Holy Spirit
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THE MINISTRY OF BARNABAS!
My purpose in writing this text is to draw attention to the ministry of encouragement that should be the highest calling of any Christian towards a sister or brother! In this respect I…
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DON´T TREAD ON PEOPLE, BUILD THEM UP!
The title of this blog is not about bricks and mortar, but about men and women, girls and boys! And then, more specifically, about Christian brothers and sisters! I taught young people for…
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THINGS CHARISMATIC!
Today, I am starting a small number of blogs on the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts. The word in Greek for a spiritual gift is χάρισμα/charisma – hence the word charismatic for gifts…
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THE PARACLETE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH!
Having looked very briefly at the Holy Spirit in the Bible, let us now turn specifically to Jesus’ teaching on the Paraclete in John ch. 14-16. The passages in question are 14,16-17; 14,26;…
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY Ask any Christian about Jesus Christ, and you will get a full answer. Likewise, if you ask about God the Father! However, ask about the Holy Spirit,…
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POWER TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE!
Originally posted on April 12th 2020 This is the second post I have written this Easter on living the Christian life, the first being “Walk Before Me and be Thou Perfect” (of 4…
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NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER…!
6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And…
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WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
INTRODUCTION With my last blog, I entered the general area of healing! We looked at Isa. 61,1-3, and the role of the Messiah. Today I want to continue, by looking at Luke 4,18.…
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THE BODY OF CHRIST: UNITY IN DIVERSITY
In this blog, I want to pick up the story again from my blogpost called ‘The People of the Messiah’. I explained there why Paul chose that word εκκλησία/ekklesia, and what it means.…
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JOHN 7,38-39
I am currently writing a blogpost about the body of Christ. Before I publish that, I want to share something from John’s Gospel. It’s about the Holy Spirit. In John chapter 4,13-14, Jesus…
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A REFLECTION ON GALATIANS 5
In my recent blog posts, I have been approaching the subject of sanctification by an indirect route. This was certainly true with 1 Corinthians, and to a lesser extent with Romans chapter 8.…
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A REFLECTION ON ROMANS 8
In the last blog post, we talked about sanctification as being a) a consecration – a setting apart – a separation; for the purpose and the service of God (see 1 Cor. 1,30;…
