The Role Of God's Spirit In The Bible

Many people search throughout their lives for the answers to how the universe came to be. Some people believe that through science these questions can be answered. The majority, however, believes that there is a higher power at work that has designed the world and its inhabitants for a purpose. It is this author 's opinion that the higher power at work in the world is the benevolent God of the Bible. Through practical experience, the application of the Bible cultivates gifts of character in the believer that not be explained by any amount of science or exposition of man. These traits are goodness, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control, patience, peace, joy and love. Though their existence is unexplainable, they exist as a direct result of the impression of God 's Spirit in man 's soul, and as such are the gifts that He has given to His creation. The first two effects of the application of the guidance of the Bible and the God 's leading go hand in hand. These are the characteristics of goodness and kindness that He cultivates in the lives of the people that follow …show more content…
While most people evoke images of some stoic person that keeps plugging away to accomplish a goal - say coaching a particularly bad athlete to be able to score the winning touchdown during the championship game. Though this image contains pieces and parts of the Biblical patience, it paints an incomplete picture. Patience, according to the Bible, is better defined as long tempered or long-suffering. The ability to endure when most men would break under the heavy burden of a situation is patience. As Christians, the Bible proclaims that there will be persecution and pain associated with a true relationship with God. The people of the world will spit and swear at the people of God, and His people have to be prepared, even willing, to allow it to come to pass. The only way to do so is to have a spirit of patience grown by