The Holy Spirit/God's Word
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This scripture and many of it's witness should settle your carnal mind :
John 6:63
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
witness...
Romans 8:10-11
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. / And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
Galatians 5:16-25
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. / For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. / But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. ...
John 3:6
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
John 14:17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
1 John 5:6
This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth
***This is the last time I will reply to you ...
Please read these teachings of Paul (TOP) and then respond:
TOP #185: Christ shared God’s eternal Spirit, but humbled Himself by becoming a mortal human for the purpose of paying the penalty for humanity’s sins, which is death. [Phil. 2:5-8] “Spirit” seems to convey the essence of God better than translating the word as form or nature. Regarding Christ’s atoning death, see TOP #30 & 35.
TOP #231: God wants everyone to be saved or believe the true faith that there is one God and one mediator, who is the man, Christ Jesus. [1Tim. 2:3-7, cf. Ezek. 33:11] This is perhaps the most foundational passage in the TOP. All interpretation of Scripture should conform with this manifold teaching: 1. God loves everyone including His enemies including Satan (cf. Matt. 5:44&48), 2. Thus God prevents no one from choosing to believe the truth as revealed and be saved or elect (Matt. 23:37, Acts 28:26-27), 3. The full truth is the gospel that Christ paid the ransom for sin and thus belief in him as Messiah is the Way to heaven (John 14:6).
TOP #260: Jesus is God’s Son, the manifestation of God’s Being and co-creator of the universe, which is sustained by God’s Word. [Heb. 1:1-3a] This verse seems akin to John 1:1-3, 14-18 & 34, 3:16-18, etc., but John also calls Jesus the Son of Man (John 1:51, 3:13-14) and equates these Sonships in JN 5:25-27.
TOP #263: Jesus became human and shared their temptation and suffering so that his death could atone for the sins of humanity. [Heb. 2:14-18] Therefore Jesus is worthy of greater honor than Moses.
TOP #266: Jesus was tempted to sin, but he did not sin or was made perfect. [Heb. 4:15, 5:7-9, 7:26-28 & 10:14] Jesus learned submission or obedience to God the Father from what he suffered as God the Son, culminating in his crucifixion.
TOP #275: Jesus mediated the NC by offering himself as the unblemished sacrifice for the sins of those who are called. [Heb. 9:11-26, 10:10-18] Paul called Christ’s atonement a “ransom” and noted that without the shedding of Christ’s blood there would be no forgiveness. Jesus said in Matt. 22:14 that many are called, and in John 12:32 that when he was crucified he would draw all of humanity to believe in him.
TOP #276: Christ’s sacrifice made perfect forever those who are being made holy. [Heb. 9:26-28, 10:10-15] Just as each soul will die once and then be judged, so also Christ was sacrificed once to bring salvation. Paul did not dwell on the fate of those judged to be anti-Christ. The emphasis of this teaching is on the one sacrifice being salvific for all humanity, presumably efficacious reaching back to the beginning, indicated by mention of the Holy Spirit inspiring Jeremiah. Verse 14 teaches via two tenses both that righteousness is imputed at conversion and that converts need to strive for actual righteous behavior the rest of their lives. Verse 18 means “…there is no longer any further or additional sacrifice for sin needed.
Re "This scripture and many of it's witness should settle your carnal mind": Whose mind is carnal will be settled in heaven.
Re "John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life."
Teaching of Jesus (TOJ) #182: Words expressing God’s truth are God’s Spirit/Being. [JN 6:63, 14:10] (GW=life/being is another synonymous pairing.) The spiritual realm is an invisible dimension that is partially revealed by right reasoning/logic (see TOJ #203).
TOJ #203: God’s Word is truth. [JN 17:17] (See TOJ #175 & #182.) Here are other biblical synonyms: GW = Spirit = truth = light = life = wisdom = power = love = law (JN 6:63) (1JN 5:6) (JN 1:4) (JN 1:4) (PR 8:1&35) (JR 10:12) (EPH 3:16f.) (GL 5:14)
Re "Romans 8:10-11, But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. / And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you."
TOP #38: God’s Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, who indwells those who are in Christ, making them God’s children. [Rom. 8:1&9-16] John refers to the indwelling of Jesus in Rev. 3:20.
Re "Galatians 5:16-25, So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. / For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. / But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. ..."
TOP #136: Do not cite freedom in Christ as an excuse for committing sins. [Gal. 5:13] These sins or “acts of the sinful nature” include: sexual immorality, idolatry, hatred, rage, drunkenness… and conceit (Gal. 5:16-20&26). These evil behaviors manifest the opposite of saving faith and love or living/being led “by the Spirit”.
Re "John 3:6, Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit."
TOJ #168: You must be born again or of the Spirit. [John 3:3-7] Jesus describes GRS in terms of the baptism with the Spirit that occurs when a person becomes saved.
Re "1 Corinthians 15:45, So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit."
TOP #114: The resurrected body will be changed into a heavenly or immortal body. [1Cor. 15:35-54, PHP 3:21] This transfiguration will happen in a flash (v.52).
Re "John 14:17, the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you."
TOJ #197: The Holy Spirit will indwell and guide truth-seekers until Christ returns. [John 14:16-18,23&26, 15:26, 16:13-15] The Holy Spirit has always been God’s connection with Believers (Num. 11:25, Deut. 35:31-35, Psa. 51:11) and always will be in heaven. However, Jesus and the NT taught this truth more fully.
Re "1 John 5:6, This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth"
TOJ #168: You must be born again or of the Spirit. [John 3:3-7] Not only must we be born physically (water signifying the amniotic fluid that flows out of the womb at birth) but also spiritually or via the baptism with the Spirit that occurs when a person becomes saved.
Re "***This is the last time I will reply to you ...": This is only the second time you replied!
Unfortunately, some saints may not appreciate the process of spiritual growth or being transformed by the renewing of their minds (Rom. 12:2), perhaps because it involves admitting sins or having “guilt trips”. Guilt is like a warning light, and until we gain the wisdom to welcome God’s reproof, we will not feel the satisfaction of becoming a new and improved version of ourselves (John 9:41, Heb. 10:19-22). Woe to the one who become so callous that no guilt is felt when wrong is done (Matt. 13:14-15)!
The unstable "flip-flopping" phase is followed eventually by a second phase in a believer’s relationship with God’s HS of relative maturity, signified in the Bible (especially the KJV) by the phrase “walking with God” (cf. Enoch in Gen. 5:24) or walking in light (1John 1:7).
Paul also described this phase as walking in love (Eph. 5:2), in a new life (Rom. 6:4) according to the Spirit (Rom. 8:4) and in good works (Col. 1:10
Like physical walking, spiritual walking has two steps. The first step is listening to God or learning GW,
and the second step is responding to or cooperating with God.
God’s message for mankind is revealed partially by the world He has created but more fully by the Scriptures He has inspired.
The crux of God’s Word is the Gospel of salvation (kerygma), while the secondary teachings (didache) consist of the manifold applications of the law of love (1John 3:11).
Paul also described this phase as walking in love (Eph. 5:2), in a new life (Rom. 6:4) according to the Spirit (Rom. 8:4) and in good works (Col. 1:10
Like physical walking, spiritual walking has two steps. The first step is listening to God or learning GW,
and the second step is responding to or cooperating with God.
God’s message for mankind is revealed partially by the world He has created but more fully by the Scriptures He has inspired.
The crux of God’s Word is the Gospel of salvation (kerygma), while the secondary teachings (didache) consist of the manifold applications of the law of love (1John 3:11).
Again, there are two ways we perceive God: via creation (Romans 1:20) and via God’s Word/Scripture, which is what 1 Corinthians 2 teaches where it says that God reveals to us by His Spirit the deep things of God that only He knows and that cannot be learned by the physical senses and can only be learned by the direct revelation of God to us by His Spirit.
Jesus indicated this would happen as the Holy Spirit taught truth to believers (John 14:26 & 16:13). Paul describes this teaching/learning process as involving apostles, prophets, evangelists and pastor-teachers (Eph. 4:11-13). This process is intimate, because GW = HS = love (per John 6:63 & Rom. 5:5).
The Believer’s main types of responses to God’s Word are prayer to God and good works unto others for God (cf. 1John 4:20, Eph. 2:10). Prayer is simply talking to God. The power of prayer is God’s, and believers should not talk as though God would not act if they did not pray.
Paul exhorted believers (in Eph. 6:18) to pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests, which leads into a discussion of didachaic prayers/thoughts a believer might address to God. When a believer confesses sin and is refilled by the Spirit, he/she experiences divine love, joy and peace (Gal. 5:22-23), which prompts prayers giving thanks.
Jesus indicated this would happen as the Holy Spirit taught truth to believers (John 14:26 & 16:13). Paul describes this teaching/learning process as involving apostles, prophets, evangelists and pastor-teachers (Eph. 4:11-13). This process is intimate, because GW = HS = love (per John 6:63 & Rom. 5:5).
The Believer’s main types of responses to God’s Word are prayer to God and good works unto others for God (cf. 1John 4:20, Eph. 2:10). Prayer is simply talking to God. The power of prayer is God’s, and believers should not talk as though God would not act if they did not pray.
Paul exhorted believers (in Eph. 6:18) to pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests, which leads into a discussion of didachaic prayers/thoughts a believer might address to God. When a believer confesses sin and is refilled by the Spirit, he/she experiences divine love, joy and peace (Gal. 5:22-23), which prompts prayers giving thanks.
Not at all, because believing in Jesus (John 3:16) means dying to the flesh and being born again of the Spirit (John 3:6-7).
These phrases and numerous others are synonymous.
In Matthew, the HS is said to have conceived Jesus in Mary before her pledge to marry Joseph was consummated
(via implanting a zygote untainted by sin?) in order to fulfill Scripture prophecy of Messiah being called Immanuel,
meaning “God with us”, but the communication between God and Joseph was via an “angel of the Lord” (Matt. 1:18-23).
In Luke, an angel of the Lord named Gabriel told the parents of John that he would be filled with the HS from birth (Luke 1:11-19),
and then Gabriel told Mary that the HS would “come upon” and “overshadow” her, so she would “be with child”, who was to be named Jesus, and who would be called “the Son of God” (Luke 1:26-38). Then both Elizabeth and Zechariah were said to be filled with the HS as she blessed Mary and he praised God (Luke 1:41 & 67).
Angels attended the birth of Jesus, and then the HS moved Simeon to praise God for sending salvation to all people
and presumably moved Anna too, who also thanked God for God’s redemption (Luke 2:25-38).
(via implanting a zygote untainted by sin?) in order to fulfill Scripture prophecy of Messiah being called Immanuel,
meaning “God with us”, but the communication between God and Joseph was via an “angel of the Lord” (Matt. 1:18-23).
In Luke, an angel of the Lord named Gabriel told the parents of John that he would be filled with the HS from birth (Luke 1:11-19),
and then Gabriel told Mary that the HS would “come upon” and “overshadow” her, so she would “be with child”, who was to be named Jesus, and who would be called “the Son of God” (Luke 1:26-38). Then both Elizabeth and Zechariah were said to be filled with the HS as she blessed Mary and he praised God (Luke 1:41 & 67).
Angels attended the birth of Jesus, and then the HS moved Simeon to praise God for sending salvation to all people
and presumably moved Anna too, who also thanked God for God’s redemption (Luke 2:25-38).
When John grew up the word of God came to him and he began preaching “a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins” using water, but he proclaimed that one more powerful than he would baptize with the HS and with fire or judgment (Luke 3: 2-17). Then Jesus was baptized by John
Like the Gospel of John, Paul also referred to the role of the HS in connection with God’s Word in 2Thes. 2:13b, “From the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.” We see in this statement an example of using “and” to indicate equivalence rather than addition of something different.
Paul tied the work of the HS to the Gospel in 2Thes. 2:14 and also in Gal. 4:6, “Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, Abba, (Father).” In Rom. 8:9-16, Paul said “You are controlled… by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you… your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through the Spirit, who lives in you… If by the Spirit you you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God… by him we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”
Paul also wrote of being adopted as God’s sons and receiving the HS in Eph. 1:5a&13b, “In love God predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ… Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised HS.”
Like the Gospel of John, Paul also referred to the role of the HS in connection with God’s Word in 2Thes. 2:13b, “From the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.” We see in this statement an example of using “and” to indicate equivalence rather than addition of something different.
Paul tied the work of the HS to the Gospel in 2Thes. 2:14 and also in Gal. 4:6, “Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, Abba, (Father).” In Rom. 8:9-16, Paul said “You are controlled… by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you… your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through the Spirit, who lives in you… If by the Spirit you you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God… by him we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”
Paul also wrote of being adopted as God’s sons and receiving the HS in Eph. 1:5a&13b, “In love God predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ… Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised HS.”
In Gal. 5:22-23a, Paul listed the fruit of the Spirit, including love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Heb. 10:39 also speaks of faithfulness, saying “We are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.” The Bible makes it clear that faithfulness or persevering faith is essential to salvation, just as faith in the redemptive work of Christ was the condition for getting saved (Rom. 1:17).
The priority of saving faith in the order of salvation is also indicated in Eph. 2:8-10, Acts 16:30-31 and Rom. 1:16-17. Such faith is described as the sanctifying work of the HS in conjunction with belief in the truth in 2Thes. 2:13, and when speaking of faith as the condition of salvation, it is wrong to view it as meritorious. Saving faith is the connection between the soul and Christ established by the regeneration of the HS when a sinner repents of believing Satan's lies and cooperates with God’s eternal calling or purpose (cited in Rom. 8:29-30) and is transformed from a fallen state (that of Adam and Eve) or darkness/death into a state of grace/light/life. Scriptural teachings regarding volition do not mean that sinners are capable of saving themselves. Without divine enabling of moral free will (MFW), souls cannot seek salvation and believe in Christ.
As Jesus said in John 6:44a, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.” And John 1:12-13 says, “To all who received him (to those who believed in his name), he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of genetic descent, but born of God.” Again, John 3:3-16 says God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him or is reborn of the Spirit shall not perish at death but have eternal life (cf. 1John 5:1), because we are credited as righteous because of faith in the obedience/atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:1&19).
The priority of saving faith in the order of salvation is also indicated in Eph. 2:8-10, Acts 16:30-31 and Rom. 1:16-17. Such faith is described as the sanctifying work of the HS in conjunction with belief in the truth in 2Thes. 2:13, and when speaking of faith as the condition of salvation, it is wrong to view it as meritorious. Saving faith is the connection between the soul and Christ established by the regeneration of the HS when a sinner repents of believing Satan's lies and cooperates with God’s eternal calling or purpose (cited in Rom. 8:29-30) and is transformed from a fallen state (that of Adam and Eve) or darkness/death into a state of grace/light/life. Scriptural teachings regarding volition do not mean that sinners are capable of saving themselves. Without divine enabling of moral free will (MFW), souls cannot seek salvation and believe in Christ.
As Jesus said in John 6:44a, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.” And John 1:12-13 says, “To all who received him (to those who believed in his name), he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of genetic descent, but born of God.” Again, John 3:3-16 says God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him or is reborn of the Spirit shall not perish at death but have eternal life (cf. 1John 5:1), because we are credited as righteous because of faith in the obedience/atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:1&19).
In John 16:7-11 Jesus told his disciples that it was expedient or for their good that he depart this earth physically in order that the HS could come spiritually to convict everyone on earth of sin and the need for salvation by faith in the righteousness of Christ, so they would not be condemned at the Judgment.
Rev. 3:19 says that Jesus rebukes and chastens sinful souls because he loves them and wants them to invite him as the HS into their heart for fellowship. Although in John 17:9 Jesus prayed only for his disciples, John 3:16 & 6:39-40 teach that everyone who believes in Jesus will be justified by such faith (Gal. 3:14), have eternal life and become members of his spiritual body or church (Eph. 5:25).
Thus we can see that the primary sin souls need the HS to convict them of is that of unbelief or opposition to the Gospel of Christ.
This Gospel was veiled until revealed by the advent of Jesus and the preaching of Paul (Rom. 1:16-17, 1Cor. 2:7&10, Phil. 3:9).
The NT revelation was that it is God’s will for all sinners to be saved by learning the Gospel truth, which is that there is one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time (1Tim. 2:3-6).
Paul referred to this testimony “of God” in 1Cor. 2:1, “of our Lord” in 2Tim. 1:8 and “of Christ” in 1Cor. 1:6.
Peter wrote of being made alive by the indwelling Spirit in 1Pet. 3:18b, “[Christ] was put to death in the body
but made alive by the Spirit.”
Rev. 3:19 says that Jesus rebukes and chastens sinful souls because he loves them and wants them to invite him as the HS into their heart for fellowship. Although in John 17:9 Jesus prayed only for his disciples, John 3:16 & 6:39-40 teach that everyone who believes in Jesus will be justified by such faith (Gal. 3:14), have eternal life and become members of his spiritual body or church (Eph. 5:25).
Thus we can see that the primary sin souls need the HS to convict them of is that of unbelief or opposition to the Gospel of Christ.
This Gospel was veiled until revealed by the advent of Jesus and the preaching of Paul (Rom. 1:16-17, 1Cor. 2:7&10, Phil. 3:9).
The NT revelation was that it is God’s will for all sinners to be saved by learning the Gospel truth, which is that there is one mediator between God and humanity, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time (1Tim. 2:3-6).
Paul referred to this testimony “of God” in 1Cor. 2:1, “of our Lord” in 2Tim. 1:8 and “of Christ” in 1Cor. 1:6.
Peter wrote of being made alive by the indwelling Spirit in 1Pet. 3:18b, “[Christ] was put to death in the body
but made alive by the Spirit.”
Paul called God’s revelation from the HS “wisdom” and said it was “destined for our glory before time began (in 1Cor. 2:6-10).
The predestination of God’s wise purpose or plan of salvation/Gospel revealed to Paul is described in Eph. 1:3-14. Verses 11-12 say,
“In him [Christ/the Gospel] we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in
conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.”
Paul perceived that this plan/Gospel was partially revealed in a few OT prophetic passages, including Isa. 42:6, “I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness… to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles.” And again in Isa. 54:13-14, “All your children will be taught by the Lord… In righteousness you will be established.”
John indicated that this prophecy (cf. Psa. 25:14) was fulfilled by believers in the Gospel receiving “an anointing from the Holy One” [the HS], who “teaches you about all things” as He remains in those who remain in him (1John 2:20-27, cf. John 16:13-14).
The predestination of God’s wise purpose or plan of salvation/Gospel revealed to Paul is described in Eph. 1:3-14. Verses 11-12 say,
“In him [Christ/the Gospel] we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in
conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.”
Paul perceived that this plan/Gospel was partially revealed in a few OT prophetic passages, including Isa. 42:6, “I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness… to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles.” And again in Isa. 54:13-14, “All your children will be taught by the Lord… In righteousness you will be established.”
John indicated that this prophecy (cf. Psa. 25:14) was fulfilled by believers in the Gospel receiving “an anointing from the Holy One” [the HS], who “teaches you about all things” as He remains in those who remain in him (1John 2:20-27, cf. John 16:13-14).
After we are filled with the Holy Ghost,
Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
It's best to listen to HIM and the more we listen to HIM and do HIS will that is how we establish a good relationship with HIM.
Look at the examples in the OT when those who listen and obeyed HIM.
The more we obey, the more HE trust us the more HE gives us, repeat.
Yes, those who are HS-filled love GW and their fellow sinners, so they share what the HS/GW has taught them in plain language.
The sign of being HS-filled on the historical occasion of Pentecost following Christ's resurrection (in Acts 2) included SIT, (speaking in unlearned earthly tongues/languages), but NT doctrinal passages in the gospels and epistles indicate that the typical sign of HS-filling is loving fruit (per Matt. 7:16-20, John 13:35 & Gal. 5:22-23, etc.), NOT mere babbling.
Today if your filled you sure would know it, the proof is the scriptures I shared.
Proverbs 3:
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
It was history, and still the same today.
We need to let JESUS be JESUS without our own opinion.
That is why there are so many different denominations, men and their PERSONAL opinions.
His word is clear what happens when someone is filled, it's up to you to accept HIS word.
You are right, one fruit of the spirit is love.
I'm just in the seed business.
Your statement, mere babbling, tells me you have never been filled. Or have you?
Matthew 12:31-32
King James Version
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Yea, I know I shared those verses with you before.
Yeah, you think the sign of HS-filling is babbling and I think it is love--wanna bet?
and yes, the HS is loving you via me sharing GW.
Yeah, you think the sign of HS-filling is babbling and I think it is love--wanna bet?
and yes, the HS is loving you via me sharing GW.
I don't think nothing, just sharing HIS WORD.
Want to bet? You do know you can't prove your opinion with HIS word!!
You are NOT sharing HIS word when you go against it, so as I asked before WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?
Since JESUS has never filled you, you don't believe HIS word to be true, I can see why you call it babbling.
This is all you.
Matthew 12:31-32
King James Version
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Wonder what those in Acts 2:4 thought when JESUS filled them since it's never happened before?
You earthly pride takes over, instead of you being humble is why JESUS hasn't filled you.
Sad but it may be to late for you, it is what it is.
Well, you refuse to bet, and I refuse to argue, so again we are at an impasse, pope Ouch!