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NASB | Ephesians 4:23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:23 and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude], |
Bible Question:
Greetings Ray! If you acknowledge that the Holy Spirit dwells within us according to Rom. 8:11, why would you reject that we can be 'filled' with the Holy Spirit? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
Bible Answer: Hi Tim, Because all we need is a (s)Seed within us. John 3:34, "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the (s)Spirit without measure." 1) If our interpretation is that God gives the Spirit without measure, then each one of us is claiming to be bigger than God; because God is not measured out then one contains all of God. 2) If our interpretation is that God gives out *spirit, words of truth and power, we can be full of these words with many more yet available in the word of God to be discovered and applied. And all these things can be given to them as the Holy Spirit wills because they are in His hand. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God;...let's obey the Son. Let's obey this God/Man. The person who believes that the Son is Spirit has eternal life, is what the passage says to me. Don't you get that message, too? But it is received through the spirit and words given without measure. The Son is Spirit and He gives the spirit as down payment and a pledge of our inheritance as God's possession. That's the way I see it. ******* Romans 8:14, "For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of **God." John 6:63, Literally, "The Spirit is the One who makes alive; the flesh does not help at all. The words which **I speak to you spirit are and life they are." From the heart, Ray |