The Watchtower admits that the Greek word for spirit (pneuma) is used of the demons.[3] Why would these nameless beings called "spirits" be persons, and the nameless Holy Spirit not be a person? The Watchtower argument is flawed.' '1 "Overseers in Apocalyptic Times," The Watchtower, January 15, 1958, pp. 42–3. '2 Reasoning From the Scriptures, New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 1989, pp. 406–7. '3 Insight on the Scriptures, New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 1989, pp. 612.' (http://www.watchman.org/jw/watchtowerholyspirit.htm) |
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