Two-Spirit

The purpose of John 4b-15 is the coming of the Holy Spirit to act as Christ’s substitute on earth and the benefit of the Holy Spirit coming for three main reasons. One: Convicting of the world (verse eight). Two: Guiding into all truth, and speaking on Christ’s behalf (verse 13). Three: Glorify Christ and declare what is His (verse 14). This is important because once Jesus went to be with the Father the Holy Spirit would continue God’s plan of salvation to humankind concerning sin, righteousness…

name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit”. These words characterize a Christian and Catholic mass. Through mass, when beginning or ending a prayer, each member of the church makes the sign of the cross and mutters these famous words. The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit. For centuries, Christians have debated the relationship between the three within the Trinity. The most common belief among Christians is that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three entities apart of one…

McNeil. Explorations in Theology: Creator Spirit. Vol. III. San Francisco, Calif: Ignatius, 1993. Print. In section II, chapters two and seven of Explorations in Theology: Creator Spirit, Balthasar provides us with a particular Johannine oriented pneumatology. The bulk of his argument seems to be situating the Holy Spirit within an understanding of the Holy Trinity, which establishes the Spirit as truly divine, rejecting any notions to just reduce the Holy Spirit to an afterthought or as a…

“The gifts of the Spirit are all prophetic, wisdom, revelation guidance, and oracular speech (including tongues)” Turner said that a Christian obtains those gifts even when they do not belong to a Pentecostal charismatic group. In addition, God is giving them direction to his children through prophecy. Turner talked about First Century Judaism,…

power of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, so we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit for our effective witness for Jesus. Just as Jesus Christ went about his ministry by the power of the Holy Spirit, it was by the same Spirit that was given…

Ghost by teaching us of the Spirit’s true nature, to learn more about the gifts the Spirit gives and to more fully comprehend how we can receive revelation through the Spirit. The Doctrine and Covenants enables us to improve our knowledge of the Holy Ghost by teaching us of the Spirit’s true nature. So often scriptures describe the role of the Spirit, but often times there is no explanation of what the Spirit is. The Doctrine and Covenants teaches of what is the Holy Ghost. The…

beginning context. Title: Greeting and Jesus’s Departing Speech  Title: A Continuation of Luke’s Gospel and Jesus is Leaving, but His Spirit Remains Luke, the writer of both the Lukan Gospel and the book of Acts, commences the book of Acts by revealing that this book will differ from the Gospel: in the Gospel, Jesus personally taught; in Acts, Jesus teaches by His Spirit through His people. Seeing their Master on the verge of leaving, the Apostles were concerned regarding the restoration of…

one essence. The Trinity is the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. The Son essence of God was incarnated into man and lived among us for about 33 years. The Incarnation of the Son as human had very interesting characteristics, because when the Son came into the world as man, He did it in a very unique way. He did not just show up out of nowhere, or descend from heaven on clouds made of gold, but instead He was conceived through the Holy Spirit, born to Mary. He was fully human, grew up as any…

their Saviour. It is an important part of the Catholic journey, as it is considered to be the initiation into the Catholic church; John 3:5; Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit."4. Ordinarily, an ordinary minister performs a Catholic baptism, such as a deacon, priest, or bishop, but in extreme cases anyone can. According to Catholic teaching, anyone can receive a baptism, unless they have been baptised before using…

In a study of the eschatology of the Kingdom of God, the Bible is very clear on when and how His kingdom is to be. In Matthew 12:28, in the New American Standard Bible it says, “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you”, here Jesus is explaining how through Him, the Kingdom of God is coming and through His assentation into Heaven, He brings the kingdom into the spiritual realm of this world. In Mark 1:15, it says, “the time has is fulfilled, the…