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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: Dear Eli, Welcome. My advice to you would be to take it easy and tread softly. A statement such as "in the Bible this is not true" is a bold statement. It is also accusatory and condescending, as are other statements such as “what you need to understand …”. It suggests that the people who have gone before you are wrong and you are right. Moreover, it suggests that you know the Bible and they don't. I am not sure why people make statement s like that, but it happens. Personally, I find these statements offensive and unnecessary. Mostly unnecessary. This is a place where everyone reads the Bible and some have learned more than others. It is not because of ignorance that I say the Holy Spirit enters a person's life at the moment of salvation. I may even think that you need to understand that. But I have to be careful no to say that. Believe me, I am aware of the passages you quote. I might even undertake to teach you to put those passages into context. But I do not know you well and I am not sure at this point that you will listen. I would only suggest that you say what you think and think about what others say. To say that, because you read in Acts the apostles were laying their hands on Christians caused the Holy Spirit to come upon them, then that is the way it is today, does not make it so. Let me just say this, and perhaps you will think about it. Some of the things in the book of Acts are transitory. They were done as signs in order to assist the Jewish Christians in understanding what the church would be like. Now, we walk by faith, not by sight. The Holy Spirit comes like a wind and no one knows whither it comes or where it goes. The person who repents of sin and trusts in Christ is saved and his life comes under the control of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit who baptizes us into the body of Christ, seals us, gives us assurance of salvation and helps us to understand the word of God. I advise you not to go ahead and say you disagree. Think about these things. Search the Scriptures. And may the Lord give you understanding in all things. In this thread we were considering evidences by which we know that we have received the Holy Spirit. Interesting that we are seem to be finding inward evidences and not outward signs. You might want to read about those in this thread and tell us what you think or look for them in the Bible and tell us what you find. |