Is the Holy Spirit Too Weird for American Christianity?

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Anyone who believes the Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus, and conforms us to Jesus, cannot be accused of denying the power of the Holy Spirit, or of being afraid of/weirded out by the Holy Spirit.
 
satan believes the Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus, and conforms us to Jesus,

and he certainly denies the power of the holy spirit.

so saying they cannot be accused of denying the power of the Holy Spirit,
is not quiet correct
 
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thecreationtutor said:
huh? with 10 characters so it can post
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I'm trying to show what is a spirit. It isn't a being, but the essence of a soul. The writers of the scriptures were trying to describe a spirit to a people that didn't had any understanding at all; and so they compared it to something that they can relate to. And today we still has people believing that they are separate beings and they are trying to figure out how they can stick together as one.

John 3:12
I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?

Romans 6:19
I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.
 
it is the people who believe the holy spirit conforms us to Jesus and ALLOWS him to SANCTIFY us and shows FRUITS of CHANGE in our life
that person is not denying the holy spirit

if you believe and do not obey
nor show fruits
that is just like satan.
 
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A spirit is a being

they have ability to mind meld and put thoughts in your head
give visions
play with emotions make you feel sad or good
they are physical beings of a higher dimension...

in the Bible Jesus talked to them...

Mark 5:7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
Mark 5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
Mark 5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark 5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
Mark 5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
Mark 5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Mark 5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Mark 5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
Mark 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
 
Mark 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Mark 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
Mark 1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.


the spirit is a he, a personage.
 
Redundant.

the spirit always follows the bible, teaches from the bible and follows the Bible
old and new testament

both those do not.
 
jonathanbchristian said:
Not sure if you are a baptist or blasphemer of the Holy Spirit.
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Not sure if you should be stoned to death for a multitude of false prophecies, or if it's worth the price of rocks.

Deuteronomy 13:5
That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
 
lookuptoseeJesus said:
We can't cast the first stone, because we are wrong on many things...
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I guess it was wrong for God to tell the Israelites to stone false prophets to death.


My how great and wise you are, that even you can pour out judgement on God.
 
jimmydiggs said:
Not sure if you should be stoned to death for a multitude of false prophecies, or if it's worth the price of rocks.

Deuteronomy 13:5
That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
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Do not forget the people who died for not believing true prophecy like the man trampled by the crowd at the prophesied end of famine.
 
Is this the Holy Spirit?

[video=youtube;8oXhYVm2MW8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oXhYVm2MW8[/video]
 
lookuptoseeJesus said:
A spirit is a being

they have ability to mind meld and put thoughts in your head
give visions
play with emotions make you feel sad or good
they are physical beings of a higher dimension...

in the Bible Jesus talked to them...

Mark 5:7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
Mark 5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
Mark 5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark 5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
Mark 5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
Mark 5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Mark 5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Mark 5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
Mark 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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John 3:34
For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

John 12:49
For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.

John 14:10
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.

John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
 
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