Two-Spirit

The Authentic Scripture In my understanding of the scripture, and its original form of the manuscripts, this is known as the inspired and infallible word of God. The Scripture is the product of the Holy Spirit divinely inspiring chosen men to write God’s desired message (2 Tim. 3:16-17 ESV). The bible holds the inspired words of God; it is consequently without error completely. The Scripture should only be used as an authentic source of God’s authority in all aspects of one’s life. The word…

“O eternal Word, Word of my God, I wish to spend my life listening to You, I wish to make myself wholly teachable so as to learn all from you… O Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, descend upon me so that there comes to be in my soul as it were an incarnation of the word… And you, O Father, stoop down towards Your poor little creature, cover her with Your shadow, see in her only Your Beloved Son in Whom You have been well pleased.” -Excerpts from a prayer of Bl. Elizebeth of the…

constant presence of the Holy Spirit. The presence of the Holy Spirit is not limited to an external manifestation of exuberance or glossolalia as I experienced in the religious environments I grew up in (though I won’t dismiss the experience all-together as it embedded a healthy understanding of depending on the Holy Spirit which is still active in my life today). For me, one of the best ways to describe this is in the words of Forbes, “I believe the anointing of the Holy Spirit helps the…

With my understanding, during the time of the development of the early church, from the ascension of Christ and the opening of his ministry there, there was an action of “Unity and Diversity” according to our text. There was a conflict with two groups of Jews, which were called “Hebrews”; and those who retained the customs and language of their ancestors, which was the covenant keeper of the law of Moses. And the second group of people who were more open to Hellenistic (Greek) influences. The…

10. Explain the difference, if any, between the receiving of the Holy Spirit at new birth and the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Receiving of the Holy Spirit at new birth and the baptism in the Holy Spirit are two different and distinct experiences. When you are born again, the Spirit of the Lord comes into you and dwells in you. He reminds things, intercedes in your prayers, protects you from sins, helps you, guides you and encourages you. This is the experience of new creation; “Therefore if any…

Eastern Orthodox theology relies on the experiences, and developments that took place centuries ago in the East. It is more “spirit-sensitive” and saturated with pneumatology. This emphasis does not exclude Christ or the trinity in its theology. The Eastern Orthodox Church believes, in the holy trinity and that all three persons share in the activity of the others. The doctrine of salvation focuses on continuous growth in sanctification resulting in deification, or rather becoming like God.…

speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. And the spirits of the prophets are subject to…

Right after this filling of the Holy Spirit, Peter was filled with boldness and preached! His cowardness that lead to denying Jesus changed to boldness which gave him the power to preach. The result of the Holy Spirit filling Peter resulted in 3,000 people becoming Christians; “Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day” Acts 2:41. What are some key factors of the Holy Spirit? First, the Holy Spirit empowers God’s Church for the…

“Grace”. Wesley believed there to be three components of “Grace” at work in ones life. Those components were: Prevenient Grace, Justifying Grace, and Sanctifying Grace; all in which were powered by the Holy Spirit to bring the lost home. For Wesley the connection of Grace and the Holy Spirit went hand and hand.1 Through out this paper one will be able to pick up on how Wesley…

written as ?Holy men of God? were moved by the Holy Ghost? (I Peter 1:21 KJV). Its authors include forty men ranging from Job all the way until John, who received the vision he wrote about in Revelation. These men wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, meaning that the words they recorded…