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NASB | 2 Timothy 1:14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 1:14 Guard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. |
Subject: Evidence of holy spirit in a Christian? |
Bible Note: Brother Ray, I am seeing two things here. First there is the focus of the conversation itself. Second is the idea of a spirit in us other than the Holy Spirit. I think I have been focused on answering the question posed by the person who started the thread. The questioner asked for evidences that the spirit dwells in a Christian. I assumed they could have used caps because they were talking about the third Person of the Godhead. I also thought they might have referred to a person rather than a Christian because the Holy Spirit indwells every Christian. We may say that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is automatic when a person becomes a Christian. If those things are true, then asking for evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is tantamount to asking for evidences of salvation. But it is evidences of His presence that I was focused on. I think I gave three or four items as evidences of His presence. Now, with the varying uses of capitalization (Holy Spirit versus Holy spirit and holy spirit) comes a different idea that I will need to look into. I have thought of that idea before, that there are other spirits in us (spirit of envy, spirit of jealousy, spirit of wisdom) but I have not visited that subject recently. For purposes of this conversation then, I will have to say I do not know. I think you are making a valid point that there is a spirit (maybe spirits) in us beside the Holy Spirit. Whether or not it is He Himself who fills us or whether He fills us with another spirit, I cannot say at this point. I expressed what I thought, that it is He Himself who fills us, but I will need time to look into the matter further. Now I see that Makarios is saying there are certain behaviors which can be taken as evidence of the presence of the Holy Spirit. I am not sure about that either. Maybe we can look into that together. I suspect we may not want to tell a person that the fact he has stopped stealing is an evidence of the presence of the Holy Spirit. Let’s talk with Nolan. What do you say? |