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The Holy Sprit is given to believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. God does the work in us.In Acts 5:32, the Spirit have been given to those who obey God,
The Holy Sprit is given to believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. God does the work in us.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Our obedience comes from the Holy Spirit working in us. It is simple. By the Spirit. Not by our own understanding.
All this is after the fact. This is the normal Christian life. This is walking in the spirit.Yes, the Spirit would in us, though the Spirit is also given to those who obey God, so that is part of what is required to receive the Spirit. In Ezekiel 36:26-27, the Spirit has the role of leading us to obey God's law, in John 16:13, the Spirit has the role of leading us in truth, and in Psalms 119:142, God's law is truth. In John 16:8, the Spirit has the role of convicting us of sin and in 1 John 3:4, sin is the transgression of God's law. In Romans 8:4-7, those who walk in the Spirit are contrasted with those who have minds set on the flesh who refuse to submit to God's law. In Galatians 5:19-22, everything listed as works of the flesh that are against the Spirit are also against God's law, while all of the fruits of the Spirit are aspects of God's nature that are in accordance with it. In Romans 2:25, the way to recognize that a Gentile has a circumcised heart is by observing their obedience to God's law, which is the same way to tell for a Jew (Deuteronomy 10:12-16, 30:1-8), and circumcision of the heart is a matter of the Spirit, which is in contrast with Acts 7:51-53, where those who have uncircumcised hearts resist the Spirit and do not obey God's law.
Did the Pharisees who kept the law by their own volition receive the Holy Spirit?though the Spirit is also given to those who obey God, so that is part of what is required to receive the Spirit.
Only the believers.Some did.
Why did all of them not receive Him? They kept the law.Some did.
Man always makes a choice even when God determines them.they're born with that instinct.. But we're born without knowledge of, let alone faith in, let alone hope in,, let alone love for, God. Agape can be embraced and accepted and acted upon and grown, or not. It's a daily choice
Well, that would really just be the puppet master's choice in that case. You don't understand God's purposes in this whole thing called creation. Man possesses justice or righteousness not to the extent that he can produce it on his own but to the extent that he accepts it from God and acts on it and continues to, beginning with the first right step of faith, the recognition of His existence and rightful place of godhood over us.Man always makes a choice even when God determines them.
No. It is more the Holy Spirit in us changing our will to match His will.Well, that would really just be the puppetmaster's choice in that case.
Well...yes...but if that is irresistible on our part, then we're just back to the Holy Puppet Master. That's not what He wants to be in our lives. He must work in us, for sure, but not, ever, such that we can't say "no" at the end of the day.No. It is more the Holy Spirit in us changing our will to match His will.
2 Corinthians 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
That is what the Galatians thought. The Holy Spirit in us shapes and molds us into the image of Jesus Christ. That is the beauty of the New Birth. Hallelujah!And so, once turned to God, he's now responsible for remaining in Him
In the most basic terms for a child to understand, How hard or easy is it to get into heaven?
In other words, Is it easy to obtain salvation or is it hard for the joe shmoes of the world?
It's the easiest thing and at the same time, impossible. If you trust Jesus to save you, He gets you into heaven. If you try to make it by yourself, you will never get there. And God does not show favouritism. It's just harder for the proud rich to humble themselves and admit their need of a saviour.In the most basic terms for a child to understand, How hard or easy is it to get into heaven?
In other words, Is it easy to obtain salvation or is it hard for the joe shmoes of the world?
No, that's the nonsense of the new gospel. I've known too many Christians of all stripes to believe that the rebirth necessarily means they can no longer choose to sin, and sin in such a way as to exclude them from eternal life if they were to persist in it.That is what the Galatians thought. The Holy Spirit in us shapes and molds us into the image of Jesus Christ. That is the beauty of the New Birth. Hallelujah!
2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.KJV
Here is the NIV
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Yes, we have to humble ourselves and know that we need God, desperately, in fact. And we need to take up our cross and follow as well, striving to do His will with the help of His grace.It's the easiest thing and at the same time, impossible. If you trust Jesus to save you, He gets you into heaven. If you try to make it by yourself, you will never get there. And God does not show favouritism. It's just harder for the proud rich to humble themselves and admit their need of a saviour.
The gospel is NOT non-sense and the gospel is NOT new.No, that's the nonsense of the new gospel.
Who determined that they were excluded from eternal life? It is God who justifies not men.I've known too many Christians of all stripes to believe that the rebirth necessarily means they can no longer choose to sin, and sin in such a way as to exclude them from eternal life if they were to persist in it.
Once you have been filled with the Holy Spirit, He never leaves. Now there are people who say they are believers but they do not have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. They pride themselves on how well they keep the law and they condemn people they think live sinfully. But Lord Jesus interceeds for believers who have the Holy Spirit indwelling them.
Romans 8:9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. (KJV)
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