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NASB | Romans 8:13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:13 for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever. |
Subject: filled with holy spirit? |
Bible Note: Concerning that last article 1 Cor 12:4-11 supports the first part, with "to each one individually just as he wills." There is no mention of the last ("never intended to be characteristic of the lives of believers"). 1 Cor 13:8-10 Love Never Fails Now, then, knowledge and prophecy will be done away, and tongues will cease when the perfect comes. Has the perfect come even now? Certainly, even at the Cross, "It is finished". But, we do not yet see that perfection. So, the perfect has not yet come in fullness, it remains "partial", so the revelatory gifts still have a place. Why they have been so long silent (if they have been at all)? I do not know. It is not, however, because the perfect has come, but perhaps we now wait in a sort of second inter-testamental silent period. See also Eph. 4:13, below. 2 Cor 12:12 - signs of a true apostle were performed ... with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and miracles. Yes, these signs were to authentic the apostles. As were the signs of Christ. Why were the signs of Christ not sufficient for the apostles, when the apostles signs are enough for us? And, not only the apostles performed sign miracles, but also Philip, Stephen, and, considering I Cor 14:26-33,39; 12:8-12, 28-31 (especially 14:39 and 12:31) then prophecy, tongues, miracles, and healings occurred in EVERY church (14:33 - indicating that the rules here expounded were followed in all the churches. Why should they be necessary if there were no prophecies, nor interpretation?) Eph 4:12-13: ...for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; (verse 13:) until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. Yes, exactly. Note "unity of the faith", "[unity] of the knowledge of the Son of God", "to a mature man", "the fulness of Christ". Perhaps some attained to this (as, for example, Stephen, right before he was stoned) but the vast majority throughout Christianity have not (in this world's realm), thus, for them and for us, the perfect was not yet come. Heb 2:1,3-4 ...pay much closer attention to the things that have been heard, so that we do not drift away, which was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will. "Those who heard" could mean also any who received the Spirit by "the hearing of faith". However, as far as new revelations go, it is the things already revealed that are of chief importance, for they "belong to us and to our children" (Deut 29:29), and "the secret things (mysteries) belong to God", to reveal in His time and His choosing. We do not have the full revelation (as some maintain). But nevertheless we must be careful to keep what we do have. If a man receives one of the sign miracles, this article, against which I argue, would undermine his faith. It is not supported by the Scriptures. To Leonore, who started this: As for being filled with the Spirit, there are many other good verses in Acts (be certain to read the context and pray over them), which any good concordance will help you find. (Look primarily for "filled" in the NT). There are several online bible-search-engines, such as that at www.biblegateway.com, which will also help. (Don't use this site, you'll get all the "filled"s in notes and questions too.) |