Here are some verses I would like to know more about.
As His divine power has given to all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by gloryand virtue.
2 Peter 1:3
Here is what I know: We need to do things in God's power and not our own.
"If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot recieve, (accept) because it neither sees Him, nor knows Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
John 14:15-17
We are given the Holy Spirit to help usknow what is the truth. He lives inside of us and will always live there.
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He willtell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to You. All things thatthe Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to You.
John16:13-15
He will guide usinto all truth, He will let us knowthe path to take.
"But you shall recieve power when the Holy Spirit has come uponyou; and you shall be witnessesto Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Acts 1:8
The Holy Spirit will help us witness to others.
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, becauseHe makes intercession forthe saints according to the will of God.
Romans 8:26-27
We should have an intimate relationship with the Spirit because even when we cannot pray He will pray for us andwill ask according to the will of God. His prayers are groanings which means they are so close (the Spirit and Christ) that the Spirit does not need wordsfor Christ to understand Him.
That good thing which was commited to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
2Timothy 1:14
The Spirit will help us guard our salvation.
I have a hard time understanding and knowing who the Holy Spirit is, I think it is because of my flesh that makes it so much harder. I have a basic understanding of who the Spirit is that He is a part of God given to us to help understand what is true and discern right from wrong, and that I am to have an intimate relationship with Him.Does anyone hear understand this enough to help explain more.
2 Peter 1:3
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[/align]This passage should be of immense interest to every Christian because it tells how we can keep from falling in this life and how we can be assured of a triumphal entry into the next. First we are assured that God has made full provision for us to have a life of holiness. This provision is said to be an evidence of His power: His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness. Just as His power saves us in the first place, so His power energizes us to live holy lives from then on. The order is"first life, then godliness. The gospel is the power of God to save from the penalty of sin and from its power, from damnation and from defilement.
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[/align]The all things that pertain to life and godliness include the high priestly work of Christ, the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the activity of angelic agencies on our behalf, the new life we receive at conversion, and the instruction of the word of God.
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[/align]The power to live a holy life comes through the knowledge of Him who called us. Just as His divine power is the source of holiness, so the knowledge of Him is the channel. To know Him is eternal life (John 17:3) and progress in knowing Him is progress in holiness. The better we get to know Him, the more we become like Him.
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[/align]Our calling is one of Peter"s favorite themes. He reminds us that: (1) We have been called out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Pet. 2:9). (2) We have been called to follow Christ in a pathway of suffering (1 Pet. 2:21). (3) We have been called to return blessing for reviling (1 Pet. 3:9). (4) We have been called to his eternal glory (1 Pet. 5:10). (5) We have been called by glory and virtue (2 Pet. 1:3). This last reference means that He called us by revealing to us the wonders of His Person. Saul of Tarsus was called on the road to Damascus when he saw the glory of God. A later disciple testified, "I looked into His face and was forever spoiled for anything that was unlike Him." He was called by His glory and excellence.
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[/align]MacDonald, W. 1997, c1995. Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (2 Pe 1:3). Thomas Nelson: Nashville
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
John 14:15-17
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[/align]14:15 The Lord Jesus was about to leave His disciples, and they would be filled with sorrow. How would they be able to express their love to Him? The answer was by keeping His commandments. Not by tears, but by obedience. The commandments of the Lord are the instructions which He has given us in the Gospels, as well as the rest of the NT.
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[/align]14:16 The word translated pray that is used here of our Lord is not the same word used to describe an inferior praying to a superior, but of one making request of his equal. The Lord would pray the Father to send another Helper. The word Helper (Paraclete) means one called to the side of another to help. It is also translated Advocate (1 Jn. 2:1).
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[/align]The Lord Jesus is our Advocate or Helper, and the Holy Spirit is another Helper"not another of a different kind, but another of similar nature. The Holy Spirit would abide with believers forever. In the OT, the Holy Spirit came upon men at various times, but often left them. Now He would come to remain forever.
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[/align]14:17 The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth because His teaching is true and He glorifies Christ who is the truth. The world cannot receive the Holy Spirit because it cannot see Him. Unbelievers want to see before they will believe"although they believe in wind and electricity, and yet they cannot see them. The unsaved do not know or understand the Holy Spirit. He may convict them of sin, and yet they do not know that it is He. The disciples knew the Holy Spirit. They had known Him to work in their own lives and had seen Him working through the Lord Jesus.
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[/align]"He dwells with you, and will be in you." Before Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon men and dwelt with them. But since Pentecost, when a man believes on the Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit takes up His abode in that man"s life forever. The prayer of David, "Do not take Your Holy Spirit from me," would not be suitable today. The Holy Spirit is never taken from a believer, although He may be grieved, or quenched, or hindered.
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MacDonald, W. 1997, c1995. Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Jn 14:15-17). Thomas Nelson: Nashville
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
[/align]1:8 Having suppressed their curiosity as to the future date of this kingdom, the Lord Jesus directed their attention to what was more immediate"the nature and sphere of their mission. As to its nature, they were to be witnesses; as to its sphere, they were to witness in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
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[/align]But first they must receive power"the power of the Holy Spirit. This power is the grand indispensable of Christian witness. A man may be highly talented, intensively trained, and widely experienced, but without spiritual power he is ineffective. On the other hand, a man may be uneducated, unattractive, and unrefined, yet let him be endued with the power of the Holy Spirit and the world will turn out to see him burn for God. The fearful disciples needed power for witnessing, holy boldness for preaching the gospel. They would receive this power when the Holy Spirit came upon them.
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[/align]Their witness was to begin in Jerusalem, a meaningful prearrangement of the grace of God. The very city where our Lord was crucified was first to receive the call to repentance and faith in Him.
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[/align]Then Judea, the southern section of Palestine with its strong Jewish population, and with Jerusalem as its chief city. Then Samaria, the region in the center of Palestine, with its hated, half-breed population with whom the Jews had no dealings. Then the end of the then-known world"the Gentile countries which had hitherto been outside the pale as far as religious privilege was concerned. In this ever widening circle of witness, we have a general outline of the flow of history in Acts.
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[/align]1. The witness in Jerusalem (Chaps. 1"7)
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[/align]MacDonald, W. 1997, c1995. Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Ac 1:8). Thomas Nelson: Nashville
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
1:14 That good thing refers to the gospel. The message of redeeming love had been committed or entrusted to Timothy. He is not told to add to it or to improve on it in any way. His responsibility is to guard it through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. As Paul wrote this Letter, he was conscious of the widespread departure from the faith which was menacing the church. Attacks would be made on the Christian faith from many different quarters. Timothy was admonished to stand true to the word of God. He would not have to do this in his own strength. The indwelling Holy Spirit would supply all that he needed for this task.
MacDonald, W. 1997, c1995. Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (2 Ti 1:14). Thomas Nelson: Nashville
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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[/align]Romans 8:26-27
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[/align]8:26 Just as we are sustained by this glorious hope, so the Spirit sustains us in our weaknesses. We are often perplexed in our prayer life. We do not know how to pray as we should. We pray selfishly, ignorantly, narrowly. But once again the Spirit comes alongside to assist us in our weakness, interceding for us with groanings which cannot find expression. In this verse it is the Spirit who groans and not we who groan, though that is also true.
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[/align]8:27 If God searches the hearts of men, He can also interpret the mind of the Spirit, even though that mind finds expression only in groans. The important thing is that the Holy Spirit"s prayers for us are always according to the will of God. And because they are always in accordance with God"s will, they are always for our good. That explains a lot, as the next verse reveals.
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[/align] MacDonald, W. 1997, c1995. Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Ro 8:26-27). Thomas Nelson: Nashville
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
Thanks Texas Oaks, that was awesome I'm going to print these up and keep them with my bible. I feel better now that I know I had the right line of thinking and wasn't way off base. I have some study tools but I think I need to add some more to my collection. Feel free to reccomend any.
I have a hard time understanding and knowing who the Holy Spirit is, I think it is because of my flesh that makes it so much harder. I have a basic understanding of who the Spirit is that He is a part of God given to us to help understand what is true and discern right from wrong, and that I am to have an intimate relationship with Him. Does anyone hear understand this enough to help explain more.
The term "Holy Ghost" and "Holy Spirit" are interchangeable, meaning identically the same. These two terms in the KJV are translated from the one Greek word pneuma;[/i] therefore, there is absolutely no distinction between the terms. Either is perfectly acceptable since both mean the same.
The Holy Spirit is simply God. God is Holy (Leviticus 11:44; 1 Peter 1:16). In fact, He alone is holy in Himself. God is also a Spirit (John 4:24), and there is only one Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 12:11; Ephesians 4:4). Therefore, "Holy Spirit" is another term for the one God.
That the Holy Ghost is God is evident from a comparison of Acts 5:3 with 5:4 and from a comparison of 1 Corinthians 3:16 with 6:19. These passages identify the Holy Ghost with God Himself.
We cannot limit the terms "Holy Ghost," "Holy Spirit," or "Spirit of God" to the New Testament, nor can we so limit the role or manifestation of God they describe. We find the Spirit mentioned throughout the Old Testament beginning with Genesis 1:2. Peter tells us that the prophets of old were moved by the Holy Ghost (2Peter 1:21).
If the Holy Ghost is simply God, why is there a need for this term? The reason is that it emphasizes that He who is holy, omnipresent, and invisible Spirit works among all people everywhere and can fill the hearts of people. When we speak of the Holy Spirit, we are reminding ourselves of God"s invisible work among humans and of His ability to anoint, baptize, fill, and dwell in human lives. The term speaks of God in activity: "And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters" (Genesis 1:2). It refers to God working among humans to regenerate their fallen nature and enable them to do the supernatural will of God in the world. We note that the Spirit is the agent in the new birth (John 3:5; Titus 3:5)
Since the Holy Spirit is God Himself, we properly use the pronouns He[/i] and Him[/i] to refer to the Spirit. We often use "Holy Ghost" and "Holy Spirit" as abbreviated forms of "the baptism (or gift) of the Holy Ghost," and in such case it is proper to use the pronoun it[/i] as a substitute. When we do this, however, we should always remember that the Holy Ghost is God and not merely an unintelligent force or fluid. The following verses of Scripture reveal that the Holy Ghost is not an unintelligent force but is in fact God: Acts 5:3-4, 9; 20:23, 28; 21:11.
The Spirit is revealed and received through the name Jesus. He is not a different person with a different identity who comes in another name. Jesus said, "The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name . ." (John 14:26). So the Holy Ghost comes in the name of Jesus.
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The Holy Spirit Is In Us
