Simple Answers From Biblical Truths
These posts deal with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 4:4–6 (CSB) — 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope at your calling—5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. ~~~~~~~ Christian epistemology holds “oneness” in high esteem and depends …
Acts 5:3-4 (CSB) — 3 “Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land? 4 Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this …
ETERNALITY Hebrews 9:14 (CSB) — 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God? ~~~~~~~ One of the hidden gems of Scripture is found in a text where the incomparable …
OMNIPOTENCE Job 33:4 (CSB) — 4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Psalm 104:30 (CSB) — 30 When you send your breath, they are created, and you renew the surface of the ground. Romans 15:19 (CSB) — 19 by the power of miraculous signs and …
Continue reading "The Deity of the Holy Spirit: Omnipotence"
Scripture attributes to God certain divine attributes which are not attributes to any created beings, such as omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, and eternality. We then see these divine attributes attributed to the Holy Spirit himself in such a manner that identifies the Holy Spirit with the divine being of Yahweh. OMNISCIENCE Isaiah 40:13 (CSB) — 13 …
INTRODUCTION I know the Trinity isn’t the most common Christmas theme for preachers to speak on, but, perhaps it should be. Afterall, Christmas is our celebration of the birth of Christ – God incarnate – and the miracle by which God came and lived among us. There are a couple points that we want to …
When Paul is brought before the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem to provide his defense, Paul chooses to defend Christ rather than himself. He makes no mention of the Jewish charges being brought against him. He does not try to justify his ministry. He chooses to defend Christ by recounting the narrative of his conversion to demonstrate …
Romans 5:2 (CSB) We have also obtained access through him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. I want to keep this short and speak to the person who is longing to enter the presence of God, but who feels dry and …
Titus 3:4–5 (CSB) — 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, 5 he saved us—not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy—through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. Salvation is a supernatural experience that cannot be accomplished …
Verse 27c: Remain in Him As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. There is only one …
