Word also has a tremendous role in this process. Scriptures are the vehicle that the Holy Spirit employs to transform (sanctification) the counselee ’s existence. According to Adams‚ the Holy Spirit plays a strong role in Biblical change of a counselee. The Holy Spirit will convict and change the counselee as he studies God ’s Word. The Holy Spirit brings the understanding‚ and enables the counselee to obey. The Holy Spirit‚ through His word‚ and working through the counselor‚ both changes and empowers
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had manifestations included in their services. This has given those who are believers in cessationism‚ (an end of charismatic gift after the first century)‚ a strong argument. If during the first century all churches had all nine gifts why would the Holy Spirit put a limit on the number of gifts a church could have. Since most churches practicing tongues today are not utilizing all nine gifts in every service as was done in the first century. There are several arguments that are used by those opposed
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quality of self-control. They are ruled by their own flesh rather than by the Holy Spirit. That is why the Bible tells us that if we can learn how to really walk in the Holy Spirit‚ then we will not fulfill the lusts of our flesh. Due to our fallen and sinful natures‚ all of us are weak to some degree in the quality of self-control. This is why God the Father made sure to have this fruit listed as one of the 9 fruits of His Holy Spirit. We all need God’s self-control operating in our lives and in our
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Trisha Anne R. Zamudio Philo 1 - WFY As a Roman Catholic‚ I believe that God is our Creator and Father. I believe that He is One with Jesus Christ‚ His Son and the Holy Spirit in the Holy Trinity. I believe that He is a merciful and loving God who is the only one who knows what will happen to us in our future. I believe that He is merciful because He is always there to forgive us whenever we sincerely ask for it. Despite our sins‚ He accepts us and ensures that everything that happens to us is
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When a believer gives their heart to Christ for the first time a process of sanctification begins. By definition sanctification is to be set apart‚ or made holy. To the Corinthians turning away from their sinful desires was easier said than done. Believers today still struggle with giving themselves completely over to the process of sanctification while no longer satisfying the flesh. That’s why Paul writes believers should be a “…new creation”‚ or as Jesus said “…born again” (John 3:3) and begin
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“Go‚ then‚ to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father‚ the Son and the Holy Spirit…” Many of the sacraments that are celebrated today involve the use of oil. Baptism and confirmation are the two principle sacraments involving oils. In the Church liturgies‚ the actual significance of oil is often not known (or at least not fully) to the members of the parish faith community. This paper will examine the meaning of oil‚ the sacraments
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at the cabin. The cabin were his daughter was murdered‚ he thought maybe a cruel joke or possibly and accident. Through surprise he meets God‚ Jesus and the Holy Spirit and the lady of wisdom. The first is God whose name was actually Elousia and large mature African women‚ then the Jesus was a young middle aged middle eastern man‚ the Holy Spirit was Sarayu a small petite Asian women and Mack also meets Sophia the lady of wisdom in proverbs she is the personification of God’s wisdom. Mack learns
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and the major pioneers that influenced the growth of the Church. “The Pentecostal movement began in the United States‚ but much of its basic theology was rooted in earlier British perfectionist and charismatic movements.” (Synan‚ The century of the Holy Spirit 2001) Some could even say the Holiness movement that came out of Methodism during the 19th century has an influence on Pentecostalism in America. According to Vinson Synan he suggested that “Wesley Pentecostals inherited the idea of a
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out a function. Delegate authority is not in itself innately or inherently authoritative‚ it is authority derived from one whose authority is intrinsic. All… authority belongs to GOD! All authority is derived from HIM. Our LORD JESUS CHRIST and the HOLY SPIRIT has the same intrinsic authority as GOD the FATHER because they are all coequal with GOD. (John 1:1 in the beginning was the word‚ and the word was with GOD‚ and the word was GOD‚ John 10:30 I and MY FATHER are one.) GOD has given JESUS authority
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the early Christian symbols of Gregory the Great and Three Scribes (p. 101) depict a dove which is the symbol of the Holy Spirit in some cases it means peace and love‚ however‚ Gregory is considered an influential theologian and his writings are thought to have been divinely inspired‚ hence the dove on his shoulder. As stated by Grimm (2011) “The dove has come to mean the Holy Ghost‚ peace‚ affection‚ gentleness‚ and innocence. There are also different meanings for different colored doves. Christ
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