“The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. ‘For who has understood the mind of the...
When I read the "spirit of God" in the Old Testament it does seem similar in character to how the Holy Spirit is referred to in the New Testament, if a little subdued. How do you feel? Is it referrring to exactly the same spiritual "person"? Is there any difference between the Holy Spirit...
This is brought to mind upon reading Humble_Disciple's submission:
God chose YOU to bear fruit...
What the Holy Spirit does in us is something we could never do:
We do not know what we do when we 'give him our hearts'; we are weak, silly, ignorant of the horror that sin is, ignorant of the...
1 Corinthians 2:12-16 ESV
“Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who...
My question is about 1 John 4:2 and 1 John 4:3 and determining which spirits are from God and which are not. I do not know for sure but it sounds like those scriptures mean that when you ask a spirit if it confesses that Jesus Christ came in the flesh that if it confesses that Jesus did come in...
In the Gospel according to John, Jesus explains to Nicodemus what a person must do to gain eternal life. Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Can he enter his mother's womb a...
How well have you learned to hear your Father’s voice?
God really does have a voice and currently speaks to anyone who can hear Him:
Jer 7:23 (God)…Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people… that it may be well with you.
Joh 10:27 (Jesus) My sheep hear My voice, and I...
Any ideas of any of the below are welcome:
(1) Since God is spirit, so the Spirit of God is basically the spirit of a spirit?! What is that supposed to mean?
God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth (John 4:24)
(2) Is the Holy Spirit the same as the Spirit...
Messiah's spoken words are the Torah of the Spirit.
The Torah of the Spirit is the Torah of Messiah.
Yeshua spoke the words of God by the Spirit of God within him. The Torah of the Spirit is the Torah of Messiah, because Messiah was given the Spirit to announce the justice of God to the world...